SPARC PhD-Prize Winners

Please find more detailed information in SPARC-Newsletter

 

2024: Dr. Stephan Dickopf „High-precision Penning-trap measurements of the magnetic moments and hyperfine splitting in hydrogen-like beryllium-9",

University of Heidelberg and Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

 

2023: Dr. Jonas Sommerfeldt „All-Order Calculations of Delbrück Scattering",

Technical University of Braunschweig

 

2022: Sebastian Klammes „Laser cooling of ions in storage rings",

Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and Helmholtz Institute Jena

 

2021: Robert Klas „Efficiency Scaling of High Harmonic Generation using Ultrashort Fiber Lasers",

Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and Helmholtz Institute Jena

 

2020: Dr. Zuzana Slavkovska „Experimental investigation of the proton capture by 124Xe nucleus",

GSI Helmholtzzentrum and Goethe University Frankfurt

 

2019: Fabian Heiße „High-precision measurement of the proton’s atomic mass",

Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg

 

2018: Ilia A. Maltsev "Calculations of charge-transfer and excitation probabilities in collisions of heavy highly charged ions",

St. Petersburg State University, Russia

 

SPARC PhD-Prize

Keeping our tradition of awarding SPARC Prize for the best PhD thesis related to atomic physics studies at GSI and FAIR. We would like to pay your attention that one can nominate not only those students who have already completed their PhD study but also students who will defend their thesis in the next six months. See the details below.

Please, pay your attention to the nomination rules (as of Sept 7, 2024) below.

Eligibility 

  • The SPARC PhD Prize is open to students who successfully completed their PhD theses related to the SPARC experimental or theoretical program. 
  • The date of the PhD defense must be no more than two years before the date of nomination for the award. 
  • The candidate must be available to attend the SPARC collaboration workshop at the year of nomination. 

Nomination Procedure 

  • A nomination can only be made by a SPARC member. 
  • Nominations must be submitted per email to the Chair of the Selection Committee and must consist of: 
    • A letter of nomination in which the impact of the nominated work for SPARC program is described. Letter should not exceed one A4 page. 
    • The CV of the nominee, including full list of publications. 
    • An electronic copy of the PhD diploma with the date of the defense. 
    • An electronic copy of the PhD thesis. 
    • If the PhD thesis is written in a language other than English, a short summary of its main results (in English, maximum half a page) should be presented together with an electronic copy of the thesis. 

Selection procedure 

  • The deadline for nominations for the PhD Prize is May 1st of a given year. 
  • A prizewinner is to be defined at the SPARC board meeting. Depending on the specific situation, the meeting may take place online or in person, but no later than two months prior to the start date of the SPARC collaboration meeting.  
  • Should a candidate be from the same group as a member of the SPARC board, this member will automatically be excluded from the final assessment (for this particular candidate). 
  • The decision of the SPARC board has to be communicated to a prizewinner shortly after the board meeting and has to be announced in the next SPARC Newsletter's edition. 
  • One SPARC PhD Prize will be awarded each year. 

Awarding of the prize 

  • The prize will be awarded every year during the SPARC collaboration meeting. 
  • The prize winner will be asked to make a presentation about her/his work at the special session of the SPARC collaboration meeting. 
  • The Award shall consist of financial prize (amount will be decided by the SPARC board) and an honorary recognition.