Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Specialization

• Condensed Matter Theory

Areas of Research

• Spin and charge transport in nano-size systems, Spin-Hall Effect, Quantum Spin-Hall effect, Spin-Coulomb drag.
• Physics of carbon.
• Magnetization dynamics in metals and ferromagnetic semiconductors.
• Optical and transport properties of magnetic semiconductors.
• Strongly correlated electronic systems.

Education

Ph.D. 1997 – 2001: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

• Advisor: Prof. Zbyslaw Wilamowski
• Ph.D. thesis title: Modelling of magnetic polaron in one– and two–dimensional antiferromagnets

M.S. 1993 –1997: Technical University of Gdansk, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Poland

• Advisor: Prof. Wojciech Sadowski

Professional Career

August 2011 – present: Associate Professor at Würzburg University.

August 2008 – August 2011: Assistant Professor at Würzburg University.

June 2007 – August 2008: Assistant Professor at Fordham University.

June 2005 – August 2007: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Missouri—Columbia. Working with Prof. Giovanni Vignale on:

• influence of electron-electron interactions on spin–polarized transport.
• spin dynamics of systems with the spin–orbit interactions.

September 2003 – June 2005: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University. Working with Prof. Jairo Sinova on:

• transport in nanosystems.
• spin–orbit phenomena in two-dimensional electron gas, in particular the recently proposed spin-Hall effect.
• optical and transport properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors.

January 2002 – September 2003: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory. Worked with Prof. Joerg Schmalian on:

• quantum–phase transition in heavy fermions.
• application of dynamical mean field theory to description of disorder in heavy fermions materials.

Professional Activities

• Participant of Miniprogram: Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Insulators at KITP in Santa Barbara, December 2008.
• Invited guest at Wurzburg University working with Profs. L. Molenkamp and W. Hanke, July 2006.
• Leader of Spintronics Workshop at KITP in Santa Barbara, March–May 2006.
• Chairperson of the group seminar at Iowa State University and Ameslab Laboratory, 2002 – 2003.
• Chairperson of Physics Club at Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, 1996 – 1997.
• Member of American Physical Society.
• Referee for Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Condensed Matter, and Nanotechnology

Honors

• Interviewed and featured in the German newspaper (Main Post), October 2008.
• Awarded for a best poster at 53^rd Midwest Conference at Kansas City, 2006.
• Graduated with the Medal of the Technical University of Gdansk, 1997.
• Awarded Scientific Scholarship of President of Gdansk, 1994 – 1997.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching course Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Summer 2009.
• Teaching course Selected Solid State Problems as Preparation for Independent Research in Mesoscopic Physics, Winter 2008.
• Teaching course Electricity and Magnetism for seniors at Fordham University, 2007.
• Teaching Introductory Physics Lab for freshmen at Fordham University, 2007.
• Leading recitations for introductory physics course at University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
• Leading discussion at Career Symposium on How to Choose a Career Path, Get the Job, and Succeed, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
• Participating in mentoring of Ph.D. students.
• Teaching the course, Elements of Many–body Theory, for graduate students at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX., Fall 2004.
• Presenting a series of open–lectures about transport in nano–sized systems at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX., Winter 2003 – Spring 2004.
• Volunteering in open physics festivals, Spring 2004 – Fall 2004.