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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Monday 13 October 2025
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Call for bids to host the Applied Nuclear Physics Conference 2027 (ANP 2027)
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host the third edition of the Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP) Conference, after the successful editions held in Prague in September 2021 and in Thessaloniki in September 2024.
This triennial conference has sections specifically devoted to themes such as energy, health, space, security, environment, material science, preservation and study of cultural heritage. The ANP conference belongs to the series of NPD divisional conferences, comprising the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC) and the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics (NPA) Conference.
The application material should include:
- the approximate dates when it is planned to hold the conference, expected in 2027
- the description of the proposed location and venue,
- the description of the participating Universities and Laboratories,
- the projected costs,
- the expected financial supports,
- the anticipated sponsorship from Universities/Laboratories/Industries,
- the support for students and early career researchers, and
- the foreseen approximate conference fees.
The bid should also provide the list of members composing the Local Organizing Committee.
As the ANPC conference is part of the series organized by the Nuclear Physics Division:
- a reduced fee for EPS members should be considered
- a contribution of €25 per participant is expected to be provided to the NPD board
- a certain number of NPD board members should be included in the Scientific Advisory Committee.
In the case of proceedings, it is strongly recommended to select those appearing on a referred journal. The procedure should be defined in advance, and the proceedings must be accessible to all conference speakers.
The conference could apply to be recognized as an EPS conference and may also request an EPS poster prize and/or a grant for early-career researchers.
The deadline to submit the application material to the Scientific Secretary of the NPD board (Raquel Crespo, raquel.crespo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is January 15th, 2026.
The candidates will be invited to present their proposal at the NPD board online meeting in January, 2026, when the selection of the ANP 2027 conference will be made.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Saturday 20 September 2025
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The 89th meeting of the EPS-NPD board took place at the Physics and Astronomy Department E. Majorana (PADEM) - INFN section of Catania and Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), on the 8-9th May 2025.
On the morning of the 8th, detailed presentations were given about the PADEM activities in particle physics, astroparticle physics, nuclear and hadron physics, theoretical physics and applications.
On the afternoon of the 8th, the proposals to host the 2026 conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophyics were presented by the applicants and discussed by the board, who selected the application of ELI-NP, IFIN-HH and Babeş – Bolyai University to host ANPC 2026 in Cluj Napoca, Romania.
The meeting continued with updates on the status of the organisation of EUNPC 2025 and the opening of the call to host EUNPC 2027, on the editorial activities and inpact factors of the European Physical Journal and on EPS meetings and activities and in particular on the recent deployment of the new EPS web site.
On the morning of the 9th, the activities of LNS were presented with a particular focus on the status of the upgrade of the accelerator facility, which started in 2020.
A talk was also given on the activities of the Italian Physical Society and its relations with EPS and other european physical societies.
The members of the board were then taken on a guided tour of the facility, could see the refurbished 15 MV tandem and the dismantled superconducting cyclotron, which should soon be replaced by a new one, capable of delivering much higher intensities.
The board also visited the proton therapy center and the new visitor center. The board was very impressed by the quality and reality of the exhibits of the visitor center.
The board meeting then ended with discussions on new co-opted members, with special care to keep the balance between areas of expertise, country representation and gender.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Tuesday 1 April 2025
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The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host the 2027 edition of the European Nuclear Conference (EuNPC 2027).
Every three years the European Nuclear Physics Conference brings together researchers together with the aim to review and discuss the status and prospects in the field of nuclear physics and its applications. The conference will be a showcase for forefront theoretical and experimental developments, where the interplay between outstanding research and innovative concepts in the field will be promoted.
The EuNPC conference is part of the series of NPD divisional conferences, comprising the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics (NPA) and the Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP) Conferences.
The application material should include:
- the approximate dates when it is planned to hold the conference,
- the description of the proposed location and venue,
- the description of the participating Universities and Laboratories,
- the projected costs,
- the expected financial supports,
- the anticipated sponsorship from Universities/Laboratories/Industries,
- the support for students and early career researchers,
- and the foreseen approximate conference fees.
The scientific program should cover the following fields:
· Accelerators and Instrumentation
· Nuclear Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics
· Nuclear Astrophysics
· Astroparticle Physics
· Heavy Ion Collisions and QCD Phases
· Hadron Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics
· Fundamental Symmetries and Interactions
· Nuclear Physics Applications
· Few-Body Systems
The bid should also provide the list of members composing the Local Organizing Committee.
As the EuNPC is part of the series organized by the Nuclear Physics Division:
- a reduced fee for EPS members should be considered
- a contribution of €25 per participant is expected to be provided to the NPD board
- all NPD board members should be included in the International Advisory Committee and as session conveners.
In the case of proceedings, it is strongly recommended to select those appearing on a referred journal. The procedure should be defined in advance, and the proceedings must be accessible to all conference speakers.
The conference could apply to be recognized as an EPS conference and may also request an EPS poster prize and/or a grant for early-career researchers.
The EuNPC 2027 is expected to have a special session dedicated for the EPS-NPD awards, in particular the Lise Meitner 2026 and the best PhD theses for the period 2024-2026 prizes. The winners of the prizes will be invited at the conference to present their work.
The deadline to submit the application material to the Scientific Secretary of the NPD board (Raquel Crespo, raquel.crespo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is July 31st, 2025.
The candidates will be invited to present their proposal at the NPD board meeting in September 2025, when the selection of the EuNPC 2027 conference will be made and announced at the end of the EuNPC 2025 conference in Caen from September 22nd to 26th, 2025.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Friday 28 February 2025
Updated: Sunday 23 February 2025
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The Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is delighted to announce that the winners of the 2024 Lise Meitner prize are Prof. Dr. Muhsin N. Harakeh (University of Groningen - Netherlands) & Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Achim Richter (Technical University of Darmstadt - Germany).
The prize is given every two years for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. Professors Harakeh and Richter are both renowned figures in nuclear physics, having made significant discoveries over decades of dedicated research. Their contributions have influenced the entire scientific community in this field.
Prof. Harakeh and Prof. Richter have been awarded the prize for their seminal contributions to the discovery and investigation of collective modes in atomic nuclei, including the Isoscalar Giant Monopole and Dipole Resonances and the "Scissors Mode”, and the role of the isospin degree of freedom in nuclear excitations. Their work has also driven significant methodological advancements, such as zero-degree measurement techniques and the development of multi-turn superconducting linear accelerators.
The prize will be awarded on 22-26 September 2025 during the 6th European Nuclear Physics Conference 2025 (EuNPC 2025) in Caen (France), where the winners will give a talk on their research.
More info:
- 2024 call and previous winners available here
- A brief article on Lise Meitner is available here
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Thursday 27 February 2025
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Nominations are open for 2 (two) new ordinary board members of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division (EPS-NPD).
The members of the Board are expected to attend Board meetings, which take place twice a year.
Please note that the newly elected board members will be invited at the board meeting planned on May 8th-9th at Catania (details will be mailed in due course).
Some of the activities of the NPD are the following:
- Organisation of the European Nuclear Physics Conference series,
- Organisation of the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics Conference series,
- Organizazion of the Applied Nuclear Physics Conference series,
- Awarding three prestigious prizes: Lise Meitner Prize, Applied Nuclear Physics Prize and PhD Thesis Prize.
The board produces publications on various nuclear physics related topics, for example so called EPS Position Papers and provides input to the EPS on issues related to nuclear physics and relations to other European and international bodies interested in nuclear physics and policy.
For more information, you may visit the NPD website.
For a nomination to be valid:
- the nomination has to be supported by two other Individual Members. They may either sign the nomination form or send a support letter independently by email.
- it must be accompanied by a statement of consent from the nominee
- the elected candidate must be or become an EPS Individual Member (https://www.eps.org/general/register_member_type.asp? )
- the nominee must send a short CV in pdf or .doc
format
- the nominee must send a half page candidate/campaign statement (length ½ page)
- it must be received at the EPS secretariat by 30th April 2025.
Please send it by e-mail to the two following addresses:
secretariat@eps.org and raquel.crespo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
For a nomination, the attached form or a copy may be used.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Sunday 16 February 2025
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The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host the 2026 edition of the Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics (NPA-XII 2026).
Every two years the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics Conference brings together researchers from a multi-disciplinary community of experimental and theoretical nuclear physicists, astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmo-chemists to discuss the current challenges of this exciting and fast developing research field.
The NPA conference is part of the series of NPD divisional conferences, comprising the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC) and the Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP) Conference.
The application material should include:
- the approximate dates when it is planned to hold the conference,
- the description of the proposed location and venue,
- the description of the participating Universities and Laboratories,
- the projected costs,
- the expected financial supports,
- the anticipated sponsorship from Universities/Laboratories/Industries,
- the support for students and early career researchers,
- and the foreseen approximate conference fees.
The bid should also provide the list of members composing the Local Organizing Committee.
As the NPA conference is part of the series organized by the Nuclear Physics Division:
- a reduced fee for EPS members should be considered
- a contribution of €25 per participant is expected to be provided to the NPD board
- a certain number of NPD board members should be included in the Scientific Advisory Board.
In the case of proceedings, it is strongly recommended to select those appearing on a referred journal. The procedure should be defined in advance, and the proceedings must be accessible to all conference speakers.
The conference could apply to be recognized as an EPS conference and may also request an EPS poster prize and/or a grant for early-career researchers.
The deadline to submit the application material to the Scientific Secretary of the NPD board (Raquel Crespo, raquel.crespo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is April 30th, 2025.
The candidates will be invited to present their proposal at the NPD board meeting in May 8th-9th 2025, when the selection of the NPA-XII 2026 conference will be made.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Friday 24 January 2025
Updated: Wednesday 22 January 2025
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The Nuclear Physics Division of the EPS has decided to award the 2021-2023 PhD Prize jointly to Dr. Chloé Fougères, Dr. Sandro Fabian Kraemer and Dr. Francesco Marino
The theses of the winners are:
- Chloé Fougères, Understanding the cosmic abundance of 22Na: lifetime measurements in 23Mg, University of Caen and GANIL, France, March 2022.
- Sandro Fabian Kraemer, Vacuum-ultraviolet spectroscopy of the radiative decay of the low- energy isomer in 229Th, KU Leuven, Belgium, November 2022.
- Francesco Marino, Microscopic theory of infinite nuclear matter and non-empirical energy functionals, University of Milan and INFN, Italy, December 2023.
The prizes will be awarded during the 6th European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC 2025) which will take place in Caen, France, from 22nd to 26th September 2025. The winners will receive a diploma and deliver a plenary invited talk on their work.
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Wednesday 11 December 2024
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The 88th meeting of the EPS-NPD board took place at the Laboratoire de Physique des Deux Infinis Irène Joliot Curie in Orsay, France, on the 28th-29th October 2024. On the morning of the 28th, the new laboratory founded in 2020 by the fusion of 5 pre-existing laboratories, was presented by the director Achille Stocchi.
This introductory talk was then followed by presentations of the activities of the Nuclear Physics, High Energy, Energy and Environment and Health Departments of the laboratory. There were lively discussions on all topics of interest to the NPD, in particular the opportunities for internships and doctoral studies, nuclear energy and health science applications. Unfortunately, the planned visit to the ALTO facility, which hosts a 15 MV tandem and a linear electron accelerator for producing radioactive ion beams by photofission, could not take place as it had recently suffered from major flooding.
The members of the board then went to visit the plaque that was installed in October 2023 and which recognizes the IPNO as an EPS historic site, as illustrated in the picture.
On the afternoon of the 28th, the board reviewed the reports on the recently-held EPS-NPD conferences: the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics XI Conference and the Applied Nuclear Physics Conference 2024, during which the Applied Nuclear Physics prize was awarded to Alberto Del Guerra and Laura Harkness-Brennan. The status of the organization of the next European Nuclear Physics Conference that will be hosted in Caen in 2025 was also discussed. The board then proceeded to the evaluation of the short-listed PhD theses and selected the best three. The whole board recognized the high level of the submitted theses.
On the morning of the 29th, various other topics were covered and debated at length, namely the nominations for the next EPS prizes and EPS historical site as well as the election of the next NPD chair and scientific secretary.
Araceli Lopez-Martens
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Monday 9 December 2024
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Innovative applications of nuclear physics in the fields of energy, medicine, materials science, security through sensing technologies, space, environment, heritage conservation are showcased at the international conference on Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP2024), held at the Center Dissemination of Research Results of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, between 23-27 September 2024.
ANP2024 was the 2nd edition of the International Conference Series, after the first one hosted in Prague in 2021, with the support of the European Physics Society (EPS). The main aim is to highlight the importance and disseminate the research results in the field of applied nuclear physics to the international scientific community. ANP2024 was supported by the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and was under the auspices of the Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society (HNPS), a non-profit scientific association, founded in 1990 and acts as the official body of nuclear scientists in Greece.
As the AUTh Rector, Professor Charalambos Feidas, stated during his opening of the ANP2024 conference: "The applications of nuclear physics offer societies sustainable solutions in energy, innovative medical treatments, space missions, the preservation of our cultural heritage. The field offers transformative solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face", while he added: "At conferences like this we can exchange ideas and forge partnerships, shaping a better future for our world," also noting that hosting ANP2024 at AUTh highlights the important role of the university and the physics department's research team in the advancement of Applied Nuclear Physics.
The importance of Applied Nuclear Physics in scientific research and technological development was underlined by the conference Chair and the Head of the School of Physics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Professor Alexandra Ioannidou, focusing on the cooperation of the scientific community with the institutional bodies to ensure the safe and innovative use of nuclear energy and technology, In this context, she explained that the conference will provide networking opportunities and the development of new partnerships. "The contacts made here are just as important as the knowledge we share, often leading to long-term relationships and partnerships", she noted.
“The goal of the conference is to strengthen the connection of the European Union of Physicists with the respective national partners”, pointed out the Chair of the Nuclear Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS), Professor Alessandra Fantoni (INFN Frascati, Italy) noting also that the EPS applied physics awards will to be awarded, in a special session, to the scientists Professor Alberto del Guerra (University of Pisa and INFN, Italy) and Professor Laura Harkness-Brennan (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom).
ANP2024 has been a successful EPS conference paving the path for the next one in the series. A Special Issue in the peer-reviewed journal "Applied Radiation and Isotopes" is dedicated to a limited number of original research papers presented, while all other contributions will be hosted in a Special Volume of the peer-reviewed HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics" Proceedings Series.
ANP2024 had more than 150+ attendees, almost equally distributed between young and senior researchers. See some statistics in the Figures below.
Besides its 5 days of talks, its 6 Plenary sessions, its 24 parallel sessions, and a Poster session with 3 awards sponsored by the Arizona Carbon Foil Co. and the EPS, ANP2024 gave the participants to enjoy the social program and swim in the blue waters of the Aegean Sea.
ANP2024 website: https://hnps.eu/ANP2024
Figure 1 - ANP2024 Participants per career level
Figure 2 - Participants per country of origin
Figure 3 - Participants per gender
Figure 4 - The AUTh Rector, Prof. Ch. Feidas and the AUTh Dept. of Physics Chair, Prof. A. Ioannidou
Figure 5 - The Chair of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division, Prof. Alessandra Fantoni (INFN Frascati, Italy)
Figure 6 - The recipients of the 2024 EPS Applied Nuclear Physics Prize, Prof. Alberto Del Guerra (University of Pisa and INFN, Italy) and Prof. Laura Harkness Brennan (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Figure 7 - Robert Stoner (ACF Co.) and Alessandra Fantoni (EPS) deliver the prizes for best posters
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Posted By Alessandra Fantoni,
Saturday 26 October 2024
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The 11th edition of the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics conference series, in brief NPA-XI, concluded successfully in Dresden, Germany.
There was a record number of 191 academic participants (126 PhD scientists, 53 graduate students, and 12 undergraduates from the local university). Participants came from 18 EU+ countries and 10 countries in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. More than a third of the participants were from Germany, and there were six or more scientists each from Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Belgium, and Poland.
The gender makeup was in line with the statistics of the field overall, with 28% female participants and 36% of the invited talks given by women.
In altogether 33 invited and 48 contributed talks, all of them in the plenum, and 80 poster contributions, participants summarised the state of the art in nuclear astrophysics and related fields. Both the contributions overall and the individual sessions were balanced between experiment, theory, and observation. Most poster presenters used the opportunity to present their work in a one-minute poster pitch in the plenum. Due to the generosity of the European Physical Journal A and the NuPECC committee, altogether four poster prizes with 200-400€ financial award each were selected amongst the many excellent posters.
Topics discussed included the observed and predicted elemental compositions of the earliest stars, neutron capture nucleosynthesis including its outputs and scenarios, the observation and interpretation of multi-messenger events, a proposed new nucleosynthesis process, gravitational waves, and advanced laboratory experiments. The high share of young participants (in addition to 53 PhD students, there were 14 postdocs with less than two years after the PhD and even 12 undergraduates - altogether 41%) is encouraging given the fact that there is still much to study and learn regarding the synthesis of the chemical elements in the cosmos.
The conference was co-organised by the Dresden-based institutions HZDR, TU Dresden, and DZA Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik, in close partnership with regional partners from the University of Wroclaw, the AIP Leibniz Center for Astrophysics Potsdam, and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Two of the founding fathers of nuclear astrophysics agreed to contribute: Professor Friedel Thielemann from the University of Basel gave a public outreach talk in German for the general public. Professor Roland Diehl from MPE Garching summarised the state and outlook of the field in a dinner speech, given not as originally planned aboard a steamboat on the river but due to flooding simply in a restaurant. Four company exhibitors from fields as diverse as instrumentation, publishing, and accelerator construction contributed to the innovation aspect of NPA-XI.
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