Jochen Schneider awarded European Crystallography Prize

The European Crystallographic Association is to award the second European Crystallography Prize to Professor Jochen R. Schneider of the HASYLAB at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. Professor Schneider is being recognized for his pioneering work on the application of gamma-ray spectroscopy and his high-energy synchrotron radiation studies, as well as his more recent involvement in the development of the free-electron laser.

The European Crystallography Prize, which includes a monetary award as well as a certificate of recognition, will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the upcoming 20th European Crystallographic Meeting to be held in Krakow, Poland, on 25–31 August 2001, at which Professor Schneider will describe the work for which he is being honoured.