FAIR-GENCO Annual Meeting 2026 and Young Scientist Award
03.03.2026 |
The annual meeting of the FAIR-GSI Exotic Nuclei Community (GENCO) was held again this year at GSI/FAIR as part of the NUSTAR Annual Meeting. In a festive colloquium, the Young Scientist Award was presented to Dr. Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis from the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado, and three scientists received the FAIR-GENCO Membership Award. The keynote address was given by Professor Alexandra Gade from Michigan State University (MSU) and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) on the topic of “How new facilities open a new era of research with exotic nuclei — Examples from FRIB”.
Dr. Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis received the Young Scientist Award for opening new horizons with radioactive molecular beams and their exploitation for basic nuclear properties in nuclei far-off stability and new limits of the electron electric dipole moment. The Young Scientist Award is presented annually to outstanding early-career researchers working in the field of experimental or theoretical nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry. Winners are selected by a distinguished international jury. Any FAIR-GENCO member can submit nominations. The award includes a prize of €1,000.
Furthermore, the following new members were welcomed into the FAIR-GENCO community and honored with the FAIR-GENCO Membership Award:
- Catalin Borcea (IFIN-HH, Romania) for his lifelong contributions to fundamental nuclear physics topics at various facilities in Europe and for the significant accomplishment that he has made for the FAIR science and the FAIR project in general.
- Magdalena Górska (GSI) for her impact on the field of nuclear structure studies at the limits of stability, the pioneering role she played in various experimental stopped-beam campaigns and new standards set for in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy of exotic nuclei, in particular for her outstanding contributions to the understanding of nuclear structure and proton–neutron interactions in the vicinity of the doubly-magic nucleus 100Sn.
- Béatriz Jurado (LP2I Bordeaux, France) for the development of innovative detectors and the implementation of an original scientific program on neutron-induced nuclear reactions in storage rings with anticipated applications in nuclear astrophysics and nuclear energy. (CP)
