The Board of the Zdzisław Szymański Prize, taking into account the collected funds, has made a decision to award a winner for the year 2002 with 6000 PLN.

We kindly inform, that the Selection Committee of the Zdzisław Szymański Prize at the meeting held on May 14,  2003, after a thorough evaluation of  candidates has decided to nominate Dr. hab. Piotr Magierski from Warsaw University of Technology for his research concerning shell effects in fermionic systems from atomic nuclei, through mesoscopic systems to neutron stars.
The Dean of the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University has accepted the nomination.

Secretary                      Chairman

Dr. Wanda Dudek        Prof. dr. Zdzisław Wilhelmi

Here you may find information about the laureate (written by Dr. hab. W. Satuła) as well as his C.V. and list of publications .

The Diploma of the Prize for the year 2002 has been awarded at a gala ceremony during the XXVIII Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics , where the laureate gave an invited lecture concerning his scientific research.

Mrs Wiesława Szymańska hands the Diploma to the laureate Piotr Magierski (phot. B. Sikora).

An official ceremony took place on October 6, 2003 16:00h at the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University in Warsaw, during a special open session of the Faculty Council.
 

Zdzisław Szymański Prize laureate Piotr Magierski with a  check for 6000 PLN together with Mrs Wiesława Szymańska and the Dean of the Faculty of Physics Professor Jan Bartelski (phot. B. Sikora).	Mikołaj Pałosz is performing A kaleidoscope for M.C.E. composed by Paweł Szymański (Gala ceremony at the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University) (phot. B. Sikora).