2024
Dr. Benjamin Bally
ESNT, CEA Paris-Saclay
for pioneering calculations of the structure of deformed odd nuclei with Skyrme energy density functionals including symmetry restoration and configuration mixing and the first reliable ab-initio calculations of the nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay to a medium-mass deformed nucleus
2021
Dr Steven Ragnar Stroberg
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
for crucial developments to extend ab initio theory to the structure of large nuclei, and for his contributions to the solution of a long-standing puzzle regarding Gamow-Teller beta-decay rates
2019
Dr Javier Menéndez
Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo
for outstanding contributions to theoretical studies of nuclear structure, in particular for profound insights relevant to the search for neutrino-less double beta decay and the detection of dark matter
2017
Dr Marco La Cognata
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
2015
Prof. Alexandra Gade
Michigan State University
in recognition of her lidership in the exploration of the structure of exotic nuclei at the extremes of neutron to proton ratio and, in particular, for her seminal studies of spectroscopic factors in nulei far from the valley of nuclear stability
2013
Prof. Achim Schwenk
Technische Universität in Darmstadt
for pioneering works on applying renormalization group methods to the nucleon-nucleon interaction and nuclear many-body problem, and for ground-breaking contributions to the understanding of the impact of three-body forces on the structure of atomic nuclei
2010
Dr Michał Warda
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublinie
for his work on nuclear symmetry energy probed by neutron skin thickness of nuclei
2008
Dr Aleksander Parhomenko
The Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies
for his Ph.D. work “Single-particle effects in the properties of heavy and superheavy nuclei”
2007
Prof. Benoît Gall
Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
for his outstanding contribution to experimental in-beam studies of superdeformed, octupole-deformed and heavy nuclei
Dr Adam Klimkiewicz
Jagiellonian University, Kraków
for his systematic investigation of the dipole response in exotic neutron-rich nuclei in 132Sn mass region
2005-2006
Dr Ernest Grodner
University of Warsaw
for observing spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry in 128Cs
2004
Dr hab. Bogdan Fornal
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków
for his studies of neutron-rich nuclei excited in deep-inelastic heavy-ion collisions, and in particular for his discovery of the neutron N=32 magic gap
2003
Dr hab. Marek Pfützner
University of Warsaw
for his discovery of the two-proton decay and research concerning isomerism in nuclei far from stability
2002
Dr hab. Piotr Magierski
Warsaw University of Technology
for his research concerning shell effects in fermionic systems from atomic nuclei, through mesoscopic systems to neutron stars