About: Pawel Napiorkowski

On October 7, 2026, the results of the latest edition of the prestigious World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking were published. The ranking recognizes researchers from various fields and scientific disciplines whose publications have achieved a high scientific impact. The list was compiled by John P. A. Ioannidis of Stanford University and is available at: https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. Dr. hab. Aleksandra Sentkowska was included among the distinguished researchers in the Single-year Impact category, which takes into account citations received in 2025....

The project to expand the Warsaw U-200P Cyclotron accelerator complex at the Heavy Ion Laboratory, entitled “POLRIB@HIL: Development of Radioactive-Beam Research at the Heavy Ion Laboratory,” has been included in the list of strategic research infrastructures on the Polish Research Infrastructure Roadmap.

The project aims to upgrade the Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw, enabling it to provide users with radioactive ion beams generated using its two cyclotrons: the U-200P heavy-ion cyclotron and the PETtrace dual-beam proton–deuteron cyclotron. It will also support the effective use of these beams at the Laboratory’s experimental facilities....

Iwona Piętka received first prize in the poster competition at the 20th biennial Nuclear Structure Conference, proudly hosted by Simon Fraser University and TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada, from July 27 to July 31, 2026. The award winner is a PhD student working at the Heavy Ion Laboratory under the supervision of Leszek Próchniak and Katarzyna Wrzosek-Lipska. At the conference, she presented the work entitled “Coulomb Excitation of ¹¹⁰Cd Studied with AGATA at LNL.” The announcement is available on the conference website. Congratulations! ...