Tomáš Jungwirth receives the Medal of Merit from the president

On October 28, 2025, the President of the Czech Republic awarded the Medal of Merit to Professor Tomáš Jungwirth, head of the Spintronics and Nanoelectronics Department at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Professor Jungwirth and his team were behind a discovery that paves the way for digital data storage that is a thousand times faster.

Tomáš Jungwirth, together with colleagues from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University, has built one of the world's most important centers for spintronics research and opened up new and unique directions for research and development in this field. Professor Jungwirth is known worldwide for his ability to combine experimental and theoretical physics research with detailed knowledge of information technology.

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