Zdzisław Szymański Prize for the year 2017 has been awarded to
Dr Marco La Cognata
from Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN
in recognition of his contributions to the field of experimental studies of nuclear reactions of astrophysical relevance, in particular for developing extensions of the Trojan Horse Method to resonant reactions, including subthreshold resonances
The Diploma was awarded on September 8th during the XXXV Mazurian Lakes Conference of Physics held in September 3–8, 2017 at Piaski, Poland.
Dr Marco La Cognata received the Prize from the Dean of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw Prof. Dariusz Wasik.
The award ceremony was honored by the presence of Prof. Zdzisław Szymański’s son, Paweł Szymański.