site.btaRenowned Nuclear Physicist Prof. Jie Meng Visits Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Corresponding Member Evdokia Pasheva, met with Prof. Jie Meng, who is among the world's leading physicists in the field of theoretical nuclear physics and is a lecturer at Peking University, the press centre of the scientific institution on Tuesday.

During the conversation at the Academy, issues related to the development of young and talented people in both countries were discussed. The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dimitar Tonev.

Prof. Meng shared the experience of the Chinese Ministry of Education and Peking University in developing personnel and reaching high scientific achievements, as well as in building schools of physics in China. Pasheva presented successful practices at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for the training of doctoral students and their subsequent development in Bulgaria.

Prof. Jie Meng has been elected an honorary professor and is a guest professor at a number of prestigious universities and scientific institutes around the world. He is the founder of a school for young gifted physicists in China, where he teaches. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and is a member of Academia Europaea.

Prof. Meng's visit to Bulgaria was at the invitation of Prof. Dimitar Tonev. Prof. Jie Meng participated in the traditional annual seminar on theoretical nuclear physics, organized by the Institute of Nuclear Physics. At the institute, he presented a report on the topic Journey into Nuclear Chirality.