Tasks of the General Assembly
The tasks of the General Assembly include, among others:
- Defining the directions of the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy’s activities.
- Supervising all of its activities.
- Giving opinions on candidates for members of the Academy indicated by individual Chambers, together with submitting their candidacies to the President of the Republic of Poland.
- Selecting candidates for the positions of Secretary General of the Academy and Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School.
- Approving annual financial reports together with a report on research and reports on the Academy’s activities, presented by the Secretary General.
- Adopting the Academy’s Code of Ethics.
Secretary General
One of the Members of the Academy, elected by the General Assembly and appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland. The term of office lasts seven years and may be held by a given Member only once. The Secretary General is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Academy and representing the institution externally.
The first Secretary General of the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy, Professor Krzysztof Marian Górski was appointed on February 19, 2023, during the First World Copernican Congress.
Professor Krzysztof M. Górski
Professor Górski is a world-renowned scientist specializing in observational cosmology.
He was a member of the team behind the COBE satellite mission, which was the first to measure the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (1993–1996). Since 1997, he has been involved in the PLANCK satellite mission, whose groundbreaking scientific results earned him and his team the prestigious Gruber Cosmology Prize in 2018.
Since 2003, he has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, where he is engaged in cutting-edge cosmological research. In 2023, he assumed the position of Secretary General of the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy.
He was a member of the team behind the COBE satellite mission, which was the first to measure the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (1993–1996). Since 1997, he has been involved in the PLANCK satellite mission, whose groundbreaking scientific results earned him and his team the prestigious Gruber Cosmology Prize in 2018.
Since 2003, he has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, where he is engaged in cutting-edge cosmological research. In 2023, he assumed the position of Secretary General of the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy.
Other Honors and Awards:
- NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (2011)
- NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal (2019)
- NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal (2023)
- Foundation for Polish Science Prize (2020)
For more information on Professor Górski’s scientific achievements, please refer to the attached PDF.