Leone Ermes Romano | Space Exploration Technologies | Young Scientist Award

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Dr. Leone Ermes Romano | Space Exploration Technologies | Young Scientist Award

Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II | Italy

Leone Ermes Romano is a plant biologist and space life sciences researcher specializing in plant adaptation to altered gravity environments, with a strong focus on sustainable food production for space exploration. He is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Naples Federico II, where he is also serving as Principal Investigator on European Space Agency–supported projects. Romano received advanced academic training in plant physiology and space biology, developing expertise in experimental design, spaceflight hardware development, and controlled-environment cultivation systems. His research experience includes leadership and key scientific roles in ESA and ASI projects such as SuperFood for Space, Wolffia Hyper-g, Rootrop, Multitrop, and WAPS, as well as hands-on work at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during late-access flight preparations. His primary research interests include plant gravitropism, hypergravity and microgravity effects on growth, duckweed (Wolffia spp.) biology, space farming, and bioregenerative life-support systems. He has contributed to peer-reviewed scientific publications indexed in Scopus and currently holds a Scopus profile with h-index: 8, documents: 16, and citations: 140, reflecting a growing international research impact. Romano has been associated with award-winning ESA CORA projects and competitive space research initiatives. His work contributes to advancing space agriculture and resilient crop systems, supporting long-duration human space exploration and sustainable food technologies.

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Wieslaw Macek | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Wieslaw Macek | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Best Researcher Award

Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | Poland

prof. Dr. Wiesław Marian Macek is a distinguished Full Professor of Physical Sciences (since 2001) whose work bridges astrophysics, space physics, and applied mathematics. He earned his master’s degree in 1972 and PhD in physics in 1976 from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, and obtained a habilitation in physical sciences (space physics) in 1988 at the same university. Over his career he has authored on the order of 100 original peer-reviewed articles in leading journals (Nature, Science, Astrophysical Journal, Physical Review Letters, JGR – Space Physics, MNRAS, among others) and a monograph The Origin of the World: Cosmos or Chaos? (2020). He participated in the Plasma Wave Science team on the Voyager mission to Neptune in 1989. His current research centers on nonlinear dynamics, deterministic chaos, fractal and multifractal structures in space plasmas, turbulence in magnetospheric and heliospheric environments, and the philosophical foundations of science. He has been recognized by his peers for sustained contributions to space plasma physics. In summary, Macek’s career exemplifies a rigorous blend of theoretical, observational, and conceptual inquiry, advancing our understanding of complexity in cosmic plasmas.

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Featured Publications

Wójcik, D., & Macek, W. M. (2025). Searching for universality of turbulence in the Earth’s magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. Advance online publication.

Wójcik, D., & Macek, W. M. (2025, March 18). Testing for universality of Markov solar wind turbulence at the Earth’s magnetosphere on kinetic scales based on the MMS mission. EGUsphere.

Wójcik, D., & Macek, W. M. (2025, January 20). Probing small scale solar wind turbulence: Markovian analysis and scale interactions from inertial to kinetic regimes. EGUsphere.

Macek, W. M., & Wójcik, D. (2024, December 5). MMS observations of Markov turbulence in the magnetosheath on kinetic scales. ESSOAr.

Macek, W. M. (2024). Istota i granice poznania naukowego. In [Book title] (pp. xx–xx). Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II.