prof. dr hab. Andrzej Maziewski

Born: Suwałki

Education: Warsaw University – MsC (1974), Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences PhD (1979), dr hab (1990), professor (1997).
Employment: since 1974 Warsaw University Branch Białystok, University of Białystok.

Positions held

• Head (and founder) of the Department of Physics of Magnetism, University of Bialystok;
• Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations of University of Bialystok (1998 – 1999).
• Chairman of Bialystok Branch of the Polish Physical Society (1994 to 2004)
• Director of the Institute of Experimental Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Bialystok (2005-2007),
• Member of the Committee of Physics

Scientific training:
A number of months of research stays (a total of almost three years) in the U.S. (University of Kansas, Lawrence), France (University Paris-Sud, Orsay) and Germany (University of Tübingen and the HMI in Berlin);
A series of short research stays devoted to use the unique research facilities LSF (large scale facilities) to the study of nanostructures: the source of polarized neutrons at Saclay (France) and synchrotrons: BESSY in Berlin, Elettra in Trieste and ERSF in Grenoble;

Research subjects:
The study of different materials properties both magnetic (static and dynamic) and magneto-optical, phase transitions, ions and light irradiation driven modifications of magnetic nanostructures. Objects of research - and a thin layer of nanostructures. Various problems of nanotechnology.

Scientific achievements:
Selected papers:
Visual Observation of Phase Domains in Dysprosium Orthoferrite, J.Phys.D, 10, 137 (1997);
Domain Structure Near the Neel Temperature in Epitaxial garnet Films, Ferrites Proc.ICF Kyoto, 490 (1980);
Unexpected Magnetization Processes in YIG+Co films, J.Magn.Magn.Mat. 88, 325 (1990);
Magnetization Reversal Processes in an Ultrathin Co/Au film, Phys.Rev.B55, 15092 (1997);
High Temperature Photomagnetism in Co Doped YIG Films, Phys.Rev.B57, 21 (1998);
New Possibilities for Tuning Ultrathin Cobalt Film Magnetic Properties by a Noble Metals Overlayer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 8, 87203 (2002);
Wide-scale Evolution of Magnetization Distribution in Ultrathin Films, Phys.Rev.B 69 184419 (2004),
Geometry-driven out-of-plane magnetization states in nanostructures, Phys. Rev. B, 73, (2006) 134415;
GloLab: creating a global Internet-accessible laboratory, Physics Education. 42 72-75 (2007),
Tailoring of the perpendicular magnetization component in ferromagnetic films on a vicinal substrate, Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 217202 (2008),
Tailoring of magnetism in Pt/Co/Pt ultrathin films by ion irradiation, Phys.Rev.B 85, 054427 (2012).
Total number of papers – above 200; more

Research projects: participation in many Polish and international project also as coordinator, 2004-2009 coordinator of EU MC ToK project NANOMAG-LAB Combined study of nanostructured magnetic materials, participation (2008-2012) in EU ITN MC Femtosecond opto-magnetism and novel approaches to ultrafast magnetism at the nanoscale, bilateral (2009-2010) Polish-German project Ion induced spin reorientation transition of thin Pt/Co/Pt trilayers,

Co-founder:
National ARTMAG Research Network - "Magnetic nanostructures for application in spin electronics" and
National Center of Magnetic Nanostructures for Applications in Spin Electronics – SPINLAB "

Honours and memberships:
Awards of: Scientific Secretary of Polish Academy of Sciences; Minister of Education; Rectors of Warsaw and Białystok Universities; Polish Physical Society 2007, Polish President - Golden Cross

dr hab. Marek Kisielewski prof. UwB

dr hab. Andrzej Stupakiewicz prof. UwB

prof. nzw. dr hab. Andrzej Wawro

Andrzej Wawro is employed as a professor at the Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. He was graduated from the Institute for Materials Engineering Warsaw University of Technology in 1984. He completed his PhD (1992) and habilitation degrees in physics in 1992 and 2007, respectively at the Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2010 he received a professor position.

In 1993-1995 he got a postdoctoral research position (24 months) at the Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University (IMR TU) in Sendai (Japan) as a grant holder from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. In 2000-2001 (7 months) and in 2003-2004 (12 months) he was employed as a visiting associate professor at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University (CIR TU) in Sendai (Japan). Several times he conducted also short term scientific research at the IMR and CIR TU, the Institute NEEL, CNRS, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble (France), the National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" in Athens (Greece) and the HASYLAB in Hamburg (Germany).

His current research is focused on nanostructures self-assembled on the semiconductor and metal surfaces and thin film metal layered structures patterned in a nanoscale. He is an author or co-author of 120 journal publications, and ca. 600 citations.

prof. nzw. dr hab. Lech Tomasz Baczewski

Lech T. Baczewski is working as a professor at the Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Head of Magnetic Heterostructures Laboratory

Education:
He has graduated from the Department of Materials Science Warsaw University of Technology. He obtained his PhD and habilitation degrees in physics in 1984 and 2007, respectively.
Since 1980 employed at the Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences.

Scientific training:
In 1986-1988 - invited professor at the University of Nancy, Solid State Physics Department in France, in 1991 and 1994 – at the University of Grenoble and Laboratoire Louis Neel, CNRS, France, in 1995 – at the Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. In 1998-2001 member of the Steering Committee of the European Science Foundation Scientific Program on Nanomagnetism and Growth Processes on Vicinal Surfaces. In 1997-2000 coordinator of the Polish-French PAN and CNRS collaboration project Projet Internationale de Cooperation Scientifique (PICS). Coordinator of two NATO Collaborative Research Grants with NCSR Demokritos, Greece.
In 2000-20004 he was working as an invited professor at the University of Kyoto in Japan – several stays of 3-6 months, a grant holder from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Coordinator of the Polish Scientific Network ARTMAG “Magnetic Nanostructures for Applications in Spintronics” established in 2007 acknowledged by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
In 2009-2012 Coordinator in the Institute of Physics PAS of EU Innovative Economy Grant “National Centre of Magnetic Nanostructures for Applications in Spin Electronics – SPINLAB”.

Research activity:
Exchange interactions in rare-earths- transition metals thin films and multilayers, spin reorientation transition in magnetic Co based nanostructures – tailoring of magnetic properties, interface related magnetic phenomena studied by Polarized Neutron Reflectivity and Xray Magnetic Circular Dichroism – induced magnetic moment, magnetic and structural studies of Co nanotubes grown on ZnTe nanowires template.

mgr Wojciech Dobrogowski

dr Ryszard Gieniusz

dr Alexei Petroutchik

dr hab. Maria Tekielak prof. UwB

dr Jan Kisielewski

dr Zbigniew Kurant

dr Piotr Mazalski

mgr inż. Marcin Jakubowski

Education:
08/2011 – 02/2012 PhD (FoE) / withdrawn from the studies National University of Singapore Faculty of Engineering Dept. of Material Science and Engineering “Structural Properties of Upconversion Nanoparticles”
10/2005 – 07/2010 M.Sc. / full-time studies AGH University of Science in Cracow; Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics (and Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science) Course: Materials Science Specialty: Ceramic materials Department: Biomaterials M.Sc. dissertation: ”Research on forming fiber composites with thermoplastic matrix” (PEEK/MWCNT/CF) Adviser: Prof. zw dr hab. Stanisław Błażewicz Grade: 4,5 (5,0 - defend M.Sc. dissertation) Composites, polymers, ceramic materials, ceramic process, special materials, thin & thick film technology, metallurgy, fuel cells, corrosion, materials for electronics, nanotechnologies
10/2003 - 06/2005 Master / full-time studies /withdrawn from the studies UJ WFAIS Applied Informatics
10/2001 - 06/2003 technician of informatics / case study CKU in Cracow Informatics
09/1997 - 06/2001 High school XXVI LO Cracow Chemistry/Biology
09/1989 - 06/1997 Primary school Primary school no. 25 of Tadeusz Kościuszko in Cracow

Interests:
synthesis of nanoparticles, photonic of nanoparticles, nanomedicine, graphene, drug delivery, short rang order in materials and more

Research experience:
Synthesis of nanoparticles(hexagonal) NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ via co-precipitation; X-ray absorption(synchrotron) and scattering analyses - XRD, XAFS, EXAFS & more; Optical Microscopy & SEM(Jeol JSM 6610 + EDS Oxford INCA X-act – 500+ hours of experience - Arcellor Mittal Poland); Preparation of metallic(steel) samples for SEM(Struers, etching); Polymer(PEEK) composite CF & MWCNT’s reinforced; Measurement of materials common mechanical parameters (Zwic, Tira); Measurement of composite parameters via non-destructive methods, weariness, fatigue & electric; Basis of applied mathematics in material science – numerical methods; Thermal analysis (TG, DSC); and more.

Publications:
(2012) – co-author of Technical Overview part of the report commissioned by OECD; “Challenges in the innovation environment of nanomedicine” Nanomedicine business analysis (case studies). – Publishing in progress

Sergey Parchenko

Education:
2011-2012 Donetsk National University (Donetsk, Ukraine)
Master’s degree (NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE. STUDYING METHODS FOR INCREASING SOLUTION OF NMR BY MEANS OF HIGH PRECISION STABILIZATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD)
Radio Physics and Electronics, Department of Physics,
2007-2011 Donetsk National University (Donetsk, Ukraine)
Bachelor’s degree (Applied Physics) (STUDYING PROCESSES OF GENERATING SIGNALS OF DIFFERENT SHAPE)
Radio Physics and Electronics, Department of Physics,

Hobbies:
Playing piano, bowling

MSc. Nadeem Tahir

Area of Interests:
Soft X-rays spectroscopic study of Nano magnetic materials and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), Resonant Inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) and X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) techniques.

Publications:

• Imaging the first-order magnetic transition in La0.35 Pr0.275 Ca0.375MnO3, Mark H. Burkhardt, M. A. Hossain, S. Sarkar,Y.-D. Chuang,A. G. Cruz Gonzalez, A. Doran, A.Scholl, A. T. Young, N. Tahir, Y. J. Choi, S.-W. Cheong, H. A. Durr, and J. Stohr. Phys.Rev. Lett. 108, 237202 (2012).
• Ferromagnetic Enhancement of CE-type Spin Ordering in (Pr, Ca) MnO3”, S. Y. Zhou,Y. Zhu, M. C. Langner, Y.-D. Chuang, P. Yu, W. L. Yang, A. G. Cruz Gonzalez, N. Tahir, M. Rini, Y.-H. Chu, R. Ramesh, D.-H. Lee, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, Z. Hussain, and R. W. Schoenlein, “, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 186404 (2011).
• Effect of Vanadium doping on structural, magnetic and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles, N. Tahir, S.T. Hussain, M. Usman, S.K. Hasanain, A. Mumtaz, ,Applied surface science, 255 (2009) 8506-8510.
• Influence of 250 keV Ge ions fluence on electrical and optical properties of SiC, M. S. Rafique, N. Tahir, Vacuum, 81, 1062-1067 (2007).
• Laser irradiation effects on materials (M.S. Rafique, M. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, M. Imran, K. Waqas, N. Tahir, S. Ahmad, M.S. Anwar, in: Proceedings of International on Frontiers of Advanced Engineering Materials (2004), 458.

inż. Łukasz Frąckowiak

Bartosz Lachendro

Filip Lisiecki

Acivities

• 03.2014: participation in the 57th Scientific Conference for Young Students of Physics and Natural Sciences Open Readings 2014 in Vilnius, Lithuania; performance of the poster "Magnonic crystals",
• 11.2013: participation in the scientific conference XII OSKNF in Krakow, Poland; lecture: "Giant magnetoresistance effect in multiple thin layers of Ni80Fe20/Au/Co/Au",
• from 03.2013: member of the Polish Physical Society
• from 03.2011: member of Scientific Group of Molecular Nanoengineering

Mateusz Zelent

Katarzyna Kościuk

Justyna Rychły

Acivities

• 05.2013: XII National Conference on Science Clubs of Physicists in Kamesznica: oral presentation of the contribution: “Propagation of spin waves excited in periodic and quasiperiodic magnonic nanostructures”,
• 04.2013: Workshops COMSOL Multiphysics in Warsaw: participant,
• 05.2012: XI National Conference on Science Clubs of Physicists in Wisła: oral presentation of the contribution: “Quasicrystals – forbidden symmetry”,
• 03.2012: 43rd IFF Spring School Scattering Methods for Condensed Matter Research: Towards Novel Applications at Future Sources: participant.

Participation at research programs

• in the frame of Students Science Clubs of Physicists: „Metamateriały akustyczne na przykładzie fal na wodzie”,
• w ramach współpracy z KNG: „Variability in concentrations of metals in soils near outletroads in Poznań (Poland)” ; zakończony publikacją w języku angielskim,

Krzysztof Szerenos

Krzysztof Szerenos studies at the Faculty of Physics of University of Białystok. He's earned bachelor's degree in 2012 (Spin Hall Effect in selected materials). In addition to SHE, his area of interest also includes spintronics, low scale magnetic phenomena and in his free time - fundamental issues in physics.

Science and tech geek. Always wanted to know how things work. Besides running and lifting weigts he likes to knock on the sky and listen to the sound.

Ewelina Szoch

Vladimir Bessonov