Vladimír Bužek#
| Membership Number: | 3860 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SLOVAKIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.quantum.physics.sk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1985 - 2014 researcher, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1999 - 2014 professor, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- 2004 - 2009 honorary adjunt professor, Department of Mathematical Physics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
- 2002 - 2003 visiting professor, Department of Mathematical Physics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
- 1996 - 1997 visiting professor, Imperial College London, Optics Section, Blacket Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
- 1992 - 1999 lecturer, Faculty of mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1990 - 1991 postdoc, Imperial College London, Optics Section, Blacket Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum thermodynamics
- Quantum optics
- Open system dynamics
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum information processing
- Foundations of quantum theory
Honours and Awards
- Prize of the Ministry of Education (1982)
- Prize of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists (1987)
- Prize of the Slovak Literature Foundation (1989)
- Annual Prize of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1993)
- 1996 ICO (International Commission for Optics) Prize and the Ernst Abbe Medal
- Award “The scientist of the year 1997” in Slovakia
- Award of the Slovak Literature Foundation: “The most cited scientist in years 1998-2000”
- Award “The scientist of the year 2001” in Slovakia
- The E.T.S. Walton award of the Science Foundation of Ireland (2002)
- Annual Prize of the Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic (2003)
- Award of the Slovak Literature Foundation: “The most cited scientist in years 2001-2003”
- The Humboldt Research Award (2004)
- Werner von Siemens Excellence Award (2005)
- Award of the Slovak Literature Foundation: “The most cited scientist in years 2004-2006”
- Finalist of the EU 2006 Descartes Prize - as a part of the consortium QGATES
- The Order of Ľudovít Štúr of the first category (2007) – the highest civilian award in Slovakia.
- Award of the Slovak Literature Foundation for “The most cited research paper” (2008)
- Award of the Slovak Literature Foundation: “The most cited scientist in years 2007-2009”
- American Physical Society – Outstanding referee (2012)
