Grindelwald – Professor Roberto De Renzi, director of the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences at the University of Parma, won the 2014 Yamazaki prize for muon spectroscopy, awarded by the International Society for Muon Spectroscopy (ISMS). The $ 3,000 prize is awarded by the ISMS every three years to scientists who continuously contributed to muon and its scientific and technical applications. Previous winners of the Yamazaki award are Yasutomo Uemura J. (2005), Elvezio Morenzoni (2008) and Jesse H. Brewer (2011). This year’s award will be presented during the International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance to be held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, June 1-6. (9Colonne)
