Tomasz Dietl

Born in Poznań, Poland, Tomasz Dietl is Professor and Head of Laboratory for Cryogenic and Spintronic Research at the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences where he completed his PhD and habilitation degrees in experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics in 1977 and 1983, respectively, and obtained the professor title in 1990. He holds also a part-time Ordinary Professor appointment at Chair of Condensed Matter Physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and at Munich Technical University. Later he was appointed as a visiting professor at Kepler University in Linz, Fourier University in Grenoble, Tohoku University in Sendai, and Paris Sud University in Orsay. 

He is the author or co-author of over 350 publications in peer review journals in the field of semiconductors, magnetism, and low-temperature physics. His recent works have elucidated the interplay between electronic and magnetic properties in relevant families of magnetic semiconductors. His current research interests are focused on the development of material systems and device concepts for nanospintronics of ferromagnetic semiconductors and of hybrid metal/semiconductor nanostructures. He also exploits various means to promote the understanding and achievements of nanotechnology and nanoscience. 

In 1998 he became a member of Polish Academy of Sciences, in 2002 he was elected to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Commission on Low Temperature Physics, and in 2004 he was nominated Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, while in 2009 he was elected to Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as to Warsaw Science Society. 

He is recipient of Maria Skłodowska-Curie Award in Poland (1997), Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in Germany (2003), Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize (2005), and Foundation for Polish Science Prize (2006). In 2007-2010 he served as a panel member for Starting Grants of ERC and in 2008 he obtained Advanced Grant of ERC.

For more information see www.ifpan.edu.pl/~dietl