Prof., DSc, PhD, Eng.
Arkadiusz Wójs

Rector, Chairman of Senate, and Professor of Physics
at Wrocław University of Science and Technology
(Wroclaw Tech)

Member of Polish Academy of Sciences
Member of Academia Europaea

Academic Director
of Wrocław Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea

Prof., DSc, PhD, Eng.
Arkadiusz Wójs​

Rector, Chairman of Senate, and Professor of Physics
at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
(Wroclaw Tech)

Member of Polish Academy of Sciences
Member of Academia Europaea

Academic Director
of Wrocław Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea

Rector's Office

Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27
50-370 Wroclaw, POLAND

+48 71 320 22 17

+48 607 234 798

arkadiusz.wojs@pwr.edu.pl

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Research interests

  • theoretical and computational condensed matter physics
  • electronic structure of low-dimensional systems
  • correlated many fermion systems
  • quantum dots & other semiconductor nanostructures
  • topological effects
  • quantum Hall effect
  • composite fermions
  • quantum liquids
  • magneto-optical properties of correlated electrons
  • excitons and trions in low dimensions
  • graphene and carbon nanostructures
  • two-dimensional crystals
  • spin physics and quantum magnetism
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Scientific Career

Jun 1995
Master - Solid state physics

"Quantum dots"

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology,
Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Jun 1997
Doctor - Physics of condensed phase

"Electronic structure of semiconductor quantum dots"

Institute of Physics,
Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Feb 2002
Habilitated doctor - Solid state physics

"Optoelectronic properties of Laughlin incompressible electron fluid"

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology,
Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Jan 2009
Professor - Physical sciences

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology,
Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Employment

  • Wrocław University of Science and Technology (from 2020) – Rector, chairman of Senate
  • Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Theoretical Physics (2014-2020) – professor, head of the department, faculty dean, chairman of the discipline council
  • Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Institute of Physics (1997-2014) – in turn: assistant professor, associate professor, full professor; deputy dean
  • National Research Council, Canada (1995-1996) – short doctoral internships
  • University of Tennessee, USA (1997-2000) – postdoctoral internship
  • University of Tennessee, USA (2000-2008; 2-4 months a year)
    – visiting professor
  • University of Cambridge, UK (2008-2010) – Marie Curie Fellowship

Short visits

Internships, consultations, lectures:

  • Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory,
  • Universität Hamburg,
  • Technische Universität Dortmund,
  • Leibnitz Universität Hannover,
  • Universität Regensburg,
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory,
  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Grants

2008-2010
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Opto-electronic properties of graphene and other carbon nanostructures

University of Cambridge, UK

Intra-European Fellowship

2011-2014
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Exotic quantum phases in graphene and other modern nanomaterials - physical foundation for quantum information technology

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Career Integration Grant

2013-2015
PLN 300,000
Foundation for Polish Science

Magneto-optics of semiconductor nanostructures with 3/2 spin carriers (for applications in quantum information processing)

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Professor's subsidy, FNP-Mistrz

2012-2014
PLN 1,235,000
National Science Centre

Studies of topological properties of strongly correlated electronic systems for applications in quantum information processing

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

NCN-OPUS

2015-2020
PLN 3,733,160
National Science Centre

Topological effects in advanced low-dimensional structures

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

NCN-MAESTRO

Cooperation

  • Jainendra K. Jain (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
  • Nigel R. Cooper, Gunnar Möller (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Steven H. Simon (University of Oxford, UK)
  • John J. Quinn (University of Tennessee, USA)
  • Pawel Hawrylak (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Csaba Tőke (University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Sudhansu Sekhar Mandal (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science)
  • Ganesh Jaya Sreejith (NORDITA, Sweden)
  • Devrim Güçlü (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey)
  • Marek Potemski (CNRS High Magnetic Field Laboratory, France)
  • Manfred Bayer, Dmitri Yakovlev (Technical University of Dortmund, Germany)
  • Daniela Pfannkuche (University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • Karel Vyborny (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
  • Rolf Haug (Leibnitz University of Hannover, Germany)
  • Dirk Reuter, Andreas D. Wieck (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany)

Scientific organizations

functions by election

Corresponding Member of Polish Academy of Sciences

Member of Academia Europaea

Member of Scientific Council of the Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław

Member of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Commission 17: Laser Physics and Photonics

Member of the journal's editorial committee - Condensed Matter

Awards

  • 2019 Centennial Medal of the Polish Physical Society
  • 2018 Ambassador of Polish Congresses
  • 2017 Membership of Academia Europaea
  • 2013 Hugo Steinhaus Award of WUST
  • 2013 Outstanding Referee of American Physical Society
  • 2012 Academic Grant of Foundation for Polish Science
  • 2011 Main Scientific Award of Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education – for outstan­ding achievement in fundamental research
  • 2008 Wojciech Rubinowicz Award of Polish Physical Society
  • 2003 Award of Polish Prime Minister (for habilitation thesis)
  • 2002 Stefan Pieńkowski Award of Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 Award of Polish Minister of National Education (for PhD thesis)