Accepting an invitation from Balázs Hankó, the minister responsible for culture and innovation, the ministry announced that, as of October 1, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor Ferenc Krausz will promote the cause of Hungarian science and research as a senior advisor for science policy.
The Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) wrote that Professor Krausz's work will be supported by the Nobel Laureate Office. Since the new responsibilities conflict with those of the Chairman of the Research Excellence Council (KKT), Ferenc Krausz will resign from this position on September 30.
As of October 1, Ferenc Krausz has proposed physicist Peter Domokos, director of the Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics at the HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Centre, as his successor, i.e. the new president of the KKT, nominated by Minister Balázs Hanko, president of HUN-REN Balázs Gulyás, who nominated the president of the KKT and was supported by MTA President Tamás Freund.
In addition to his duties as President of KKT, Peter Domokos will also serve as Scientific Co-Head of the National Office for Research, Development and Innovation (NKFIH).
Ferenc Krausz and Péter Domokos will work to promote Hungarian science and research: their goal is to enable Hungarian scientific excellence to conduct its research under internationally competitive conditions, as well as to attract as many outstanding Hungarian and foreign researchers working abroad to Hungary as possible. The announcement states that Hungarian universities and research institutes will be attracted.
The following was highlighted: Ferenc Krausz, as Chief Science Policy Advisor, supports the promotion of domestic science and research more strongly than before. He has made it his first task to bring back outstanding and proven Hungarian researchers who are currently working abroad in the Nobel Laureate Office.
According to the announcement, accepting and supporting the personal proposal of Ferenc Krause, Balazs Hanko, Minister responsible for Culture and Innovation, proposed Peter Domokos to HUN-REN President Julias Balazs and Tamas Freund as the new President of KKT as of October 1, 2024.
The invitation was accepted by physicist Péter Domokos, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the European Academy, director of the Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics at the HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Center, and professional coordinator of the National Laboratory for Quantum Informatics. Of the three candidates.
