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Karol Łukanowski the laureate of the Polish National Quantum Information Centre Award We are pleased to inform that Karol Łukanowski from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, CeNT UW has been the laureate of the Bronze Award of the Polish National Quantum Information Centre (KCIK) for the best Master’s thesis entitled „Upper bounds on key rates in device-independent quantum key distribution”, defended in 2022.  KCIK awards are presented […] >>

Marcin Jastrzębski and Stanisław Kurzyna from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies the laureates of the Minister of Education and Science Scholarship We are pleased to announce that the two young researchers Marcin Jastrzębski and Stanisław Kurzyna from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies hosted by the Centre of New Technologies UW are among the laureates of Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science. The Minister of Education and Science Scholarships are awarded to eminent young […] >>

Marco Fellous-Asiani the laureate of the Postdoctoral Fellowships “Maria Skłodowska-Curie Actions” (MSCA) We are pleased to inform that dr Marco Fellous-Asiani from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, CeNT UW has become the laureate of the the Postdoctoral Fellowships “Maria Skłodowska-Curie Actions ” (MSCA). This post-doctoral fellowship, funded by the European Union, aims to support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The Post-doctoral Fellowships targets researchers holding a PhD […] >>

Karol Łukanowski among the first winners of the “Pearls of Science” program We are pleased to inform that Karol Łukanowski from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, CeNT UW has been placed on the list of 98 eminent young researchers, who received funding for their research under “Pearls of Science” program. The awarded project is titled “Quantum strategies in communication through noisy optical channels”.  The Ministry of Education […] >>

Visit of Mr Michael Bloss (MEP) in CeNT On March 2, 2023, MEP Michael Bloss, member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (IRE) of the European Parliament, visited CeNT UW. Privately, our guest is interested in photovoltaics and renewable energy. During the meeting with Prof. Joanna Kargul (head of the Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Solar Fuels) and dr hab. Renata Solarska (Head […] >>

Alexander Streltsov received funds for the SONATA BIS project We are pleased to announce that Alexander Streltsov, PhD, DSc from Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies has received funding  for his SONATA BIS project named “Quantum resource theories: from theoretical tool to practical applications”. The funding is PLN 2,921,290.00.   Congratulations! The “Quantum Optical Technologies”  project is implemented as part of the International Research Agendas […] >>

Prof. Joanna Kargul received funding in the Solar-driven Chemistry competition The Solar-driven Chemistry network has settled the competition for projects on how to use solar energy. Funding was granted to a project led by prof. Joanna Kargul from the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw. Professor Kargul will supervise the activities of an international consortium under the SUNCOCAT project: Rational design of efficient energy […] >>

Sebastian Borówka and Marcin Jastrzębski the laureates of the Polish Committee of Optoelectronics of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP) We are pleased to inform that Sebastian Borówka and Marcin Jastrzębski from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, CeNT UW received an awards in the 31st National Competition of Professor Adam Smoliński. For the 31st time, Polish Committee of Optoelectronics awarded a bachalor’s and master’s thesis focused on optoelectronics.  MSc. Sebastian Borówka received the award […] >>

Researchers from CeNT have grown a new strain of algae Polish scientists from the Center of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw have recently managed to grow a completely new strain of algae. This is the so-called extremophile, i.e. an organism that can function even in the most demanding conditions. Researchers predict that the microalgae they have grown may have a very wide range […] >>

CeNT researchers are laureates of the OPUS and PRELUDIUM grants The results for the NCN competitions have been announced. Among the awarded were scientists from the Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw. – Krzysztof Kobielak (OPUS 23) Deciphering the composition of individual niche cells and their influence on the regulation of stem cells of the hair follicle and hair papilla during the hair regeneration […] >>