Maciej Lewenstein#
| Membership Number: | 4826 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.icfo.eu/research/84-group-member-details?people_id=25&gid=23 |
Present and Previous Positions
- ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats - Professor
- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques - Professor and Head of “Quantum Optics Theory Group” (13 postdocs, 12 PhD students)
- 1998 - 2005 Full Professor (C4), Institut Für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover
- 1995 - 1998 Directeur de recherche (C3), CEA, Service des Photons, Atomes, et Molécules, Centre d'Études de Saclay, France
- 1993 - 1995 Professor, Centre for Theoretical Physics, PAS, Warsaw
- 1988 - 1991 Vice-director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
- 1988 - 1993 Privat Dozent, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
- 1984 - 1987 Lecturer, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
- 1981 - 1984 Assistant, Mitarbeiter, Fachbereich Physik, Universität Essen
- 1980 - 1981 Assisitant, Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
- 1979 - 1980 Assistant, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum optics
- Quantum information
- Physics of cold gases
- Light-matter interactions
- Statistical physics
- Atomic and molecular physics
- Interdisciplinary applications of physics
- Complex systems
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Willis E. Lamb Medal for laser Science and Quantum Optics
- 2016 Doctorate Honoris Causa University of Warsaw
- 2015 Listed among Thomson Reuters "Highly Cited Researchers" and in "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds"
- 2014 Listed among Thomson Reuters "Highly Cited Researchers" and in "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds"
- 2013 European Physical Society Quantum Optics and Electronic Division Prize for Fundamental Research
- 2013 European Research Council Advanced Grant
- 2013 Johannes Gutenberg Prize of University of Mainz
- 2012 Member of the European Academy of Science
- 2011 Prize of the Polish Foundation for Science
- 2010 Joachim Hertz Foundation Prize of University of Hamburg
- 2008 European Research Council Advanced Grant
- 2007 Humboldt Research Prize
- 2004 Fellow of the Americal Physical Society
- 1984 Prize of the Division of Natural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
