prof. dr hab. Andrzej Maziewski

 Faculty of Physics, University of Białystok
ul. Konstantego Ciołkowskiego 1L
Białystok 15-245, POLAND
magnet@uwb.edu.pl
http://physics.uwb.edu.pl/zfmag/maziewski/
tel: +48-85-7457229; fax: +48-85-7457223

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