On August 29, 2024, a ceremonial presentation of nominations to new members of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences (AMU PAS) took place at the Palace in Jabłonna near Warsaw. Our researcher Dr. Krzysztof Ptaszyński took part in the ceremony.

We warmly congratulate Dr. Ptaszyński on his appointment to AMU PAS and we wish him fruitful work. The choice, made by the General Assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences, honours the Doctor's previous successes and scientific achievements.

On the basis of the application No. P.439502, the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland has granted a patent to the Polish Oil and Gas Company-Odolanów Branch, the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. The patent is for an invention entitled "Method of separating liquid or gas in a rectification installation, backfilling the rectification shelf and using superconducting materials".

The co-authors of the patent from our Institute are: Prof. Dr. hab. Wojciech Kempiński, Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Trybuła, Dr. Jakub Niechciał, and Dr. Piotr Banat.

Patent document.

We are pleased to announce that two of our employees were among the winners of the SONATA-19 competition, which is aimed at scientists with a doctoral degree obtained up to 7 years before the year of submitting the grant application:

• Dr. Eng. Krzysztof Ptaszyński:
  "Nonequilibrium phase transitions, synchronization and chaos in thermodynamically consistent models" (funding: 1 201 820 PLN) – read more,

• Dr. Krzysztof Wójcik:
  "The theory of surface quantum criticality" (funding: 864 492 PLN) – read more.

Both grant applications were evaluated within the section of ST (Science and Engineering) in the ST3 panel (Condensed Phase Physics). In this panel, out of 25 submitted applications, 5 received funding from the National Science Centre.

We congratulate the winners and wish them further successes in implementing their projects.

We are happy to announce that Dr. hab. Konstantin Tretiakov, prof. IMP PAS, by the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, received the title of professor of natural sciences in the discipline of physical sciences.

We congratulate the Professor on his promotion and wish him many further scientific successes!

From March 16 until June 15, 2024, the Hydrogen Exhibition organized by our Institute was opened at the Poznań International Fair. This is the first exhibition of this type in Poland open to the general public. The aim of the project is to build a bridge between science and society in the context of the role of hydrogen in industry and the economy and to raise awareness of its importance in a "green" and sustainable future. Over 200 square meters of exhibition space contains a wealth of information and exhibits, thanks to which exhibition visitors have access to reliable and up-to-date knowledge and can see why the energy transformation is so important for the security of our planet. As a part of the event, an information and consultation point was also created with access to the opinions of experts in the field of hydrogen.

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