[Neutron] KFN awards for young neutron researchers

[Karin Griewatsch]

Dear friends of neutron research,

during the German Neutron Scattering Conference (DN2024), which took 
place in Aachen 16-18 Sept. 2024, four young scientists were honoured 
for their outstanding research with neutrons by the German Committee 
Research with Neutrons (KFN):

Dr Leonardo Chiappisi (Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL, France) received the 
prestigious Wolfram-Prandl Prize 2024 for his outstanding research 
achievements concerning neutron scattering and reflectometry on 
polymer-based soft matter under high-pressure conditions. His activities 
have not only enhanced our understanding of volumetric contributions to 
polymeric and colloidal self-assembly processes, but have also provided 
the community with experimental setups and methodology.

Dr Bruno Baumeister and Dr Christian Reiter (both TU Munich) received 
one of two KFN Instrumentation Prizes 2024 for jointly bringing on the 
way the conversion of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source 
(FRM II) to a low-enriched uranium fuel while maintaining its scientific 
performance - a challenging task whose solution is attracting great 
interest worldwide due to its transferability to other research 
reactors.

Dr Paul Zakalek (Forschungszentrum Jülich) received the other KFN 
Instrumentation Prize 2024 for his pioneering contributions to the 
development of the High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS), the world's 
first High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (HiCANS). Among 
other things, he developed its target and moderator, the heart of the 
facility, which for the first time produced neutrons on the premises of 
Forschungszentrum Jülich in December 2022.

We warmly congratulate the laureates and invite you to read more about 
their research and the DN2024 conference on the websites of KFN, ILL, 
MLZ Garching and FZ Jülich:

https://www.sni-portal.de/en/user-committees/committee-research-with-neutrons/outstanding-research-with-neutrons
https://www.ill.eu/infos-presse-evenements/detail-1/wolfram-prandl-prize-2024-to-leonardo-chiappisi
https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/excellent-research-for-the-conversion.html
https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/jcns/news/announcements/2024/kfn-prizes-24

Kind regards,

Karin Griewatsch
Public Relations Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN)

Catarina Espirito-Santo
Head of Communication Institut Laue Langevin (ILL)

Andrea Voit
Press and Public Relations Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Zentrum (MLZ)

Claire Ryalls
Press and Public Relations Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (JCNS)

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Dr. Karin Griewatsch

    Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
    Forschung mit Synchrotronstrahlung, Neutronen und
    Ionenstrahlen an Großgeräten
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
    @ IEAP, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
    https://www.sni-portal.de/kfn
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