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Selected invited talks and seminars

2023 - "Two-gap Ising superconductivity from Coulomb interactions in monolayer NbSe2", 25.01.2023 Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
2022 - "On the quest for topological superconductivity: theoretical and experimental study of carbon nanotubes and NbSe2", 29.08.2022 Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2021 - "Topology in physics: from quantum Hall effect to planetary waves", 17.11.2021 University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
2021 - "Topological superconductivity in carbon nanotubes", 16.03.2021 Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
2019 - "Majorana states in carbon nanotubes", 27.05.2019 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
2017 - "Shaping wave functions with parallel magnetic field", 23.11.2017 Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastian, Spain
2017 - "Majorana fermions in carbon nanotubes: microscopic modelling", international GRK 1570 workshop, Boundary effects and correlations in one-dimensional systems, 1-2.06.2017 University of Regensburg, Germany
2015 - "How technology mimics life: individual and coordinated microswimmers", Talk Nano! series of talks, 28.04.2015 University of Regensburg, Germany

Organization

2023 - Focus session about "Topology in quantum and classical physics: from topological insulators to active matter" during the Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section of German Physical Society, Dresden
2022 - International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Quy Nhon, Vietnam (planned for 3rd - 8th July 2022, cancelled due to Covid)
2019 - Focus session "Designer Quantum Systems" during the Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section of German Physical Society, Regensburg

Research funding and grants

2021 - 2024 - second phase of CRC 1227 "Emergent relativistic effects in condensed matter: From fundamental aspects to electronic functionality", PI in the project B4 "Spin-orbit interaction and superconductivity in hybrid 1D-2D van der Waals heterostructures" with Dr. Nicola Paradiso, Prof. Milena Grifoni and Prof. Christoph Strunk, 589.2k €, theory: 189.6k €
2017 - 2021 - CRC 1227 "Emergent relativistic effects in condensed matter: From fundamental aspects to electronic functionality", PI in the project B4 "Spin-orbit interaction in hybrid superconductor-1D systems" with Prof. Milena Grifoni and Prof. Christoph Strunk, 533.5k €, theory: 296.5k €
2017 - 2018 - Academic Research Sabbatical grant of the University of Regensburg in the winter term, 7k €

Degrees

2018 - Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, thesis title: "Interactions and topological states in hybrid carbon nanotube/superconductor and carbon nanotube/metal devices"
2000 - 2004 - PhD study at the University of Silesia, supervisor: Prof. Marek Szopa, thesis title: "Electronic structure and persistent currents in carbon cages and nanotubes"
1997 - 1998 - MSc study in theoretical physics at Univ. of Silesia, supervisor: Prof. Marek Zrałek, thesis title: "Quantum interference between states with undetermined mass"

Work experience

2018 - present Privatdozent at the University of Regensburg, Germany
02/2018, 10/2018, 10/2019 - visiting researcher in the group of Prof. Andres Ayuela, Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastian, Spain
2012 - 2018 - research assistant at the University of Regensburg, Germany
2006 - 2012 - post-doctoral fellow at the University of Regensburg, Germany
2004 - 2006 - post-doctoral fellow at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
06-09/2001 - visiting researcher in the group of Prof. Arnout Ceulemans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Other academic merits

membership in doctoral committees
referee for Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter and physica status solidi (b)

Administrative duties

2017 - present: geder equality representative and member of the board of the Integrated Research Training Group within the CRC 1277
2018 - 2022: gender equality representative of the Faculty of Physics