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By the decision of the International Jury, approved by the JINR Scientific Council, the 2025 Bruno Pontecorvo Prize was awarded to Mikhail Shaposhnikov, Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), for the development of theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the neutrino Minimal Standard Model stimulating its further experimental tests.
20.02.2026
At the 139th session of the JINR Scientific Council, held in the House of International Meetings on 19–20 February 2025, it was decided to award the annual JINR prizes for theoretical research results, experimental research results, methodology, research and technology results, and for applied research and technology results. The staff members of our laboratory were awarded three second prizes.
20.02.2026
At the 139th session of the JINR Scientific Council,on 19 February 2026, elections were held for a new DLNP Deputy Director for Sciences. Ayagoz Baimukhanova, Assistant Director for International Cooperation, Innovation and Education Programmes, was elected to the post.
19.02.2026
On February 17, 2026, another expedition started on Lake Baikal to construct the Baikal-GVD deep-water neutrino telescope of cubic kilometer scale.
17.02.2026
Today, on 17 February 2026, Ivan Andreevich has successfully defended his dissertation at the meeting of the Dissertation Council of DLNP JINR. The topic of his work was “Tellurium-loaded organic scintillators for experiments searching for rare processes”.
12.02.2026
Today, on 12 February 2026, Zoya Marlenovna Karpova, Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) and Senior Researcher at Sector No. 6 of Hadron Structure and Hadron Spectroscopy of the Department of Colliding Beams at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, celebrates her birthday.
10.02.2026
Today, on 10 February 2026, Igor Viktorovich has successfully defended his dissertation at the meeting of the Dissertation Council of DLNP JINR. The topic of his work was “Investigation of antineutrinos at short distances from a nuclear reactor in the DANSS experiment”. Igor Zhitnikov defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of scientists (physics and mathematics) in specialty 1.3.15, physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high energy physics.
03.02.2026
Today, on 3 February 2026, Yuri Ivanovich Davydov has successfully defended his dissertation at the meeting of the Dissertation Council of DLNP JINR. The topic of his work was “Development of precision wire detectors and creation of a facility for studying muon decays”.
03.02.2026
Last week, a hackathon on the development of a modelling software package for the Baikal-GVD experiment took place at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems.
26.01.2026
In December 2025, the laureates of the JINR Prizes for Young Scientists and Specialists were announced. Artem Vasyukov, a junior researcher in the DLNP Department of Colliding Beams, received an Incentive Prize in the category “Experimental Research”. The DLNP Group of Scientific Communications asked Artem Olegovich about his work and future plans.
22.01.2026
At the end of December 2025, during a meeting of the DLNP Scientific and Technical Council, the results of the competition for the Bruno Pontecorvo Scholarship for Young DLNP Scientists in 2026 were announced. Ivan Suslov, junior researcher the DLNP Department of Nuclear Spectroscopy and Radiochemistry became the winner. The DLNP Group of Scientific Communications interviewed Ivan Suslov about his work, the experiments he participates in, and his plans for the scholarship year.
20.01.2026
In December 2025, the winners of the JINR Prizes for Young Scientists and Specialists were announced. Aleksandr Antoshkin, a junior researcher of the DLNP Department of Particle Physics, received the First Prize in the category "Experimental Research”. The DLNP Group of Scientific Communications talked to Aleksandr Igorevich about his work and future plans.
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