International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

Call for nominations: IUPAP AC6 Early Career Prizes in History of Physics 2024 & 2025 🏆 The IUCHPP invites nominations for the Early Career Prize in the History of Physics. The prize recognises outstanding contributions to the areas within the remit of the Commission. The deadline for submissions of nominations is February 28, 2025 📌 Info and submissions: https://lnkd.in/dJuYZC3Q

During the IUPAP General Assembly we had the honour of hosting three public lectures by Nobel laurates ✨ We thank Prof. Barry Barish, Prof. Takaaki Kajita and Prof. Samuel Ting for enchanting a large and enthusiastic audience with their words. You can now review the talks at this link: https://lnkd.in/dxRP7BcP ⭐ Gravitational waves: Unraveling the mysteries of our Universe Prof. Barish' talk starts at 18'15'' ⭐ Neutrinos: Key particles for understanding the smallest particles and the largest Universe Prof. Kajita's talk starts at 1 hr 11'25'' ⭐ Fifty years since the November Revolution in physics and unearthing the secrets of the cosmos Prof. Ting's talk starts at 2 hr 6'23''

✨ Commission 3 on Statistical Physics: Call for nominations ✨ C3 seeks nominations for: 🏆 2025 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize. The Award aims to recognize outstanding achievements and exceptional promise for future career of young scientists in the field of theoretical and experimental Statistical Physics. Nominations for this Early Career Scientist Award should be sent to us before January 15, 2025. 🏆 2025 Boltzmann Medal. This medal is presented every three years. The Award, consisting of a gilded medal, honors outstanding achievements in Statistical Physics. The next Boltzmann Medal will be presented during Statphys 29, to be held in Florence, Italy, from 13 to18 July 2025. Nominations for the award should be submitted before December 31, 2024. Info and submissions: https://lnkd.in/e3e9jsh2

🥇AC1 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Plasma Physics 🥇 🏵2020 Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo, University of Maryland “For significant contributions to to the field of Optics and Photonics” 🏵2021 Giulia Fulvia Mancini, Physics Department of the Università degli Studi di Pavia “For her contributions to imaging and scattering of nanostructured materials using high-harmonic soft X-ray sources and research on extreme ultraviolet imaging”. 🏵2022 Chao Zuo, Department of Optical Engineering at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), China “For his seminal contributions to computational phase imaging and metrology, particularly noninterferometic quantitative phase imaging and high-speed phase measuring profilometry”. More: https://bit.ly/3NBDawR

Silvina Ponce Dawson, IUPAP President ✨ ❝It is an incredible honor for me to occupy this position and I am very thankful to all of those who have deposited their trust and confidence in me. I will do my best to fulfill your expectations 💫 These are my first words not as President designate but as “almost” President: I will be President for real on January 1st. I want to thank Bruce McKellar and Michel Spiro who approached me during the EC&CC meeting in London in 2019 when Kennedy Reed resigned as President to explore if I would be willing to become acting President Designate. This was completely unexpected for me. I was thrilled. I accepted and that was the beginning of a new and quite amazing part of my journey with IUPAP. It has been five years since then. The Covid19 pandemic postponed everything and I became “actual” President Designate in 2021. During these five years I got to work together with many people, always in a very “flexible”, as Michel likes to say, and friendly atmosphere and I thank everybody for that. These are very exciting times for IUPAP. We are seeking to define a rejuvenation plan, to increase its impact, to embrace new areas. Change is the condition of a living organism and yet there is an identity that persists. This is how I like to see our Union, as a living organism, that changes, but keeps its identity intact. IUPAP as a river that flows retaining its identity and its strength. I invite you all to sail together.❞

💫#IUPAPGeneralAssembly, Day 3💫 Today, the GA got into full swing, working on IUPAP financial matters and the votes on resolutions. Then, the IUPAP Interdisciplinary Prize were presented to the awardees, Evelyn Tang and Stefano Martiniani 🏆 The last day of the Inter-Commission Symposium "Physics research for a sustainable planet" was coordinated by Silvina Ponce Dawson. The themes were as follows: 🌍 Silvina Ponce Dawson - Nuclear weapons production, control, and threat 🌍 Where have all our good minds gone? - Prof. Ana María Cetto 🌍 Gen AI? - What is the influence of AI on the young generation of scientists? - Cyrus Walther 🌍 Environmental injustice and the need for physics for and by the people - Prof. Geraldine Cochran Thanks to everyone who participated in the long-awaited General Assembly. It was a pleasure to meet us in person and work toghether 💫

💫#IUPAPGeneralAssembly, Day 2💫 Today at the IUPAP General Assembly, the long awaited 🌀Inter-Commission Symposium: Physics Research for a Sustainable Planet🌀 introduced by Prof. Xiaoyan Shen (Director of International Collaboration for CPS), Dr. Michel Spiro (IUPAP President), Prof. Pietro Ubertini (Chair C19), Prof. Nithaya Chetty (Chair WG21) and coordinated by Prof. Irvy Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa) Contents: 🌍 Physics for a sustainable planet with Prof. Giorgio Parisi (Sapienza Università di Roma) and Dr. Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay) 🌍 Climate change and geohazards with Prof. Ines Camilloni (Vice-Chair, IPCC Working Group I) and Prof. Gad el-Qadi (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt) 🌍Energy for the future, with Prof. Jiangang Li (Vice President CPS, Chief Scientist of EAST, Experimental Adavanced Superconducting Tokamak) and Prof. Jon Samseth (Chair, SCOPE, Scientific Commmittee of Problems of the Environment) 🌍 New technologies and materials for future developmen, with Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop (The University of Queensland) and Prof. Irvy Gledhill. The programm for tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/dgv5PewV

💫#IUPAPGeneralAssembly, Day 1💫 Here are some highlights from the first day of IUPAP 33rd IUPAP General Assembly taking place in China, for the first time in the 100 year history of IUPAP ✨ 🚺 Women in physics forum: the 25th Anniversary of IUPAP Working Group 5 on Women in Physics. Special Public Lectures delivered by Nobel Laureates: ☄️Prof. Samuel C.C. Ting. ☄️Prof. Barry C. Barish - Gravitational Waves: Unraveling the Mysteries of our Universe. ☄️Prof. Takaaki Kajita - Neutrinos - Key Particles for Understanding the Smallest Particles and the Largest Universe. Thank you all for taking part in this important moment, see you tomorrow!

🌍 Inter-Commission Symposium: Physics Research for a Sustainable Planet 🌍 📌 13:30-18, October 12, 2024 Convention Center 14-18:30, October 13, 2024 Hilton Hotel To attend online: Youtube: https://lnkd.in/dHYTRUpu KouShare: https://lnkd.in/diEYrU3N #IUPAPGeneralAssembly

IUPAP President Michel Spiro and Chinese Physical Society Vice-President Zhong Fang opened the 33rd IUPAP General Assembly this morning in Haikou, China. This is the first time in the 100 year history of IUPAP that the General Assembly is held in China ✨ "It's a joy to have friends come from afar!" ( 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎！), said Prof. Fang, quoting Confucius 💫 President Spiro reminded the delegates that IUPAP’s main goal is to contribute to "general international understanding" by fostering global cooperation in physics. The General Assembly is held in parallel with the 2024 Fall Meeting of the Chinese Physical Society. Three joint public lectures will delivered tonight by Nobel Laureates Barry Barish, Takaaki Kajita, and Samuel Ting ✨ #IUPAPGeneralAssembly