Most prestigious publishing achievements of AGH University scholars in 2025

In line with the recommendations of the jury, Professor Jerzy Lis, AGH University Rector, awarded five equal first class awards, two equal second class awards, and five equal third class awards.

First-class awards

• “Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT” 
  published in Nature
  submitted by Piotr Kalaczyński, Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence
• “Oxidative potential of atmospheric particles in Europe and exposure scenarios”
  published in Nature
  submitted by Dr Katarzyna Styszko, associate professor, Faculty of Energy and Fuels
• “Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays”
  published in Nature
  submitted by Dr Artur Ukleja, associate professor, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  contributors: Dr Artur Ukleja; Dr Mirosław Firlej; Dr Tomasz Fiutowski; Professor Marek Idzik; Dr Jakub Moroń; Dr Agnieszka Obłąkowska-Mucha; Professor Tomasz Szumlak; Dr Krzysztof Świentek
• “Observation of deuteron and antideuteron formation from resonance-decay nucleons”
  published in Nature
  submitted by Dr Paweł Russek, associate professor, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics, and Telecommunications
  contributors: Dr Paweł Russek; Dr Bartosz Baliś; Professor Marek Gorgoń; Dr Adrian Horzyk; Dr Mirosław Jabłoński; Sebastian Koryciak; Emilia Majerz; Dr Robert Marcjan; Dr Piotr Wiącek
• “Determination of the spin and parity of all-charm tetraquarks”
  published in Nature
  submitted by Dr Maciej Malawski, associate professor, Faculty of Computer Science
  contributors: Dr Maciej Malawski, associate professor; Dr Leszek Grzanka; Professor Krzysztof Piotrzkowski; Dr Laurent Forthomme

Second-class awards

• “Discovery of a new Cu-based chalcogenide with high zT near room temperature: a low-cost alternative to Bi₂Te₃-based thermoelectrics”
  published in “Advanced Materials”
  submitted by Dr Oleksandr Cherniushok, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics
  contributors: Dr Oleksandr Cherniushok; Dr Taras Parashchuk; Professor Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski
• “Coordinated spatial reuse scheduling with machine learning in IEEE 802.11 MAPC networks”
  published in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  submitted by Professor Katarzyna Kosek-Szott, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics, and Telecommunications
  contributors: Professor Katarzyna Kosek-Szott; Dr Krzysztof Rusek; Professor Szymon Szott; Dr Piotr Chołda, associate professor

Third-class awards

• “Climate change and shallow aquifers – unravelling local hydrogeological impacts and groundwater decline-induced subsidence” 
  published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  submitted by Dr Artur Guzy, Faculty of Geo-Data Science, Geodesy, and Environmental Engineering
  contributors: Dr Artur Guzy; Dr Wojciech Witkowski
• “The joys of giving up… embracing the motivations and gratifications of intentional value uncapture in sustainable development” 
  published in Business Strategy and the Environment
  submitted by Dr Agnieszka Kabalska, Faculty of Management
• “Mediating or moderating?: innovative approach to the role of flexibility in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth under different market conditions”
  published in the Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
  submitted by Dr Joanna Duda, associate professor, Faculty of Management
  contributors: Dr Joanna Duda, associate professor; Dr Rafał Kusa; Dr Marcin Suder
• “Topological flat-band-driven metallic thermoelectricity”
  published in Physical Review
  submitted by Dr Bartłomiej Wiendlocha, associate professor, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
• “Electrostatic atlas of non-covalent interactions built into metal–organic frameworks”
  published in Nature Chemistry
  submitted by Dr Stefan Wuttke, associate professor, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology