Optics of Hybrid Nanostructures

Biographical Information

Education

Habilitation (physics), Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, "Spin Polarization of Exciton and Magnetic Polaron in a Quantum Dot" (2008).

Ph.D. Dissertation (physics), Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, "Optical Properties of CdTe-based Self-Assembled Quantum Dots" (2002). Thesis Advisor: Prof. Grzegorz Karczewski.

M.Sc. Thesis (physics), Department of Physics, Warsaw University, "Magneto-Optical Studies of Asymmetric CdMnTe-CdTe-CdMgTe Quantum Wells Subjected to Rapid Thermal Annealing" (1997). Thesis Advisor: Prof. Jan A. Gaj.

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (November 2008 – present)

Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (January 2008 – November 2008)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (February 2007 – December 2007)

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (June 2005 –January 2007)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (March 2005 – May 2005)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Photonics and Electronic Nanostructures Group (March 2002 – January 2005)

Research Assistant, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Growth and Physics of Low-Dimensional Crystals (January 2002 – January 2003)

Ph.D. Student, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (October 1997– January 2002)

Honors and Awards

Research project entitled: "Hybrid nanostructures as a stepping-stone towards efficient artificial photosynthesis" awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science within the program WELCOME, 2009-2013.

Individual stipend awarded by Polish weekly magazine "POLITYKA" within a program to support outstanding young researchers "Stay with us!", 2008.

Participation in establishing the Center for Quantum Optics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń which concerns building a laboratory for studying the optical properties of nanostructures (LNANO), co-principal investigator, Euro 500,000, to be completed by the end of 2011.

Participation in consortium National Laboratory for Quantum Informatics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń which concerns establishing a laboratory for Optical Engineering of Nanostructures, investigator, Euro 250,000, to be completed by the end of 2009.

Research grant awarded by the Nicolaus Copernicus University: "High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures Using Solid Immersion Lens", 2008.

Travel conference grant awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science, 2008.

Individual stipend awarded by the Klaus Römer Foundation in recognition for the research achievements during postdoctoral stay at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 2007.

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, research project: "Mapping the Energy Landscape of Single Protein Molecules with Solid Immersion Lens Microscopy", 2005, extended till 2007.

One-year prestigious scholarship for young scientists funded by the Foundation for Polish Science, 2001.

Research Project "Optical Spectroscopy of Single CdTe Quantum Dots" funded by Polish Committee for Scientific Research, principal investigator, 2001-2002.

Travel conference grant funded by the Foundation for Polish Science, 2000.

Research Project "Optical Properties of CdTe Semiconductor Quantum Dots" funded by Polish Committee for Scientific Research, principal investigator, 1999.

Professional Service

Reviewer for New Journal of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Nano Letters, Journal of Materials Research, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Applied Physics, Nanotechnology, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemistry, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Journal of Luminescence, Physica E, physica status solidi, Semiconductor Science and Technology.

Proposal Review for the Foundation for Polish Science

Co-organizer of the 8th Torunian Carbon Symposium: Fabrication, Modification and Investigations of Novel Forms of Carbon, Toruń 2009

Co-organizer (together with Włodzimierz Jaskólski) of the Workshop on Optics of Nanostructures, Toruń 2008

Co-organization of the conference 4th International Workshop on MBE & VPE, Warsaw, Poland 2001