On September 9, at HIL we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from South Africa, which included representatives of:

University of Zululand
– prof. Nokuthula Kunene – Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation
– prof. Khoboso Lehloenya – Dean of the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
– prof. Jili Thulani from the Faculty of Physics

Nelson Mandela University
– prof. Jaco Oliver – Director of the Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy
– Dr. Zikhona Tywabi-Ngeva from the Faculty of Chemistry

University of South Africa
– Dr. Sithole Makgamathe from the Department of Physics

and iThemba LABs
– Dr. Mlungisi Nkosi – Head of the Tandetron Laboratory

During the meeting, we listened to short presentations of all institutions and then invited our guests on a tour of the Laboratory. We presented the ICARE experimental setup (Dr. Agnieszka Trzcińska), the NEDA+EAGLE setup (Dr. Marcin Palacz) and the radiobiological laboratory, which was talked about by Dr. Urszula Kaźmierczak.

Later in the meeting, we also visited the Center of New Technologies at the University of Warsaw.

The beam schedule from the Warsaw U-200P Cyclotron for the period until November 2024 is now available on the “Beams” website.

On July 12, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from China, including Prof. Enge Wang (member and former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former rector of Peking University), Prof. Hongwei Zhao (member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former deputy director of the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr Shan Sha (in charge of the human resources (HR) department at the Institute of Modern Physics) and Dr Song Guo (researcher at the Nuclear Physics Research Center at the Institute of Modern Physics).

The visit aimed to promote cooperation between SLCJ and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was associated with the signing of a bilateral framework agreement on the matter between our institutions. The agreement provides for the implementation of joint research projects, exchange of scientific and technical staff as well as cooperation in educating students and doctoral students.

SLCJ was represented by Acting Director Dr Pawel Napiorkowski, Deputy Director for Technical Affairs Dr Jaroslaw Choinski, Dr Justyna Samorajczyk-Pyśk (responsible for the implementation of the agreement), Dr Agnieszka Trzcinska (head of the Nuclear Reactions Section), Dr. Julian Srebrny and MA Jolanta Matuszczak (responsible for organization on the part of SLCJ). The meeting was also attended by representatives of NCBJ, users of the Cyclotron – Ernest Grodner, PhD, and Adam Nałęcz-Jawecki, MA.

During the visit, our guests had the opportunity to visit the SLCJ and hear about the research conducted in the laboratory and plans. The activities of the Institute of Modern Physics in Lanzhou, China, were introduced to us by Prof. Hongwei Zhao in his presentation.

Thanks to the courtesy of Dr Krzysztof Mordynski – curator of the Warsaw University Museum, we were able to show our distinguished guests interesting exhibits illustrating the 200+ year history of our University, as well as listen to interesting facts about the oldest university buildings. All in the historic setting of the University’s main campus.

The culmination of the visit was a meeting of the Chinese delegation and SLCJ representatives with the UW Vice-Rector for Research Prof. Zygmunt Lalak, during which we discussed our plans and hopes for SLCJ’s cooperation with the Institute of Modern Physics.