NEWS of the College of Chemistry

In recognition of the “magnificent contributions to thermodynamic studies of molecular condensed matter and tremendous cooperation with the Institute,” the title of Honorary Professor was bestowed upon Prof. K. Saito by The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Instytutu Fiziki Jadrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczanskiego, Polskiej Akademii Nauk) located at Cracow. In the bestowing ceremony on May 18, he gave a lecture entitled “Intramolecular Structural Degrees of Freedom of Molecules as an Essential Actor in Molecular Condensed Matter” to the Scientific Council members, general people in the institute, and many guests from some Polish universities, such as Jagiellonian University.

From left to right: Prof. T. Lesiak (Director General of IFJ PAN), Prof. K. Saito with the Honorary Professorship certificate in his hands, Prof. M. Massalska-Arodz (a long-term collaborator), and Prof. A. Szczurek (Chairman of the Scientific Council of IFJ PAN).