Curriculum Vitae                                              

Academic qualifications: 

1.Master of Science - awarded in 1980, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

Title of the thesis:  Photon antibunching as a nonclassical effect in nonlinear and quantum optics.

2. Doctor of Physical Sciences  - awarded in 1985, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

Title of the thesis:  Resonance fluorescence and light absorption of two correlated atoms.

Academic long term Employment:

1.  1 May 1980 - 15 March 1985      Assistant, Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
2. 16 March 1985 - 10 April 1989    Lecturer,  Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
3. 12 April 1989 - 31 March  1992   Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
4. 1 April 1992 - 31 March 1996      QEII Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
5. 1 April 1996 - 20 July 1997         ARC Senior Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
6. 21 July 1997 -  31 March 1999    ARC Principal Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia                               
7. 1 April 1999 – 31March 2000       UK EPSRC Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, The Queen’s University of Belfast , Belfast, U.K.
8. 1April 2000 – 31 March 2002      ARC Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
9. 1 April  2002 – 31 March 2007    Lecturer B (Fixed term appointment), Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Academic short term Employment:

1.  24 January - 10 March 1985,  Research Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
2.  1 February - 5 March 1988,    Research Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
3. 1 July - 30 July 1994,              Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada
4.  9 September - 30 September 1994,   Visiting Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Malaya University, Malaysia
5.  1 May - 31 May 1995,            Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,  The Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
6.  10 November - 6 December 1996,    Visiting Fellow, School of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
7.  14 February - 14 March 1997,        Visiting Scientist, Department of Mathematics, Malaya University, Malaysia
8.  12 May - 16 June 1997,          Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
9. 26 November - 21 December 1997,  Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada
10. 6 January – 16 February 1999,       Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada
11. 20 June - 24 July 2000,           Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
12. 24 June - 24 July 2002,           Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
13. 24 November – 22 December 2002   Visiting Associate Professor Department of Mathematics, Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
14. 10 January – 5 February 2005,       Visiting Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany

Honourary Academic Employment:

1996-2001 Adjunct Professor (honour), Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada

Invited Conference talks:

1. Invited talk, VIII Vavilov Conference on Non-linear Optics, Novosibirsk, 20-24 June 1984.
2. Invited speaker, II Workshop on Quantum Optics, Kuala Lumpur, 19-20 September 1994.
3. Invited talk, Symposium on Collective Effects, Rochester, 5 June 1995.
4. Invited speaker, The International CLEO/QELS'96 Conference, Anaheim, 2-6 June 1996.
5. Invited speaker, VII Seminar on Quantum Optics, Raubichi, 17-20 May 1998.
6. Invited talk, Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics, Szeged, 1-4 May 2002.
7. Invited talk, Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics, Rostock, 1-4 May 2003.
8. Invited talk, Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, Mexico, 1-4 July 2003.
9. Invited speaker, X Seminar on Quantum Optics, Minsk, 30 May - 4 June 2004.

Prizes and awards:

1985 Polish Ministry of Education Award for an outstanding PhD Thesis.
1988 Polish Ministry of Education Award for scientific achievements (significant contribution to the field of nonclassical effects in
          nonlinear and quantum optics).
1994 Queensland University Travel Award for International Collaborative Research.
1995 Northern Ireland Development Research Award for a collaborative research in the area of spectroscopy with
          squeezed light.
1997 Queensland University Travel Award for International Collaborative Research.
2002 Queensland University Travel Award for International Collaborative Research.
2005 Queensland University Travel Award for International Collaborative Research.
2005 Australian Academy of Science Travel Award for  The Scientific Visits to Europe (Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany)

Research Fundings from Australian Institutions:

1. 1992-1996 Research Grant supporting the QEII Fellowship from Australian Research Council, A$10,500 each year.
2. 1994 University of Queensland Travel Award for International Collaborative Research, A$2,560
3. 1996 University of Queensland Enabling Grant for research, A$20,260
4. 1997 University of Queensland Travel Award for International Collaborative Research, A$2,640
5. 1997 University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant for research, A$12,064
6. 1999 ARC Small Research Grant, A$ 17,160
7. 2002 University of Queensland Travel Award for International Collaborative Research, A$2,580
8. 2005 University of Queensland Travel Award for International Collaborative Research, A$2,065
9. 2005 Australian Academy of Science, Travel Grant to Visit Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, A$ 8,600

Graduate Supervision: (A) PhD students:

1. M.R.Ferguson, at University of Queensland, completed 1997. The topic of research was: Interaction of squeezed light with three-level atoms.
2. T.G.Rudolph, at York University, Toronto, completed 1998. The topic of research was: Dressing an atom in a field of many colors.
3. M.Bosticky, at University of Queensland, completed 1999. The topic of research was: Probe absorption spectra from driven three-level atomic systems in a narrow-bandwidth squeezed vacuum.
4. Uzma Akram, at University of Queensland, completed 2003. The topic of research was: Quantum interference and cavity QED tests of quantum mechanics.
5. Courtney Mewton, at University of Queensland, commenced 2004. The topic of research is: Entanglement in multi-atom systems.
6. Stanley Chen, at University of Queensland, commence 2005.The topic of research is: Engineering and measuring of entanglement in atomic systems.

(B) Post graduate honours students:

1. M.R.Ferguson, 1st class post-graduate honours, completed 1993
2. M.Bosticky, 1st class post-graduate honours, completed 1994
3. T.G.Rudolph, 1st class post-graduate honours, completed 1994
4. S.Hogg, 2nd class post-graduate honours, completed 1997
5. S.Chen, 1st class post-graduate honours, completed 2003

Teaching at A.Mickiewicz University:

1985, General Physics, 1st year undergraduate course
1986, General Physics, 1st year undergraduate course
1987, Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd year undergraduate course
Nonlinear and Statistical Optics, postgraduate course
1988, Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd year undergraduate course
Nonlinear and Statistical Optics, postgraduate course

Teaching at The University of Queensland:

Research areas:

1. Quantum and Non-Linear Optics
2. Quantum Atomic Spectroscopy
3. Entanglement and Quantum Information
4. Optical Processes in Solids
5. Atom Optics and Interferometry
6. Laser Physics

Collaborative work with other institutions: Past projects

1. 1992 – 2000 Professor H.S.Freedhoff, Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Project: Atoms in multichromatic fields.
8 joint papers published in refereed journals.

2. 1994 – 1996 Professor P.L. Knight, Imperial College, London, UK.
Project: Squeezing in multi-level atoms.
3 joint papers published in refereed journals.

3. 1996-2003 Dr. G. Adam and Professor J. Seke, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Project: Coherence effects in atoms driven by a multiple modulated field.
8 joint papers published in refereed journals.

4. 1993 – 2004 Professor S. Swain, School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's, University of Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Project: Quantum interference in multi-level atoms.

Significant outcomes:
1. A book on: Quantum Interference and Coherence: Theory and Experiments, published by Springer, 2005
2. Invited Editors of the special issue of Journal Modern Optics on Quantum Interference, published in J. Mod. Opt. 49, Nos. 1/2  (2002).
3. Invited topical review on Atoms in squeezed light fields, published in Journal Modern Optics 46, 379 (1999).
4. 16 joint papers published in refereed journals.

Collaborative work with other institutions: Continuing projects

1. 1994 - Professor R. Tanas, Institute of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
Project: Entanglement in two-qubit systems.
Significant outcomes:
1. Invited review on "Entangled states and nonclassical
effects in two-atom systems",
published in Physics Reports 372, 369 (2002).
2. A book on: Quantum-Limit Spectroscopy
in preparation, will be published by Springer in 2006
3. 10 joint papers published in refereed journals.

2. 1993 - Professor M.R.B.Wahiddin, School of Science, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Project: Entanglement measures in multi-atom systems.
Significant outcomes:
1. A textbook on: Quantum Optics: Fundamentals and Applications
published by IIU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004
2. 11 joint papers published in refereed journals.

3. 2005 - Professor Christoph Keitel, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.
Project: Quantum Interference and Decoherence

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