Marek
Samoc
APPOINTMENTS:
Senior Fellow, Laser Physics Centre, Research School of
Physical
Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra,
Australia
Professor of Materials Science, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Research Professor, Institute for Lasers, Photonics and
Biophotonics,
SUNY at Buffalo, NY, USA
QUALIFICATIONS:
M.S. - Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, 1973.
Major: Physical
chemistry
PhD. - Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Institute
of Organic
and Physical Chemistry, 1977 . Thesis:
Investigation of the influence
of
localized states on charge transport in organic crystals.
Habilitation (D.Sc.) - Technical University of Wroclaw,
1985. Thesis:
Photogeneration
and transport of charge
carriers in crystals of organic photoconductors
(in
English, Wroclaw TU Publishers, 1984)
Professor of Chemical Sciences
- awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland,
21-12-2007
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
September 1992 – December 2002 : Fellow at
Laser Physics Centre,
Australian National University, Canberra
September 1990 to 1993 : Adjunct Associate Professor at
Department of
Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
November 1991 to September 1992 : Visiting Scientist at
Laser Physics
Centre, ANU
May 1977 to September 1991 : Lecturer at Inst. of Org.
and Phys.
Chemistry, TU of Wroclaw.
March 1988 to August 1989 and May 1990 to September 1990: Visiting
Scientist at Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at
Buffalo, NY
February 1987 to March 1988 : Senior Research Associate
at Department
of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
October 1979 to October 1980 : Research Associate at
Division of
Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Nonlinear optical properties of photonic media. Theoretical modelling
of nonlinear optical properties of organics. Femtosecond scale
measurements of nonlinear properties of materials using
techniques of degenerate four-wave mixing, optical Kerr effect and
Z-scan. Development of nonlinear optical materials for photonic
switching. Pockels effect and second harmonic generation. Nonlinear
chirooptic effects. DNA photonics and biotronics.
Electrical and related properties of organic solids. Photoconductivity
and charge carrier mobility in organics. Dielectric properties of
crystals. Piezo and pyroelectricity, triboluminescence and elastic
properties of polar crystals.
PUBLICATION SUMMARY: 209 refereed papers. Over
2900 references in
Citation Index. H-index = 28.
