This year, the LAS Senate awarded thirteen name prizes and four young scientists’ awards. Among them were the newly established (in 2019) awards - the Kaspars Bušs name prize in forest ecology and forestry, as well as the Vitauts Tamužs prize for young scientists in mechanics.
Four employees of our institute received the following LAS awards:
- Dr.phys. Jānis Kleperis received Arturs Balklavs Award for popularization of science by organizing the “Solar Cup” event;
- Dr.phys. Aleksejs Kuzmins received Edgars Siliņš Award in Physics for the set of works “Development of X-ray Absorption Spectrum Analysis Methods and Their Applications in Material Structure Research”;
- Dr.phys. Kaspars Pudžs received Ludvigs and Māris Jansons name Award in physics for his work “Study of electrical and thermoelectrical properties of organic thin films with different morphology”, under supervision of Dr.phys. A. Vembris;
- Dr.phys. Virgīnija Vītola received Young Scientists Award for her work “Electronic excitations and processes in long-lasting luminescence material SrAl2O4”, under supervision of Dr.phys. K. Šmits
