Zdzisław Szymański Prize for the years 2005-2006

The Selection Committee of the Zdzisław Szymański Prize at the meeting held on June 1, 2007, after a thorough evaluation of candidates has decided to nominate

dr Ernest Grodner
from University of Warsaw

for observing spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry in ¹²⁸Cs.

The Diploma of the Prize for the years of 2005-2006 was awarded at a gala ceremony during the XXX Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics “Nuclear Physics and the Fundamental Processes”, which took place in Piaski, Poland, September 2-9, 2007. Within a special session, the Laureate gave an invited lecture concerning his scientific research: “Quest for the chiral symmetry breaking in atomic nuclei”.