Dr. Andrzej Dragan Curriculum Vitae November 2013 Personal information Born: Konin, Poland, 1978. A: Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw Hoża 69 00-681 Warsaw Poland T: +48.22.5532260 F: +48.22.6219475 E: dragan@fuw.edu.pl W: www.fuw.edu.pl/~dragan Education 1997-2001 MSc studies completed over one year ahead at University of Warsaw. Exams, studies and thesis rated A+ (outstanding). Supervisor: Dr. Konrad Banaszek. Thesis awarded cum laude: Homodyne Bell inequalities for optical Schroedinger cat states. 2001-2005 PhD studies at Institude of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw. Supervisor: Prof. Krzysztof Wódkiewicz. Thesis awarded cum laude: Single photon communication through noisy quantum channels. Academic career 2003-2004 -Scientific Secretary of the Head Committee for Physics Olympiad. 2006-now -Assistant Professor at University of Warsaw. 2008-2009 -Research Fellow at Imperial College London. 2010-2012 -Research Fellow at University of Nottingham. 2012-now -Member of International Society for Relativistic Quantum Information
Awards, scholarships and grants 2000 -Socrates-Erazmus, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Holland. 2001 -European Science Foundation scholarship - University of Oxford, UK. -First Award of the Polish Physical Society for the best MSc thesis in physics in 2001 in Poland. 2002 -Scholarship at Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK. -European Science Foundation scholarship - University of Oxford, UK. -Summer school, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. 2003 -Yearly National Award for Young Scholars, Foundation for Polish Science. -National Laboratory FAMO grant. -Committee for Polish Science grant. 2004 -Yearly National Award for Young Scholars, Foundation for Polish Science. -Scholarship Stay with us from the major Polish magazine weekly Polityka. 2010 -Three-year Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists from Polish Minister of Education. 2012 -Sonata BIS - a four year grant from National Science Centre to establish a research group in Relativistic Quantum Information. Selected presentations at conferences 2004 -International Conference of Quantum Optics, Mińsk, Belarus (invited). -Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, Glasgow, UK (contr.). 2006 -Quantum, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics, London, UK (contr.). 2009 -Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations, Vaxjo, Sweden (contr.). -Feynman Festival, Olomouc, Czech Republic (contr.). -QUOXIC, Oxford, UK (contr.). 2010 -Relativistic Quantum Information, Brisbane, Australia (invited). -Relativistic Quantum Information, Durban, South Africa (invited). 2011 -Relativistic Quantum Information, Madrid, Spain (contr.). -Relativistic Quantum Information, Brisbane, Australia (invited) -Relativistic Quantum Information, Nottingham (organizer). 2012 -Relativistic Quantum Information, Perimeter Institute, Canada (invited). 2013 -Relativistic Quantum Information, Nottingham (organizer). -Entanglement and Curved Spacetimes, BANFF, Canada (invited). -Polish Physical Society Conference, Poznań, Poland (invited). -KCIK Conference, Gdańsk, Poland (invited).
Publications 25 research papers in the best physics journals (mostly Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. D, Class. Quantum Grav.) with the overall 369 citations and the Hirsch index 9. Selected invited seminars Imperial College, London, UK; Institute of Science in Madrid, Hiszpania; National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan; National University of Singapore, Singapore; University of Bristol, UK; University of Cambridge, UK; University of Gdansk, Poland; University of Oxford, UK; University of Munich, Germany; University of Nottingham, UK; University of Queensland, Australia; University of St. Andrews, UK; University of Warsaw, Poland; University of Waterloo, Canada, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Holland. Teaching experience I am an author of a very popular university textbook Unusually special relativity (in Polish). I regularly receive one of the best feedback ratings from students for the university courses I teach. My regular lecture courses involved: -Unusually special relativity (lecture course on Special and General Relativity). -Relativistic Quantum Information (lecture course for MSc and PhD students). -Classical Electrodynamics (lecture course for PhD students). -Quantum Mechanics (tutorial course). -Classical Mechanics (tutorial course). -Mathematical Analysis (tutorial course). I am also very experienced with teaching and supervising not only students, but also extraordinarily gifted youth. I have participated in numerous summer schools, lectures, seminars and camps organized by National Children s Fund and other organizations.
Refereeing Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Review of Modern Physics, European Physical Journal D, Reports on Mathematical Physics, Proceeding of Royal Society. Outreach -9 popular-scientific papers published in Delta, Wiedza i Życie, and Encyklopedia Naukowa PWN. -Commentaries and interviews on my research and physics in every-day life for public and commercial TV programs (TVP, TVN, Polsat, TV Biznes). -Participation in radio-broadcasts on popular-scientific themes for public and commercial radio stations (PR3, Radio BIS, Tok FM). -Multiple press interviews and commentaries popularizing science. -Numerous public open talks about science and modern research. -Organizing Science Festival 2012 in Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. -Directing and producing a short feature film Hierarchy Lost about the nature of scientific discovery. Other activities Involved in portrait photography since 2003. Exhibited his works in galleries in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bern, Florida, Lille, London, Milan, New York, Paris, Warsaw, and many others. Published his works and interviewed in magazines, books and albums in over 15 countries, including Luzer's 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide (2006). Worked with the advertising agencies Brain, DDB, Euro RSCG, Grey, JWT, McCann-Erickson, Ogilvy Dubai, Ogilvy Frankfurt, Outfit London, Publicis Brasil, Scholz & Friends, and TBWA London for numerous brands involving Amnesty International, BBC Channel 4, Converse, Energizer, Playstation, Police, Polpharma, Xbox, and many others. Selected photography awards: 2006 -KTR advertising festival: gold and silver medals. -Cannes advertising festival: Golden Lion nomination. 2007 -Corbis Photography Awards: silver medal. -KTR advertising festival: two silver medals, bronze medal. -Golden Drum Advertising Festival: gold medal.
-Epica Awards: bronze medal. -Pilsner-Uruquell Contest: third award. -Photographer of the Year, Digital Camera Magazine, UK. 2008 -KTR advertising festival: two golds medals, two silver medals, two bronze medals. 2010 -International Photography Masters Cup London: silver medal. Involved in music composing between 1993-1996. Awarded in several music composing competitions in Poland, Holland, Italy, and Denmark. Filmmaker since 2012, the first short film Hierarchy Lost is scheduled for release in the end of 2013.