Astrophysicist Norbert Werner has become the third grant holder of MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH). After eight years at Stanford University in the United States, he moved to Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary. He is also giving lectures in Hiroshima, Japan.
He will relocate to Masaryk University with his research beginning of July. As an expert on the behaviour of black holes or intergalactic gas in Brno, Werner wants to cooperate, among other things, with companies that deal with the development of small satellites.
Congratulations!
You can find the interview with Norbert Werner in the latest printed issue of Magazine M and soon also online.
The aim of the MUNI Award grant is to bring new excellent and successful scientists to MU, to whom we offer excellent conditions to produce top scientific results. In the past, the grant was received by Daniel Kráľ, the world's leading expert in graph theory who came to MU from the University of Warwick, and by Matthew Rampley, the world´s leading expert in the art history who came from the University of Birmingham.
CaviPlasma technology for the cleaning of wastewater from hard-to-remove pollutants wins the TA ČR Award in the category SOCIETY and also becomes the absolute winner with the title Czech Idea 2024.
Prof. Šárka Pospíšilová, a prorector for research and doctoral studies, gave awards to new MU absolvents for exceptional results during their postgraduate studies. In the physics field, two fresh graduates from the Physics departments were awarded: Dr. Michal kiaba and Dr. Matej Kosiba.
