Education
1967-72 – Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
1972 M.Sc. – solid state physics – “Infrared absorption study of local vibrations of Mg in ZnTe”
1981 Ph.D. – (cum laude)-magnetochemistry – University of Warsaw – “Magnetic and electron structure of vanadium oxide bronzes Θ- MxV2O5 ( M = Al, Fe)”
2001 D.Sc./Habilitation – Warsaw University of Technology – “Thermomagnetic transport study of High Temperature Superconductors”
Academic experience
Lab. of Physicochemistry of Dielectrics and Magnetics, Chemistry Dept., University of Warsaw:
1972-81 Assistant Lecturer
1981- Assistant Professor
Fellowships
- University of Liege, B (Prof. M. Ausloos) since 1992
- Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden Univ.(NL) (Prof. J.A. Mydosh) 1981, 1983, 1984
- University of Oxford, (Prof. M. Jenkins) 1993/4
- NATO Collaborative Research Grants 1993, 1997
- Tempus – Phare Individual Mobility Grants 1995-7
- Belgian – Polish Scientific Exchange Program – since 1997 (CGRI)
- Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium) – 2006/7
Other activities
Co-director of SMART/SUPERMAT’99 NATO Advanced Study Workshop, Giens Peninsula, Hyeres (France) 18-23 Sept 1999
1999 – 2004 – Member of Management Committee of COST 523
since 1999 – expert of the 5th to 7th Frame Program of EU
since 2002 – 2007 member of SCENET 2 – The European Network for Superconductivity
since 2004 – member of Network „Strongly correlated fermions : high temperature superconductivity to magneto-resistance”
since 2004 – evaluator of INTAS Program of EU 2007
2007 – 2009 – Member of Management Committee of COST P17
since 2010 – Member of Management Committee of COST 0903
Scientific interest
- experimental solid state physics
- magnetism: magnetic phase transitions, AC and DC magnetic susceptibility and magnetization studies,
- magnetocaloric effect, magnetic refrigeration,
- magnetoresistive materials,
- nanomagnetism
- thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of metastable solids
- experimental studies of charge & heat transport in solids and liquids: electrical resistivity, magnetoresistance, thermoelectric power (Seebeck effect), Nernst effect, thermal conductivity,
- phase transitions: structural studies, fluctuation phenomena, calorimetry
- superconductivity: vortices in mixed state of type II superconductors
- low temperature physics
- influence of radiation damage on solids
Specific systems studied
- structurally disordered solids
- amorphous (Metglas) and nanocrystalline alloys
- nanostructured solids: nanomagnetics, Finemet, Hitperm, Nanoperm
- magnetoresistive cobaltites/manganites,
- magnetic oxides, ferrites, vanadium oxide bronzes
- spin glasses
- mechanically synthesized (ball milled) metallic materials
- high temperature superconductors: YBCO, BSCCO, MgB2
- thin films materials
Teaching experience
- Classes and laboratories in physics
- Laboratories in physical chemistry
- Laboratories and lectures in physical chemistry of condensed matter
- Laboratories in physical chemistry of new materials
- Nuclear laboratory
- Lecture on Magnetochemistry
Achievements
- first observation of spin glass phase in vanadium oxide bronzes
- observation of vortex melting transition in high temperature superconductors
- over 200 publications of world circulation
Awards
- Prize of the Minister of Education of Poland – 1982
- Rector’s Prizes of University of Warsaw – 1978, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013