The Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University (INP BSU) is a research institute in Minsk, Belarus. Its main fields of research are nuclear physics, particle physics, materials science and nanotechnology.
Foundation
Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University was founded on September 1, 1986 by a decree of the USSR government.
First General Director, now Honorary Director: Vladimir G. Baryshevsky, Doctor of Sciences (Phys-Math), Professor, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus, winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus in the field of science and technology, was awarded the Skarina Order and the Honor Order, co-author of two registered discoveries of the USSR in nuclear physics (N 224 (1979) and N 360 (1981)).
Prof. Sergei A. Maksimenko was appointed the INP General Director since January 2013.
Major research areas
nuclear and elementary-particle physics, cosmo-particle physics and nuclear astrophysics; extreme states of matter under ultrahigh temperatures and pressures, and magnetic cumulation of energy; novel composite, nano- and microstructured materials; radio- and nuclear technologies based on radioactive sources, accelerators, and nuclear reactors; novel methods for ionizing radiation measurements.