Curriculum Vitae

Education

2021 – ongoing

Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw
PhD studies, discipline: Physical Science

2021

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Master of Science (with honors), specialization: Physics of Condensed Matter and Semiconductor Nanostructures
Thesis title: Characterization of boron nitride epitaxial layers using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

2019

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Bachelor of Science (with honors)
Thesis title: Exfoliation of ultrathin epitaxial layers of boron nitride

Academic training

2023

Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
3 months, Solid-state Quantum Technologies (group of Prof. Guillaume Cassabois & Prof. Bernard Gil)
Photoluminescence and reflectivity measurements in deep UV spectral range

2021

Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
1 month, Group of Electron Microscopy (group of Prof. Sławomir Kret)
Training on samples preparation for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ‐ mechanical polishing, cross-sectional thinning, ion etching

2020

Łukasiewicz Research Network ‐ Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Warsaw, Poland
1 month, Department of Graphene and Materials for Electronics (group of Tymoteusz Ciuk, Ph.D., Eng.)
Review on (Al)GaN, (B)GaN heterostructures, measurements of heterostructures using Hall effect and Raman spectroscopy, both methods’ results correlation

2018

Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
1 month, Group of Physics of AIIBIV Semiconductors (group of Prof. Andrzej Mycielski)
Preparation of high‐resistance samples (CdTe) for analysis, preparation of a four‐probe I‐V measurement in LabVIEW

Teaching

I co-supervised 2 BSc theses:

  • 2024: Lena Miler, Controlling the bandgap energy of epitaxial boron nitride by aluminum doping, co-supervised with Prof. Andrzej Wysmołek, abstract
  • 2024: Łukasz Grzegrzółka, Influence of gamma radiation and thermal neutrons on the optical properties of boron nitride epitaxial layers, co-supervised with Prof. Andrzej Wysmołek, abstract

Prizes and awards

  • Best poster award at 2nd Boron Nitride Workshop (BNW 2024), Sydney, Australia, 21-24.05.2024
  • Distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Physics for outstanding conduct of laboratory classes Preliminary Laboratory, academic year 2021/2022.
  • Best oral presentation award in experimental physics category at FOKA Conference, Wrocław, Poland, 11‐13.12.2020
  • Distinction in a best oral presentation competition in experimental physics and biophysics category at Sympozjum Młodych Naukowców, Warsaw, 24‐28.08.2020
  • University of Warsaw Rector’s scholarship for the best students, 2020/2021

Activities promoting science

  • I conducted demonstrations for numerous lectures for school groups and open lectures for students organized by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Physical Society as part of open physics classes at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw.
  • I was a presenter in a video about the functioning of the laboratory (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy at Layered Materials Laboratory) as part of IPT 2021 Lab Tours.
  • Workshop for students during Festiwal Nauki 2020 (eng. Science Festival 2020), title: Trzy proste sposoby na otrzymywanie atomowo – cienkich warstw azotku boru (BN) (eng. Three simple ways to obtain atomically thin layers of boron nitride (BN))