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Wednesday 31 May 2017
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MULHOUSE, [29 May 2017] – The European Physical Society is delighted to announce the 2017 winners of its two most prestigious prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics. These prizes, awarded only once every two years, recognize the highest level of achievements in fundamental and applied research in optical physics. The awards will be presented in a special Plenary Ceremony on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO®/Europe) and the European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC), held in Munich, Germany.
2017 Prize for Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics: Niek F. van Hulst
The 2017 Prize for Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics is awarded to Prof. Niek van Hulst, ICREA research professor at ICFO, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. The Prize is awarded to Professor van Hulst “For pioneering contributions to nano-optics and its applications to molecular spectroscopy and to ultrafast light-matter interactions.”
Niek van Hulst studied Physics and Astronomy (BSc 1978) and Experimental Physics (MSc 1981) at the University of Nijmegen, where he also obtained a PhD in Molecular & Laser Physics 1986. He was researcher and assistant professor at the University of Twente. He became full professor in Applied Optics at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente in 1997, where his research fields included nanophotonics, optical scanning probe technology and single molecule detection. In 2005 he moved as ICREA research professor and senior group leader to the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona. There he performed ground-breaking research on the control of light interaction both on the nanometre and the femtosecond scale. Particularly notable achievements include the first demonstration of directional emission from a single molecule coupled to a nano-antenna, the confinement of light down to 20 nm and applications to high resolution imaging, an optical TV-antenna driven by a single quantum dot and ultrafast coherent control of single molecules. Current research topics are the emission control, nano‐focusing and nanoscale imaging by nano‐antenna probes in controlled proximity to single photon emitters and the coherent control of molecular dynamics and nanoscale antenna fields by phase controlled excitation with few‐fs broad-band pulses.
Niek van Hulst heads the academic program of ICFO and is a coordinator of the Spanish CONSOLIDER network NanoLight.es. He is recipient of the European Science Award of the Körber Foundation 2003 and the City of Barcelona’s science prize Premi Ciutat 2010. He published about 230 papers in refereed journals and is a fellow of the OSA. He was awarded two ERC Advanced Investigator Grants in 2010 and 2015 and a Proof of Concept Grant 2016.
2017 Prize for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics: Victor Malka
The 2017 Prize for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics is awarded to Prof. Victor Malka, CNRS research director at the Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Palaiseau, France and Professor at the Weizmann Institute for Science, Rehovot, Israel. The Prize is awarded to Professor Malka “For pioneering research using ultra-high intensity lasers for laser-plasma accelerators and their applications.”
Victor Malka graduated in physics from the University of Paris XI-Orsay and did his PhD in atomic and plasma physics at the Ecole Polytechnique (1987-90). He is a CNRS research director at Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée (ENSTA-CNRS-Ecole polytechnique), and since 2015 a Professor at the Weizmann Institute for Science. He has also been Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (2003-2015). Victor Malka’s research interests include different topics in atomic physics, inertial fusion, and laser plasma interaction. His current works is mainly devoted to the fields of relativistic plasmas and laser plasma accelerators, in which he made several breakthrough contributions. He pioneered the fundamental physics and new technology of compact particle accelerators based on the interaction of ultra-intense laser with plasma to support electric fields exceeding TV / m. Particular achievements are the demonstration of the new regime of acceleration based on “forced laser wakefields”, the demonstration of the bubble regime allowing the production of quasi-monoenergetic energy beams and the demonstration of the first controlled injection of electron bunches in laser accelerators. More recently, he has developed new gamma ray and X-ray sources and is promoting laser accelerators for medical applications. He contributed to the creation of a spin-off company, SourceLAB, dedicated to targetry and compact gamma ray sources for non-destructive material inspection.
He has published about 340 articles and has been invited to more than 175 international conferences. He got numerous national and international prizes including in 2017 the Julius Springer prize and the F. Holweck prize from the SFP and IOP. He obtained two Advanced and two Proof of Concept grants from ERC and has coordinated many European projects structuring the laser, plasma and accelerators communities.
Background Information on EPS-QEOD
The European Physical Society provides an international forum for physicists and acts as a federation of national physical societies. Founded in 1968, the EPS plays a leading role in both scientific and policy activities within the community of European physicists. The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of the EPS acts as a focal point for European research in optics and photonics through its wide range of strategic activities, sponsorship and conference organisation. In addition to the major awards described above, it also awards Young Researcher (Fresnel) and PhD Student Prizes, which will be announced shortly. See qeod.epsdivisions.org
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Thorsten Ackemann
Chairman of Quantum Electronics and Optics Awards Committee 2017
thorsten.ackemann@strath.ac.uk
Luc Bergé
Chair of the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of EPS
luc.berge@cea.fr
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Friday 12 May 2017
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Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy 2017
Course 4 - Advances in Basic Energy Issues
21 - 26 July 2017 - VILLA MONASTERO - VARENNA, LAKE COMO
Complete info at: https://en.sif.it/activities/energy_school
The primary goal of the School will be to present all physics fields with relevance for the technologies of energy production, conversion, transmission and savings, thus addressing today's most relevant energy issues. The potential of the vatious technologies will be presented but also the need for more research and development to fully unfold them will be indicated. For this purpose, basic lectures and topical seminars will be presented by specialists in their field.
The European energy supply situation is very inhomogeneous. There are countries with nearly 100% CO2-free, others with exclusively fossil-based electricity production. Some countries ban the use of future use of nuclear energy, for others, their dominant electricity production is based on it and they are building or planning new power reactors; some export electricity to a large extent, others have the need to import electricity; some invest heavily in Renewable Energies (RE), in other countries they do not yet play a major role. Despite this disparity, Europe has well defined energy and environmental goals. In order to meet these goals, most EU countries have to modify their energy supply technologies and have to increase their present RE share. This requires extensive R&D in energy technologies and is a tremendous chance for students in all technical areas, but specifically in physics. Also the energy efficiency has to be increased clearly beyond the present measures taken in the EU countries. The improvement of energy efficiency and the increase of energy intensity (which has been growing in the last decades) is a major challenge where again physics will play a key role.
The School will cover major fields in detailed lectures but it will also serve as a forum of discussion. It brings together scientists working in various energy related areas. The following fields will be covered by lectures or seminars: solar photovoltaic, hydro, wind, biomass, fossils, fission, fusion, energy saving technology, environment and climate issues along with other topics where physics play a role. The lectures will also identify cases where more research is necessary. In order to ensure a lively and up-to-date School, there will be plenary sessions going over several days and topical seminars.
In case you are interested in energy technology or even working in this field, we would encourage you to sign up.
Many fellowships for participating in this School will be available. Deadline for application: 15 May 2017
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Thursday 11 May 2017
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The Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division (SNPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for two newly created prizes of the Division:
1. EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize
The EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize will be awarded for outstanding research contributions in the area of statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems and complex networks. The prize winner will have made ground-breaking and agenda setting contributions for the development of this field. The prize can be shared by up to 3 persons. The prize consists of a medal and a cash sum. Prize winners can have any nationality.
2. EPS-SNPD Early Career Prize
This prize will be awarded to an early career scientist (defined as having obtained his/her PhD less than 6 years ago
at the time of nomination) who has made outstanding research contributions to an area of statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems, or complex networks, as evidenced by a top quality and highly cited paper in an international journal. The prize can be shared by up to 2 persons. The prize consists of a medal and a cash sum. Prize winners can have any nationality.
Please send your nomination to c.beck@qmul.ac.uk with the subject header "EPS-SNPD prize nomination", attaching a brief
description of the research contribution of the candidate (1 page maximum, plus a list of up to 6 key publications).
Deadline for nominations for the 2017 prizes is 15 June 2017.
The prize selection committee consists of the current board members of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division of EPS in consultation with external experts.
Further information is available at the website of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division of EPS.
Christian Beck
Chairman of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division, EPS
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Friday 7 April 2017
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The European Physical Society (EPS) offers its support to all scientists taking part in the March for Science which will be organised on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC, as well as in the satellite marches planned in many places in Europe and around the world.
The support of the EPS follows the fundamental principles of the Universality of Science adopted by the International Council for Science (ICSU), under which “… the free and responsible practice of science is fundamental to scientific advancement and human and environmental well-being.” Similar principles have been adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). Non-partisan research and sound scientific evidence are important constituents of fact-based policy and decision making.
The March for Science is an excellent opportunity to recall that a constructive and rational dialog between science and society is an essential contribution to our collective future.
Rüdiger Voss
EPS President
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Tuesday 28 March 2017
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The European Physical Society (EPS) was founded in 1968, during the cold war, on the principle of free and open exchange of scientific ideas and scientists as a means to bring people together in a spirit of mutual respect, tolerance and peace. Blanket bans on travel on grounds of religion or nationality, as planned by the new US government, together with possible measures that would limit free communication inside the scientific community and with the public, strikingly violate this principle. Science was and will never be restrained by physical, cultural and political barriers. In our globalized world, where international scientific collaboration (e.g. at large-scale facilities such as CERN) has become the rule, there is no place for discrimination and censorship. Any measure that restricts the freedom of movement and communication of our US colleagues will have a profound impact on science and innovation in Europe and other continents. These are the reasons why we cosigned the open letter by EuroScience.
Read the open letter on the website of EuroScience.
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Posted By Gina Gunaratnam,
Monday 13 March 2017
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The 2017 Alfvén prize is awarded to Ksenia Aleksandrovna Razumova, from the Kurchatov Institute (Moscow, Russia), for
“obtaining, for the first time, a macroscopically stable plasma column in a tokamak configuration; this led to the world-wide programme of experimental exploration and development of the tokamak concept for magnetic confinement fusion”.
The 2017 Innovation award is going to Michel Moisan, from the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada), for
“pioneering contributions to the development and understanding of microwave plasma sources and their applications to materials processing, healthcare and environmental protection”.
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Updated: Tuesday 7 March 2017
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Dear Colleague,
this is the Second Call for Abstracts of the International Conference SigmaPhi2017 covering all the fields of Statistical Physics. Please note that the abstracts submission deadline is 12 April 2017.
Currently, the abstracts of the papers to be presented in the Conference (Main Conference, Workshops, Special Sessions), can be submitted by using the Conference web site.
Finally, we focalize your attention to the School of Statistical Physics organized jointly by the EPS and SigmaPhi2017 to be held in the same venue, 6- 8 July 2017.
Looking forward to your participation.
Best regards,
Professor Giorgio Kaniadakis
Conference Chairman
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
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Friday 3 March 2017
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Dr. Hanieh Fattahi, a young physicist at the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has been chosen for the Max Planck Society’s Minerva Fast Track Programme.
On an annual basis, the programme currently supports two outstanding postdoctoral female scientists from the fields of the CPTS (Chemistry, Physics and Technology) Section to plan their careers in a more targeted way.
As the name of the programme suggests, it aims to pave the way towards establishing an own research group. In the first phase a three years position is funded by the Max Planck Society. This first phase includes a stay at an internationally renowned Research Institute for an extended period. From June 2017 on Hanieh Fattahi will work in the group of Prof. Sunney Xie at Harvard University (Boston, USA) for one year. When she will be back at MPQ, she will be able to set up a group with two PhD Students. Funds for the equipment and personnel resources will be made by the Institute. After this first stage she can apply for a Max Planck Research Group with a funding period of five years.
Hanieh Fattahi studied biophysics at Sharif-University in Teheran (Iran) where she received her Master of Science in Applied Physics in 2007. In her thesis she investigated the effect of laser irradiation on collagen bundles in the skin. Afterwards, she was accepted at the International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Photon Science (IMPRS-APS), joining the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics headed by Professor Krausz. In 2015 she received her doctoral degree with summa cum laude on the topic “Third Generation Femtosecond Technology”. Since then she has been leading a group in laser development with the focus on waveform synthesis and four-dimensional imaging of electronic motion.
Since 2016 she has been Co-coordinator of the IMPRS-APS. In addition, she became Fellow of the Max Planck Center for Extreme and Quantum Photonics in Ottawa (Canada) in 2016.
Within the Minerva programme, Fattahi and her team will develop an innovative micro-spectroscopy tool for lable-free imaging of biological samples. The new tool combines femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy and field-resolved detection in order to achieve a higher sensitivity for distinguishing molecular fingerprint. This novel method keeps promise for in-vivo, early detection of cancerous cells.
Hanieh Fattahi is member of several scientific organizations, such as the Optical Society of America (OSA), the German Physical Society, and Young Professional Member of the OSA. She is also member of the executive committee of the OSA technical group “Short Wavelength Sources and Attosecond/ High Field Physics” and at present president of the “Young Mind Section of Munich” (ALPS) of the European Physical Society (EPS).
Olivia Meyer-Streng
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Thursday 2 March 2017
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The DPG council unanimously elected Dieter Meschede as next presient of the Society from 2018 to 2020. Professor Meschede is leader of the Quantum Technology Group of the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bonn. He will start his term in April 2018, following Rolf-Dieter Heuer, who will then be vice-president for two years.
Read the complete press release (German) on the website of the German Physical Society.
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Posted By Gina Gunaratnam,
Tuesday 28 February 2017
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Following last March’s great success with more than 1100 schools from around the world involved in the activity, we are happy to announce the Eratosthenes Experiment March 2017, which will take place on the 21st of March, 2017 (a day after the spring equinox day)! Do not miss the opportunity to participate in this fascinating international event! Take part through your school by registering at the website with your school’s longitude and latitude. Once you are registered, you will be put in touch with a school from the same longitude with you by the organizing team. Together with your partner school, you will record data, collaborate, calculate the circumference of the Earth and submit the data.
In order to stand a chance to win a scholarship to attend the 2017 European Science Education Academy (ESEA) Summer School in Greece, take a photo of your experiment and submit it until the 14th of April along with your data. More info at: http://eratosthenes.ea.gr/content/photo-contest-march-2017
Please note that the Eratosthenes Experiment official website has been upgraded. From now on, you can create your account and make use of it in order to register your school, submit & store your experiment data to compare them with future data, and upload to the gallery of Eratosthenes website photos from the experiment taking part at your school (or another location).
On behalf of the Eratosthenes Experiment Organizing Committee,
Giannis Alexopoulos
Research & Development Department
Ellinogermaniki Agogi
Dimitriou Panagea Street
GR 15351 Pallini
Greece
Tel: (+30) 2108176790-91
email: galexopoulos@ea.gr
www.ea.gr
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