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Visit of a delegation from South Africa

On September 9, at HIL we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from South Africa, which included representatives of: University of Zululand – prof. Nokuthula Kunene – Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation – prof. Khoboso Lehloenya – Dean of the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering – prof. Jili Thulani from the Faculty of Physics Nelson Mandela University – prof. Jaco Oliver – Director of the Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy – Dr. Zikhona Tywabi-Ngeva from the Faculty of Chemistry University of South Africa – Dr. Sithole Makgamathe from the Department of Physics and iThemba LABs – Dr. Mlungisi Nkosi – Head of the Tandetron Laboratory During the meeting, we listened to short presentations of all institutions and then invited our guests on a tour of the Laboratory. We presented the ICARE experimental setup (Dr. Agnieszka Trzcińska), the NEDA+EAGLE setup (Dr. Marcin Palacz) and the radiobiological laboratory, which was talked about by Dr. Urszula Kaźmierczak. Later in the meeting, we...
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Cooperation with the IMP Chinese Academy of Sciences

On July 12, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from China, including Prof. Enge Wang (member and former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former rector of Peking University), Prof. Hongwei Zhao (member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former deputy director of the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr Shan Sha (in charge of the human resources (HR) department at the Institute of Modern Physics) and Dr Song Guo (researcher at the Nuclear Physics Research Center at the Institute of Modern Physics).

The visit aimed to promote cooperation between SLCJ and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was associated with the signing of a bilateral framework agreement on the matter between our institutions. The agreement provides for the implementation of joint research projects, exchange of scientific and technical staff as...

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