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Antoni Paja
12.04.1946
paja@agh.edu.pl
married
two children
Education:
university diploma of physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 1969
doctorate degree in physical sciences, Silesian University, Katowice 1976
habilitation in physical sciences, AGH – University of Science and Technology, Krakow 1992
Place of work:
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science,
AGH – University of Science and Technology,
al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków
phone: +48 12 6172556
fax: +48 12 6341247
Academic career:
junior position after graduation AGH 1969/70
assistant AGH 1970/71
senior assistant AGH 1971/72-1975/76
lecturer (“adiunkt”) AGH 1976/77-1998/99
professor of the AGH since 1999
Field of research:
solid state physics: theory of the electrical and magnetic properties of metals and alloys, phase
transitions, influence of hydrogen on the properties of materials, electron transport in
nanosystems
Professional experience:
student laboratories;
tutorials in physics, mathematics and computer science;
lectures: general physics, contemporary physics, physics of phase transitions, physics of
metals, physics of amorphous materials, computer programming;
refereeing: Ph. D. theses, grant applications, applications for Marie-Curie scholarships,
physics textbooks, scientific papers;
supervisor of Ph. D. theses;
supervisor of diploma works;
participation in national and international conferences;
research visits abroad: Harvard University, USA (6 months), International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Italy (3 times), University of Regensburg, Germany (twice), University
of Leeds, UK (many times);
Experience in organizational work:
leader of seminars;
protector of student groups;
member of the Board of Directors of the Krakow Section of the Polish Physical Society;
president of the Control Committee of the Krakow Section of the Polish Physical Society;
president of the Main Control Committee of the Polish Physical Society;
member and president of the Committee for Teaching of the Faculty Council;
member of the team for preparing new curriculum for studies „Physics of advanced
materials”;
member of the Organizing Committees of two international conferences: International
Congress of X-ray Optics and Microscopy in 1989 and MH2004 (International Symposium on
Metal-Hydrogen Systems) in 2004;
coordinator of the 3-year research project run together with Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK;
head of the Group of the Magnetic, Electrical and Structural Research;
advisor of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Language proficiency:
English – good (FCE);
Russian – average;
French, Italian –elementary;
Other skills:
computer operating;
driving licence