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Friday, 14 July 2023 Dr. Blas Fernández is the laureate of the International Stefan Banach Prize – edition 2023

Young doctors of mathematics from Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine took part in this year's  competition for the International Stefan Banach Prize. Dr. Blas Fernández from the Department od Mathematics at UP FAMNIT is the laureate!

Promoting mathematics and providing financial supports to the most talented young researches from Central and Eastern Europe is the mail goal of the International Stefan Banach Prize competition for a doctoral dissertation in the mathematical sciences, organized by the Polish Mathematical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Matematyczne–PTM).

He defended his doctoral thesis entitled »On certain problems related to Terwilliger algebras and distance-balanced graphs« under the mentorship of Prof. Štefko Miklavič and co-mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović on 1 February 2023. The contribution by Dr. Fernández relies on an interpretation of certain properties of Terwilliger algebras in terms of combinatorial properties, and these results are considered very original by Prof. Terwilliger himself. Full disertation is available here.

»I am proud and happy to have received international recognition from fellow mathematicians for my research on Terwilliger algebras and distance-balanced graphs that I did during my PhD studies under the guidance of Štefko Miklavič and Ademir Hujdurović. I must express my heartfelt gratitude to the professors and colleagues from UP FAMNIT who have supported me throughout these years. Without their unwavering support, this achievement would not have been possible,« said Dr. Fernández.

More about the prize is available here.

We congratulate Dr. Fernández and wish him many more successes!


dr. Blas Fernández


prof. Štefko Miklavič, dr. Blas Fernández and izr. prof. Ademir Hujdurović (left to right)