On 4 November, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Mikuláš Bek, presented the Ministry Awards in the field of higher education, science and research at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague. The award went to twenty laureates from Czech universities and the Academy of Sciences for outstanding study, pedagogical and scientific results and for their lifelong contribution to the development of domestic science. Among the awardees was also a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and physicist Jan Klíma.
"Among the awardees are personalities who significantly champion teaching, research and cooperation in the academic environment. Their work is an example of what Czech higher education and science can offer," said Minister of Education Mikuláš Bek during the gala evening.
Jan Klíma was nominated for the award for outstanding students and graduates by the Institute of Physical Engineering, where he successfully completed his master's degree, to continue his doctoral studies at CEITEC BUT.
"Throughout his studies, he achieved excellent results and also showed great talent and enthusiasm for scientific work. Since 2021, he has been actively involved in research in the field of physics of magnetism and solids at CEITEC BUT, where he focused mainly on spin wave physics and material research of ferromagnet-superconductor hybrid systems. As part of this research activity, he made significant advances, when he was the first in the world to show the way in which spin waves can be propagated "around the corner" without distortion – in waveguides with sharp turns. This is a necessary prerequisite for the implementation of a new generation of low-power chips for signal processing and for logical calculations based on spin wave technology," the Institute justified Klíma's nomination.
Jan Klíma's first work was even published in the prestigious journal Applied Physics Letters and he has participated in four publications in other high-quality journals, which is an unusually advanced level for a master's student. "His diploma thesis, devoted to ferromagnet-superconductor hybrid systems, is also highly topical, pushes the current frontiers of knowledge with a view to quantum computing and is very likely to be completed in the form of another high-impact first-author publication," add colleagues from the Institute.
For us, we can only congratulate and keep our fingers crossed for Mr. Klíma in his further scientific career!
The Ministry Award was received by a total of three personalities from BUT, in addition to Jan Klíma, also Ondřej Wojewoda from CEITEC BUT (in the past also a graduate of physical engineering at FME) for outstanding students and graduates, and Professor Jiří Jaroš from the Faculty of Information Technology for excellent educational activities at the university. Congratulations to them too!