About
Summary
I’m a research projects administrative assistant who uses my 8+ years of experience successfully providing support for both young and experienced scientists with applying for funding and managing grants.
Before joining the Department of Research at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, I worked experimentally in the field of atomic physics as a PhD candidate and a postdoc. I was a leader of one grant and a main contractor in a second project, developed and administered a research group website and successfully organised or co-organised two conferences.
Having worked in cold atom labs for 7 years I gained experience with (IR) optical technologies and specific scientific software. Image/data analysing, plotting, visualising is what I always enjoyed throughout my academic career, the same is with manual work with optics in the lab. Both of these activities taught me patience, attention to details and accuracy. I like conducting literature researches to learn the current state of knowledge, solve a problem or find significant details.
Privately I am a stereo (3D) photography enthusiast.
Positions
research projects administrative support Jun 2017 -
Department of Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Duties:
- coordinating activities related to applying for funding for scientific research financed from domestic sources (mostly the National Science Centre)
- assistance in preparing grant applications: providing information about application opportunities, deadlines, rules etc., verifying eligibility and financial correctness of a prepared proposal, assisting with the correct submission of a proposal
- assistance in filling in and signing grant agreements
- support of an ongoing project and making changes to a project
- help with preparing annual and final project reports
- preparing information bulletins and administration of the website
- provide training for academic staff
Postdoc/Research Assistant Jun 2013 - Jan 2015
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University
research assistant in National Laboratory of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics in MT BEC (magnetic trap Bose-Einstein condensation) and Optical Atomic Clock groups
duties:
- maintenance and development of the Bose-Einstein condensation experiment
- numerical simulations for two atomic clock systems
- implementation and testing of equipment solutions
- purchasing of research equipment
- popularisation and promotion of research results
achievements:
- co-author of 3 peer-reviewed papers
- organisation of a conference for high-school students at National Laboratory of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- doctoral thesis defense (December 2013)
Research fields: cold and ultracold atoms, Bose-Einstein condensation, laser cooling.
Research Intern May 2010 - Jul 2010
Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier
duties:
- maintenance and development of the experimental setup
- analysis of experimental data
achievements:
- co-author of a peer-reviewed paper
Researcher/PhD student Sep 2007 - Dec 2013
Atomic Optics Department, Jagiellonian University
researcher in Laboratory of Cold Atoms Near Surfaces (Atomic Optics Department)
duties:
- setup, maintenance and operating of 2 cold atom experiments
- numerical simulations and diagnosis of plasmonic diffraction gratings (for surface plasmons polaritons)
- analysis and interpretation of experimental data
- planning and managing research projects
- optimisation and automation of experimental procedures
- implementation and testing of software and equipment solutions
- obtaining funding for research projects
- popularisation and promotion of research results
- research papers writing
- presentation of research results on conferences and other seminars
- administration of research group website
- purchasing of research equipment
- MSc, BSc and younger students laboratory training
- teaching of undergraduate students (laboratories and tutorials)
- laboratories for pupils from elementary and secondary schools
achievements:
- implementation of remote control systems of the experiments together with manuals and documentation
- automation of experimental data analysis – saving time by approx. 80%
- receiving a National Science Centre grant of approx. 40 000 PLN
- coordination of organisation of the Young Atom Opticians (YAO) Conference 2012 in Cracow, an international conference for doctoral physics students (over 80 participants)
- development of a simple-to-use group website
- training around a dozen students and master students to work in the laboratory
- participation in two research projects as a main contractor
- co-author of 7 peer-reviewed papers
- participation in 6 conferences – promotion of research, networking and knowledge updating
- Ph.D. pro-quality grant by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2012/2013 (for 30% of the best Ph.D. students)
- Ph.D. grant by Marshal’s Office of the Małopolska Region (2009)
- 3-month internship in France (2010)
- active member of the Scientific Association of Physics Students of Jagiellonian University
Education
AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland 2011 - 2012
Field of study: post-diploma studies “Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning”
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science 2008 - 2013
Field of study: Physics
Degree: PhD
- experimental research in cold atoms laboratory
- teaching
- publications from ISI Master Journal List (http://www.coldatoms.com/en/publications)
- organisation of the Young Atom Opticians (YAO) Conderence in Cracow, 26-30.03. 2012 (international conference for doctoral physics students: yao2012.coldatoms.com)
- project leader and main contractor in the research project entitled "Flexible compact experimental system for production of Bose-Einstein condensation" (National Science Centre grant no 2011/01/N/ST2/00479)
- main contractor in the project entitled "Atom-surface interaction in optical dipole mirror" (Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant, N N202 124536, for 2009-2012)
- participation in the project National Laboratory for Quantum Technologies (in the framework of the Programme Innovative Economy, financed by the European Regional Development Fund)
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science 2003 - 2008
Field of study: Physics
Degree: Master's degree
Skills
computer skills:
– office software: OpenOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress) and MS Office (Word,
Excel, Power Point), Total Commander
– data analysis and simulations: OriginLab/QtiPlot, Wolfram Mathematica,
MATLAB/Octave, ImageJ, SolidWorks, COMSOL
– other: CorelDRAW, LaTeX2ε (including Beamer), Joomla!
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