Personal data:

Name and surname:Antoni Paja

Date of birth:12.04.1946

E-mail:

Marital status:married

Family status: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

Last 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 6172555

fax: +48 12 6341247

now retired professor of the AGH-UST

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 1999-2016

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 (four times), grant applications, applications for Marie-Curie scholarships, physics textbooks, scientific papers;

supervisor of four Ph. D. theses (two with distinction);

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);

participation in the four-years program “HyTrain” funded by the European Commission.

Experience in organizational work:

leader of seminars;

protector of student groups;

head of the Group of the Magnetic, Electrical and Structural Research from 2007 to 2016;

member of the Board of Directors of the Krakow Section of the Polish Physical Society;

member and president of the Control Committee of the Krakow Section of the Polish Physical Society;

member and 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 “Theory of the electron transport in disordered solids” run together with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK;

advisor of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Achievements:

48 publications;

141 citations in journals, 4 in academic textbooks;

19 awards for scientific achievements, by the Rector of AGH-UST;

1 award for organizational activity, by the Rector of AGH-UST;

3 awards for teaching, by the Rector of AGH-UST;

Silver and Golden Cross of Merit;

Medal of the Commission for National Education

Language proficiency:

English – advanced (FCE and government exam);

Russian – good;

French, Italian –elementary;

Other skills:

computer operating;

driving licence