2025 Slovak Academy of Science International Award for Dr. Christophe Marcenat- Sept 2025

On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, the premises of Hall of Mirrors of the Primate’s Palace in Bratislava hosted distinguished guests from the academic,political, social and diplomatic spheres At the ceremonial event, the President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) and Chairman of the SAS Scientific Council, Dr. Martin Venhart, presented the SAS International Award in the field of natural sciences to Dr. Christophe Marcenat, a researcher at CEA-Irig/Pheliqs/Lateqs and invited researcher at the Néel Institute. Prof. Peter Samuely from the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IEP SAS) in Košice, head of the group that collaborates with the laureate, addressed the audience. He highlighted Ch. Marcenat’s extensive expertise in low-temperature physics and described the close cooperation with the Centre of Low Temperature Physics (CLTP) at the IEP SAS. As he noted, together with his colleagues in Košice, Dr. Marcenat has achieved several ground breaking results. “The cooperation of Dr. Christophe Marcenat with the Institute of Experimental Physics SAS has lasted for almost a quarter of a century. It began with research on the superconducting magnesium diboride (MgB₂), the results of which we published in 2001 in the leading physics journal Physical Review Letters. Today it has nearly 500 citations and has received several awards,” emphasized P. Samuely. Read more ....