ALICE honours its 2026 PhD Thesis Award winners
On 22 July 2026, the ALICE Collaboration honoured the winners of its PhD Thesis Award during a special ceremony held as part of its meeting at CERN. The ALICE PhD Thesis Award is dedicated to the memory of Karel Šafařík (1953–2024). Since 2008, ALICE has recognised the most outstanding PhD theses based on the excellence of […]
On 22 July 2026, the ALICE Collaboration celebrated the achievements of four outstanding doctoral candidates at a ceremony held during their meeting at CERN. In honor of Karel Šafařík (1953–2024), the ALICE PhD Thesis Award recognizes the most exceptional theses based on the quality of research, the manuscript, and their contribution to the Collaboration. This year's nominees comprised 16 diverse theses, ranging from physics-analysis to technical studies.
Four recipients were selected by the ALICE Thesis Award Committee: Swati Saha from NISER, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India; Andrea Tavira García from Université Paris-Saclay, France; Gregor Hieronymus Eberwein from the University of Oxford, UK; and Chiara Ferrero from Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Each winner presented a concise overview of their thesis work in the form of a flash talk, after which ALICE Spokesperson Kai Schweda presented them with awards and mementos.
In their congratulatory remarks, Alessandra Fantoni, Chair of the Collaboration Board, and Jana Bielčíková, Chair of the Thesis Award Committee, commended the remarkable accomplishments of the four winners. The ALICE CERN community continues to support and encourage cutting-edge research in the field of particle physics.
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