About: Pawel Napiorkowski

On June 23, 2025, Prof. Douglas Cline passed away. He was an outstanding scientist who laid the foundations for modern research on the structure of atomic nuclei using the Coulomb excitation method. Since 1963, he worked at the University of Rochester in the USA, where he built the Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory (NSRL) accelerator facility and directed it from 1988 to 1999. The Cline criterion for safe energy in Coulomb excitations and the Kumar-Cline sum rules will remain in the history of nuclear physics. Together with Tomasz Czosnyka and C.Y.Wu, he was the author of the GOSIA program, which was fundamental for the analysis of Coulomb excitations. He was a master and friend of many Polish physicists, whom he hosted in Rochester and with whom he collaborated for years. In 2012, he received the highest distinction of the Polish Physical Society - the Smoluchowski Medal. "It is tremendous honor to receive...

On 31^st of May 2025, a doctoral promotion ceremony was held in the gardens of the University Library in Warsaw, along with the presentation of congratulations to Doctors of Science. Among the Laboratory's employees, Dr. Bogumił Zalewski (3rd from the left) received a doctoral diploma. ...

An unimaginable tragedy has occurred at the University of Warsaw. In accordance with the decision of Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, May 8 is the Day of Mourning, without classes and work at the University of Warsaw. The university community is shocked by the brutal murder that took place on the Main Campus of the University of Warsaw. Let the Day of Mourning be a time to reflect on the acts of violence and aggression that occur in the academic space. Therefore, I would like to inform you that tomorrow at the HIL only the reception, doorkeepers, guest room service and employees on duty in emergency situations will be working....