Frederico Fiúza awarded Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award
Frederico Fiúza, Full Professor at the Department of Physics and researcher at IPFN, has been awarded the 2024 Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Plasma Physics. This distinction is jointly attributed by the American Physical Society and the European Physical Society.
The Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Plasma Physics is given to an individual or group of researchers for outstanding theoretical, experimental, or technical contribution(s) in plasma physics and for advancing the collaboration and unity between Europe and the United States of America by joint research or research that advances knowledge which benefits the two communities in a unique way. The award may be given to a team or collaboration of up to four persons affiliated with either European or United States institutions.
In 2024 the award was given to Anna Grassi, Frederico Fiuza, George Swadling and Hye-Sook Park “For the critical advancement in the understanding of the particle acceleration physics in astrophysically-relevant shocks through theoretical analysis and experiments at the National Ignition Facility.”
The prize is named after pioneering physicists Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr., with Landau renowned for his contributions to quantum mechanics and condensed matter physics, and Spitzer celebrated for his visionary work in astrophysics and the development of space telescopes.
