Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. Marek Żukowski
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Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
University of Gdansk
ul. Wita Stwosza 57
80-952 Gdansk
POLAND
e-mail: [email protected]
http://iftia9.univ.gda.pl/~marek/
Personal Details
Date of Birth
December 11, 1952
Marital Status
Married, one child
Present Post
Full Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics
and Chemistry, University of Gdansk; Director of the Instutute for Theoretical
Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdansk
Education
1983
Ph.D. (University of Gdansk)
1995
Doctor Habilitatus degree (University of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland)
2003
Title of Professor of Physics (received from the President of the Republic of
Poland)
Curriculum Vitae – Kopernikus-Preis 2014
Prof. Dr. Marek Żukowski
Stand August 2014
DFG
2
Academic experience
Positions in Poland
1996 – 2005
Head of the Quantum Optics Division of the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics of the University of Gdansk
1998 – 2006
Extraordinary Professor for theoretical physics at the University of
Gdansk
2005 –
Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
2006 –
Full Professor for theoretical physics at the Faculty of Mathematics
Physics and Chemistry, University of Gdansk
Positions abroad
Visiting Professor at: University of Innsbruck, University of Vienna,
Tsinghua University (Beijing), University of Science and Technology of
China (Hefei)
International Scientific Collaborations
1996 – 2009
Austria: Seven programmes on Quantum Communication and Quantum
Information, co-coordinators: A. Zeilinger, later C.Brukner
2003 – 2012
Germany (DAAD, Polish Ministry): Five programmes on Novel Entangled
States, co-coordinator Harald Weinfurter
2005 – 2014
European Union (6th and 7th framework program): local coordinator
QAP (2005 – 2010), Q-Essence (2005 – 2013), QUASAR (2012 – 2014),
BRISQ2 (2012-2015); senior researcher in SCALA, QOLAPS (ERC)
Other collaborations: Stockholm University, NUS Singapore, Chair Professor at Tsinghua University (2005), Distinguished Visiting Professor at
Chinese Academy of Sciences, USTC (2010-13)
Curriculum Vitae – Kopernikus-Preis 2014
Prof. Dr. Marek Żukowski
Stand August 2014
DFG
3
Professional activities
Boards of:
National Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Poland
National Centre for Quantum Information, Poland
National Centre for Science (NCN – the granting agency for basic science), Poland
Editorial Boards:
Physical Review A, American Physical Society, USA
International Journal of Quantum Information, World Scientific, Singapore
Fellowships and Awards
Rector of UG Prizes (1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005)
Prizes of the Minister of Science Poland (1983, 1994, 2000, 2007)
2006
Wenner Gren Stipend
2003 – 2006 Professorial Subsidy of the Foundation for Polish Science, FNP
2013
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Prize of III Division of Polish Academy of Sciences
2013
The Prize of Fundation for Polish Science, FNP
2014
Copernicus Prize (with Harald Weinfurter) DFG/FNP
Publications
Approx. 140 papers (out of that 2 Nature, 2 comments in Nature, 27 Physical Review Letters, 1
PNAS, 1 Reviews of Modern Physics); h-index 31, citations: over 4000.
Curriculum Vitae – Kopernikus-Preis 2014
Prof. Dr. Marek Żukowski
Stand August 2014
DFG
4
Research interests
Quantum Physics
Quantum Information
Quantum Optics
Main Scientific Achievements
Physical conditions for optical entanglement swapping, quantum teleportation, and multiphoton
interference (1993, 1995, 1997)
Full set of multipartite correlation Bell-CHSH inequalities (2001, 2002)
Schemes for d-dimensional optical interference and entanglement (1997)
First proof of their high-non-classicality (2000, numerical)
Observation of 4-photon (2003) and 6-photon interference (2009)
Observation of interference of fully independent photons (2006)
Experimental falsification of Leggett-type models for correlations (2007)
Suggestion of Information Causality as a general principle of physics (2009)
Equivalence of Bell inequalities and communication complexity problems (2004)
New entanglement indicators (2008)
Weak measurements with parametric down conversion (2012)
“Quantum Bridge” – application of quantum information to the card game (2014)
Curriculum Vitae – Kopernikus-Preis 2014
Prof. Dr. Marek Żukowski
Stand August 2014
DFG