People

CV of Maciej Maśka

EDUCATION

Professor: 2011
Habilitation: University of Silesia, 2004
Thesis: “Superconductivity in magnetic field”
Ph.D.: University of Silesia, 1995
Thesis: “Antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in the t-J model”
Advisor: J. Zielinski
M.S.: University of Silesia, 1988
Thesis: “Cosmic strings in theories with extra-U(1) symmetry”
Advisor: R. Manka

EMPLOYMENT

Professor, University of Silesia, 2007- present
Visitor, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA, 2011
Guest Researcher, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA, 2009
Associate Professor, University of Silesia, 2004-2007
Assistant Professor, University of Silesia, 1995-2004
Teaching Assistant, University of Silesia, 1988-1995

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS

Full professor, 2011
Chair of XXXIVth, XXXVIth and XXXVIIIth International Conferences on Theoretical Physics "Correlation and Coherence at Different Scales", Ustroń 2010, 2012, 2014
Chair of XXXth International Conference on Theoretical Physics "Electron Correlations inNano- and Macrosystems", Ustroń 2006
Member of the Election Commission of the Polish Physical Society, 2002-present
Head of the Silesian Branch of the Polish Physical Society, 2006-2009
Reviewer of Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Central European Journal of Physics
Guest Editor of "Electron Correlations in Nano- and Macrosystems", special issue of physica status solidi, 2007
Guest Editor of "Strongly correlated electron systems and high Tc superconductivity", World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 1990
Member of Organizing Committee of International Conference on Theoretical Physics, Szczyrk, Ustron: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
Member of the Program and Publication Committees of the SCES Conference, Kraków 2002
Awards of Rector of the University of Silesia: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007
Ph.D. awarded with distinction, 1995
M.S. awarded with distinction, 1988

RESEARCH GRANTS

DEC-2013/11/B/ST3/00824 "Correlations and Coherence at Different Scales" - National Science Centre
NN 202 128 736 "Unconventional superconductivity and quantum critical phenomena in selected fermion systems"
1 P03B 071 30 “Electron correlations in inhomogeneous systems” - Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Principal Investigator)
2 P03B 050 23 “New description of quantum states and pairing in correlated systems and nanosystems” - State Committee for Scientific Research (co-Principal Investigator)
2 P032 050 18 “Superconductivity in strongly correlated systems” - State Committee for Scientific Research
2 P03B 079 09 “Strong correlations and symmetry of the order parameter” - State Committee for Scientific Research
2 P03B 054 12 “Vortex corrections to the Eliashberg equations for 2-dimensional Hubbard model” - State Committee for Scientific Research

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

Coordinator of the Distance Learning Project, 2004-present
Member of the Advisory Board for the Department of Computer Sciences, 2000-present
Member of the Provost Committee on Computing and Networking, 1998-2002
Member of the Library Council, 2012-present
Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 1995-present

RESEARCH AREAS

Superconductivity (superconductivity in the presence of magnetic field, pseudogap, d-density wave scenario, triplet pairing in cobalt oxide superconductors, Fulde-Farrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase, gap inhomogeneity in high-temperature superconductors)
Inhomogeneous systems (Monte Carlo simulations for the Falicov-Kimball model, Anderson localization)
Nanophysics (properties of superconducting nanorings, role of Coulomb correlations in nanosystems, transport through nanosystems)
Ultracold atoms (Monte Carlo simulations of mixtures of ultracold atoms in optical lattices)

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