Professor Andrzej Miniewicz
Advanced Materials Engineering and Modeling Department
Faculty of Chemistry
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
http://marangoni.pwr.edu.pl/miniewicz
mail: andrzej.miniewicz@pwr.edu.pl
tel. +48 71 320 35 00
Scientific papers: over 234,
3006 citations according to SCOPUS on 1st May 2021, H-index = 30
some book chapters and several conference contributions
as keynote and invited lecturer
Patents: 1 European, 4 domestic
International grants holder: 4, Domestic grants: 11
Education (degrees, dates, universities)
• M.Sc. Eng. in physics – Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Physics, June, 1977
• PhD in chemistry – Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, October, 1980
• D.Sc. – Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, thesis title “Search for molecular-ionic and molecular crystals exhibiting ferroelectric and electrooptic properties”, 24.10.1990
• Professorship at WUT– 1995
• Full professor of physics (nonlinear optics) – 1998
• Full professor at the Wroclaw University of Technology - 2004, currently at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland.
Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates)
• Member of Advanced Materials Engineering and Modeling Group, 2015 -
• Head of Physics and Chemistry of Molecular Materials Group, 1994 - 2014 Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
• Head of Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics, 1993 – Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and currently Advanced Materials Engineering and Modeling Group
• Member and Expert of Polish Accreditation Committee, 2008 – 2009, 2009-2014
• Head of Doctoral Studies at Department of Chemistry, 2009 – 2012, 2012 -2016
• Vice-Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Master “MONABIPHOT” EU programme at WUT 2005-2012 and 2012 - 2018
Scientific stages
• 2009, 2007, 2005 University of Angers, France, visiting professor
• 2005, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, visiting Research Fellow
• 2002, University of Roma, La Sapienza, visiting professor
• 2003, 2001,1999, 1998, 1997 CEA, Saclay (France), visiting scientist
• 1991, 1988, 1986 University of Rennes (France), Research Associate
• 1989, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague (Czehoslovakia), Visiting Research Associate
• 1987, University of Lille (France), Visiting Research Associate
• 1980-1982 National Research Council, Ottawa (Canada), Postdoc position
Specialization
(i) main field
nonlinear optics of organic materials, photonics
(ii) other fields
real-time holography in liquid crystals and photoactive polymers, second and third order nonlinear optical processes, nanophotonics, optofluidics
(iii) current research interest
Nonlinear optical effects in organics: crystals, polymers and liquid crystals. The effects of main interest are: photoorientation of molecules by light, real-time holography, phase conjugation, photorefraction, optical processing, photochromic materials also biopolymers. Liquid crystals as materials for optical information processing. Linear electrooptic effect, second harmonic generation in organic and hybrid materials, optical Kerr effect, random lasisng and recently SHG in organic nanocrystals, azo-polymers and Marangoni effect in fluids and colloids.
