Award-winning personalities
Twenty laureates from Czech universities and the Academy of Sciences received the award for their outstanding academic, pedagogical, and scientific achievements and for their lifelong contribution to the development of science in the Czech Republic.
“The award winners include individuals who are significantly advancing teaching, research, and cooperation in the academic environment. Their work is an example of what Czech higher education and science have to offer,” said Minister of Education Mikuláš Bek.
Physicist Marek Piliarik, head of the Nano Optics research team, received an award from the minister for outstanding achievements in research, experimental development, and innovation.
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Award for Outstanding Results in Research, Experimental Development and Innovation
The Minister has been awarding the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Award for outstanding achievements in research, experimental development and innovation since 1991. Every year, research organizations and universities nominate outstanding achievements in research, experimental development, and innovation achieved over the past five years with financial support from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, which represent personalities in science and research. A commission composed of leading figures in the scientific sphere selects outstanding achievements, which it recommends to the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports.
The personality of Marek Piliarik
Marek Piliarik, Ph.D., has been associated with our institute for almost 30 years. During his scientific career, he has gained experience and worked at foreign scientific institutions, such as the University of Washington (USA), the Institute of Physics (Austria), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland), and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany).
His most recent significant awards include the Czech Academy of Sciences Award for outstanding research results for a photothermal spatial light modulator for ultra-sensitive 3D nanoscopy, which he developed with his research team.
Congratulations on receiving this prestigious award!
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