Curriculum Vitae of Adam Rycerz

Personal: Adam Paweł Jan Rycerz, born in Kraków, Poland, 30 April 1977. Married to Katarzyna, sons Paweł (born 2005) and Piotr (2007).

Professional experience

2020 - present: Professor in Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2019 - 2020: Associate professor (prof. UJ) in Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2006 - 2019: Assistant professor (adiunkt) in Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2007 - 2009: AvH fellow in Complex Quantum Systems Group, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Regensburg, Germany
2005 - 2006: Postdoc in Nanophysics Group, Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden, The Netherlands
2003-2006: Postdoc and volunteer instructor in Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2000-2003: PhD student in Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Education and academic degrees

May 2020: State scientific title Professor, President of Poland, Warszawa
September 2010: Higher doctoral degree (habilitation), Jagiellonian University, Kraków
June 2003: PhD (cum laude), Jagiellonian University, Kraków
June 2000: MSc (cum laude), Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Fall 2000: TEMPUS Project, University-College Cork, Ireland
Summer 1999: CERN Summer Student Programme, Switzerland
Summer 1996: Research Science Institute (RSI '96), MIT, USA
1992-1996: A.Witkowski High School No. 5, Kraków

Functions and memberships

2020 - present: Member of Commission of Complex Systems, Class III of Exact and Technical Sciences, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kraków
2017 - present: Condensed Matter Theory and Nanophysics Head, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Awards

2017: National Science Center of Poland (NCN) Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering
2011: MNiSW Stipend for Oustanding Young Scientists for years 2011-2014
2011: 2nd degree award of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) for habilitational dissertation
2008: 2nd degree award of the Jagiellonian University Rector
2005: Foreign Postdoc Fellowship of Polish Science Foundation (FNP)
2004: 1st degree award of Polish Ministry of Education and Sport (MENiS) for PhD thesis
2004: 2nd degree team award of the Cracow University of Technology Rector
2003-2004: Scholarship of Polish Science Foundation (FNP)
2000: 3rd degree A.Piekara award of Polish Physical Society for MSc thesis
1997-99: Stipend of Polish Ministry of Education (MEN)

Founded research

2015-present: Project SONATA BIS - Macroscopic quantum effects, emergence, and quantum criticality in graphene and other Dirac systems (National Science Centre of Poland - NCN, Grant No. 2014/14/E/ST3/00256)
2011-2014: Dirac electrons in graphene nanosystems: Quantum transport and spectral distributions (NCN, Grant No. N-N202-031440)
2007-2009: The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) Support Grant ("Granty dla Stypendystów" Nr 01/07).

Teaching experience (selected topics)

Spring 2013 - Spring 2014: Quantum Foundations and The Structure of Matter for Biophysicists (lecture + tutorial)
Spring 2012 - Fall 2013: Theory of Meso- and Nanoscopic Systems (lecture)
Fall 2009 - Spring 2012: Advanced Quantum Mechanics for PhD Students (lecture + tutorial)
Spring 2007: Statistical Physics (tutorial)
Fall 2006: Quantum Theory of Solids (lecture + tutorial)
Spring 2005: Discrete Mathematics (tutorial)
Spring 2005: Linear Algebra (tutorial)
Fall 2004: Physics for Biologists (tutorial)
Spring 2004: Mathematical Methods of Physics (tutorial)
Spring 2004: Programming in Fortran 90/95 (laboratory)

Conference activity

9th Polish Conference "Graphene and other 2D materials", September 8-10, 2024, Poznań, Poland (invited talk)
XI Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO2024), June 30 - July 5, 2024, Lublin, Poland (oral presentation)
International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology (MSIconference 2024), February 26-28, 2024, Singapore (invited talk)
The European Conference: Physics of Magnetism 2023 (PM'23), June 26-30, Poznań, Poland (oral presentation)
International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology (MSIconference 2022), December 21-24, 2022, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (invited talk)
Graphene and 2D Materials International Conference (GrapheneforUS2022 Online), April 6-7, 2022 (oral presentation)
Graphene Week 2021, September 20-24, virtual event hosted by Universite de Strasburg, France (poster)
Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference (TNT2019), September 30 - October 04, San Sebastian, Spain (oral presentation)
Graphene Week 2019, September 23-27, Helsinki, Finland (poster)
Fundamental Aspects of Superconductivity: 3rd International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism in Selected Systems (StoCP-2018), September 16-21, Zakopane, Poland (invited talk)
Graphene Week 2018, September 10-14, San Sebastian, Spain (poster)
EMN Meeting on Computation and Theory 2018, September 3-7, San Sebastian, Spain (invited talk)
DPG Spring Meeting 2018, March 11-16, Berlin, Germany (oral presentation)
From Spins to Cooper Pairs and Back: 2nd International Conference on Magnetism and Superconductivity in Selected Systems (StoCP-2016), September 25-30, Zakopane, Poland (oral presentation)
5th International Symposium on Graphene Devices (ISGD-5), July 11-14, 2016, Brisbane, Australia (oral presentation)
Graphene Week 2016, June 13-17, Warsaw, Poland (oral presentation)
EMN Meeting on Carbon Nanostructures 2016, March 29-31, Honolulu, Hawai, USA (invited talk)
Graphene & 2D Materials International Conference and Exhibition (Graphene Canada 2015), October 14-16, Montreal, Canada (oral presentation)
From Spins to Cooper Pairs: New Physics of the Spins (StoCP-2014), September 22-26, Zakopane, Poland (oral presentation)
Graphene Week 2013, June 2-7, Chemnitz, Germany (poster)
Graphene Week 2012, June 4-8, Delft, The Netherlands (poster)
The European Conference: Physics of Magnetism PM'11, June 27 - July 1, Poznań, Poland (poster)
4th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference (CHAOS 2011), 31 May - 3 June, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece (oral presentation)
Graphene 2011, April 11-14, Bilbao, Spain (poster)
DPG Spring Meeting 2010, March 21-26, Regensburg, Germany (oral presentation)
DPG Spring Meeting 2009, March 22-27, Dresden, Germany (oral presentation)
TNT '08 Trends in Nanotechnology, September 1-5, Oviedo, Spain (poster)
Graphene Week 2008, August 25-29, Trieste, Italy (poster)
The European Conference: Physics of Magnetism PM'08, June 24-27, Poznań, Poland (oral presentation)
TNT '07 Trends in Nanotechnology, September 3-7, San Sebastian, Spain (oral presentation)
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems SCES'07, May 13-18, Houston, USA (poster)
International Conference: Nanoelectronics 2006, Jan 8-11, Lancaster, UK (poster)
The European Conference: Physics of Magnetism PM'05, June 24-27, Poznań, Poland (oral presentation)
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems SCES'05, July 26-30, Vienna, Austria (poster)
TNT '04 Trends in Nanotechnology, September 13-17, Segovia, Spain (poster)
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems SCES'04, July 26-30, Karlsruhe, Germany (poster)
VIII Training Course in the Physics of Correlated Electron Systems and High-Tc Superconductors, October 6-17, 2003, Vietri sul Mare, Italy (oral presentation)
NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Concepts in Electron Correlations, September 2003, Hvar, Croatia (poster)
VII Training Course in the Physics of Correlated Electron Systems and High-Tc Superconductors, October 14-25, 2002, Vietri sul Mare, Italy (oral presentation)
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems SCES'02, July 10-13, Kraków, Poland (poster)
VIII Dutch-Polish Colloquium on Condensed Matter Physics: New Materials and Novel Phases, February 7-10, 2002, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland (oral presentation)
VI Training Course in the Physics of Correlated Electron Systems and High-Tc Superconductors, October 8-19, 2001, Vietri sul Mare, Italy (oral presentation)
6th Patras University Euroconference on Properties of Condensed Matter Probed with X-Ray Scattering: Electron Correlations and Magnetism, September 21-25, 2001, Patras, Greece (poster)
NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Open Problems in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, May 2000, Bled, Slovenia (poster)

Thesis promoted

D. Suszalski, Relativistic charge and energy transport phenomena in graphene nanostructures. PhD Thesis. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 21.01.2021. [see full text]
G. Rut, Quantum transport of Dirac fermions in single and bilayer graphene: Chiral tunneling and quantum interference. PhD Thesis. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 28.04.2016. [see full text]

Dissertations reviewed

T. Paul, Effect of excitons in quantum spin Hall effect. PhD Thesis. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, to be completed. [see report]
A. Kłosiński, Orbital effects in elemental chalcogens. PhD Thesis. University of Warsaw, Warszawa, 6.11.2023. [see report]
B. Rzepkowski, Simulation of two-dimensional strongly correlated systems via tree-like isometric tensor networks: From physical models to quantum computers. PhD Thesis. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, 10.10.2023. [see report]
M. M. Wysokiński, Fazy i przemiany fazowe w równowagowych i nierównowagowych układach skorelowanych fermionów. Habilitation. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, 30.06.2022. [see report]
M. Świderski, Atomistic theory of excitonic fine structure in InAs/InP nanowire quantum dot molecules. PhD Thesis. Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń, Toruń, 20.04.2022. [see report]
M. Bieniek, Electronic and optical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide crystals. PhD Thesis. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, 21.04.2021. [see report]
A. Poszwa, Efekty związane ze spinem i efekty relatywistyczne w układach niskowymiarowych. Habilitation. Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń, Toruń, declined. [see report]
M. Brzezińska, Beyond the ten-fold way: novel topological phases in low–dimensional systems. PhD Thesis. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, 27.01.2021. [see report]
A. Dyrdał, Nierównowagowe efekty spinowo-orbitalne w układach dwuwymiarowych. Habilitation. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, 8.05.2020. [see report]
B. Grygiel, Zjawiska transportowe w układach ultrachłodnych bozonów w sieciach optycznych. PhD Thesis. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, 7.02.2020. [see report]
A. Płomińska, Spin effects in electron transport through tunnel junctions with embedded magnetic molecules. PhD Thesis. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, 17.05.2019. [see report]
B. Jaworowski, Electron correlations in topological flat bands. PhD Thesis. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, 26.02.2019. [see report]
W. Brzezicki, Spinowy, orbitalny i topologiczny porządek w modelach silnie skorelowanych elektronów. Habilitation. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 24.05.2018. [see report]
A. Podsiadły-Paszkowska, Funkcjonalizowany silicen z pierwszych zasad. PhD Thesis. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Lublin, 22.01.2018. [see report]
D. Żebrowski, Elektrostatyczne kropki kwantowe w strukturach grafenowych. PhD Thesis. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, 21.09.2017. [see report]
D. Crivelli, Particle and energy transport in strongly driven one-dimensional quantum systems. PhD Thesis. University of Silesia, Katowice, 28.06.2016. [see report]
J. Łuczak, Splątanie i kwantowe operacje logiczne indukowane polem elektrycznym w układzie trzech kropek kwantowych. PhD Thesis. Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, 17.11.2015. [see report]
W. Pasek, Własności układów dziurowych w kropkach kwantowych: mieszanie pasm walencyjnych, własności optyczne oraz spinowe. PhD Thesis. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, 19.10.2015. [see report]
K. Szałowski, Magnetyzm nanostruktur grafenowych - zagadnienia teoretyczne. Habilitation. University of Lodz, Łódź, 30.09.2015. [see report]
B. Spisak, Własności transportowe i lokalizacja stanów jednoelektronowych w układach o zaburzonej symetrii translacyjnej. Habilitation. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, 17.03.2014. [see report]
M. Nowak, Electronic structure of artificial atoms and molecules: Spin orbit coupling effects. PhD Thesis. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, 28.10.2013. [see report]
M. Poniedziałek, Siła Lorentza w transporcie ładunku przez pierścienie kwantowe. PhD Thesis. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, 22.10.2012. [see report]
J. Kaczmarczyk, Unconventional Superconductivity in Correlated Fermion Systems. PhD Thesis. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 30.06.2011. [see report]