The 2026 prize laureate is Dr. Maciej Kucharski from the University of Wrocław. for a series of works in the field of harmonic analysis. The laureate’s research focuses on dimension-free Lₚ-norm estimates for Riesz transforms. In his work, Dr. Kucharski successfully investigates both the classical first- and higher-order transforms, as well as those associated with Schrödinger operators. The jury appreciated the broad range of advanced methods employed by the laureate, as well as the high quality of his publications.
The award was granted by a jury consisting of: Dr. Mikołaj Frączyk, Dr. Agnieszka Hejna-Łyżwa, Dr. Hab. Joachim Jelisiejew, Dr. Borys Kuca, Dr. Engineer Justyna Signerska-Rynkowska, Dr. Jakub Skrzeczkowski, Prof. Adam Skalski, Dr. Marcin Sroka, Dr. Hab. Mateusz Wasilewski.
From the prize regulations: The Kazimierz Kuratowski Prize for scientific achievements in mathematics was established in 1981 by his daughter Zofia Kuratowska, the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize is awarded at least once a year to persons who are under 30 years of age by the end of the year preceding the award and who are not laureates of the PTM awards (excluding prizes for young mathematicians) or the scientific award of the Faculty III of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Both published and accepted scientific papers of candidates are evaluated. Previous winners of the award can be found on the IM PAN website.
Maciej Kucharski
Photog. Paweł Piotrowski, University of Wrocław