A research intern at the Scientific and Experimental Department of Particle Physics at the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR, was awarded a Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in nuclear physics for developing software for the Baikal-GVD Experiment.

Concomitantly with his work at JINR, Sergey Zavyalov is a postgraduate student at the Department of Particle Physics of the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University. He won the RAS competition for the best student scientific papers in 2024 for his master’s thesis entitled “Development of the NTSim software package for designing neutrino telescopes and evaluating detection of neutrino-induced events in the Baikal-GVD Experiment”.

The scientific supervisor of the young researcher is Professor of the Faculty of Physics and Technology, DLNP JINR Deputy Director for Science Dmitry Naumov.

We congratulate Sergey on receiving the medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences and wish him further scientific achievements and creative success!