On 19 December, the JINR International Conference Centre hosted the awarding of diplomas on conferring degrees. As always, the ceremonial event took place with the participation of representatives of the JINR Qualification Committee, scientific secretaries of the Dissertation Councils and their assistants, and guests invited by the degree holders.

JINR Qualification Committee Chair, JINR Scientific Leader Victor Matveev delivered a welcome speech at the ceremony. He noted that this event is a milestone for JINR due to the awarding of a diploma based on the results of the 100th defence since the Institute began exercising its right to independently award academic degrees.

JINR Qualification Committee Scientific Secretary Oleg Belov joined in on the congratulations addressed to the diploma awardees and discussed the latest news in terms of conferring academic degrees and monitoring the Dissertation Councils’ work. Since September 2019, 113 theses have been defended in the JINR Dissertation Councils, including 24 doctoral and 89 candidate’s ones.

At the ceremony, three diplomas of Doctor of Sciences and 6 diplomas of Candidate of Sciences were awarded. A senior researcher at the Konstantinov Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics of Kurchatov Institute, Evgeny Kryshen was the hundredth candidate to defend in the new JINR Dissertation Councils.

At the end of the award ceremony, the participants exchanged their impressions about the defences at the round table. A BLTP researcher Ravil Iakhibbaev, who defended his Candidate’s thesis, expressed gratitude to the Qualification Committee Chair Victor Matveev and drew attention to the issue of JINR’s efforts to attract researchers from other Russian regions. In response, the JINR Scientific Leader emphasised the role of the JINR Information Centres in popularising the Institute’s activities and ways to take part in them. Qualification Committee Scientific Secretary Oleg Belov noted the contribution of JINR-based departments in early involvement of students from other regions in the Joint Institute’s activities.

A VBLHEP leading researcher Khachik Abraamyan, who defended his doctoral thesis, thanked the scientific secretaries of the Dissertation Councils and their assistants for their unwavering attention and support at all stages of the procedures of the scientific degree conferring.

Evgeny L. Kryshen, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of the hundredth defence in the new JINR Dissertation Councils. The thesis on the topic “Vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions at the Large Hadron Collider” in the specialty 1.3.15: “Physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high energy physics” was defended in the VBLHEP Dissertation Council on Particle Physics.

Khachik Abraamyan, a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending his thesis on the topic “Production of π0 and η mesons in proton-nucleus interactions at momenta from 4.5 to 5.5 GeV/c per nucleon and nucleus-nucleus interactions at momenta from 1.7 to 5.5 GeV/c per nucleon” in the specialty 1.3.15: “Physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high energy physics”. The defence took place in the VBLHEP Dissertation Council on Particle Physics.

Sergey E. Krasavin, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending his thesis on the topic “Study of transport phenomena in materials with topological defects of the rotational type” in the specialty 1.3.3: “Theoretical Physics”. The defence took place in the BLTP Dissertation Council on Theoretical Physics.

Alfiia I. Mukhaeva, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending her thesis on the topic “Manifestations of New Physics in rare B-meson decays” in the specialty 1.3.3: “Theoretical Physics”. The defence took place in the BLTP Dissertation Council on Theoretical Physics.

Nikita D. Kovrizhnykh, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending his thesis on the topic “Study of the radioactive properties of nuclei in decay chains of Mc isotopes and cross sections for their formation in 243Am+48Ca reaction” in specialty 1.3.15: “Physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high energy physics”. The defence took place in the FLNR Dissertation Council on Heavy Ion Physics.

Mikhail M. Shandov, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of the thesis defense on the topic “Correction of guiding magnetic field of the NICA Booster” in specialty 1.3.18: Physics of charged particle beams and accelerator technology. The defence took place in the VBLHEP Dissertation Council on Particle Physics.

Andrey S. Sheshukov, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of his thesis defence on the topic “Analysis of neutrino interactions to search for signals from a supernova”, specialty 1.3.15: “Physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high energy physics”. The defence took place in the DLNP Dissertation Council on Nuclear Physics.

Dmitry S. Shkirmanov, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending his thesis on the topic “Asymptotic behaviour of the probabilities of neutrino flavour transitions at large and small distances in the covariant quantum field approach” in the specialty 1.3.3: “Theoretical Physics”. The defence took place in the BLTP Dissertation Council on Theoretical Physics.

Ravil M. Iakhibbaev, a Russian Federation citizen, was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physics and Mathematics based on the results of defending his thesis on the topic “Biscalar fishnet models in arbitrary dimensions and their applications” in the specialty 1.3.3: “Theoretical Physics”. The defence took place in the BLTP Dissertation Council on Theoretical Physics.