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The laureate of the 2023 Erwin Félix Lewy Bertaut Prize is Dr Matilde Saura-Múzquiz, for her impressive early carrier contributions to the field of crystallography of functional materials, in particular those related to the studies of magnetic and non-magnetic complex oxide structures (scheelites, fergusonites, perovskites, pyrochlores, …) and studies on nanoparticle morphology, nuclear and magnetic …

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The ENSA board expresses a warm welcome to Portugal as a new member of the European neutron scientists community! Portugal will be represented by the president of the Portugese Groups of Neutron and Muon Users NeMPo, Maria Paula Marques.

The call for nomination for the ECA/ENSA Bertaut Prize 2023 is open. The Prize ceremony will held at the European Conference on Neutron Scattering in Munich. Click on the graphics below to download the PDF of the call.

ECNS 2023 has published the scientific programme of the conference online. The time schedule can be found here or as a list here. We look forward to meet many in March 2023 in Munich!

ENSA joins the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in the tribute to Prof. Dr. Michael Steiner, who passed away on the 5th of November 2022 at the age of 79, in Berlin. In addition to his many scientific contributions and his efforts for neutron scattering at the Hahn Meitner Institut and its evolution into the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Michael …

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The 8th European Conference on Neutron Scattering will be held at Garching, Germany, from March 20 to March 23, 2023. ENSA is very happy that the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum offers to host and organize this gathering of the European community that ENSA represents! Early birds pay a lower conference fee, so register asap at: https://www.ecns2023.eu

ENSA joins ILL in the tribute to Hannu Muttka, who passed away earlier this year. Among the many scientific adventures he participated in and responsibilities he took upon himself, Hannu Muttka acted as the ENSA chair from October 2004 to October 2006. He shall be greatly missed. https://www.ill.eu/news-press-events/news/detail/in-memory-of-hannu-mutka

The ENSA Awards for 3 Prizes for 2021 are held in 2022. Information can be found on the websites of the Walter Hälg Prize (sponsored by SwissNeutronics), the Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize (shared between ECA and ENSA) and the Neutron Instrumentation and Innovation Award (sponsored by Mirrotron)

We would like to congratulate our much appreciated colleague and distinguished scientist Prof. Ference Mezei as a laureate of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Awards 2021 Citing the website of the Award: Ferenc Mezei will receive the award “For the inventions of the neutron spin echo method and the super mirror, which have significantly advanced neutron …

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