Karolina Słowik

Assistant professor at the Institute of Physics
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Nationality:
Polish
Date of birth:
20.04.1984
Email:
karolina@fizyka.umk.pl
Phone:
(+48) 56 611 3329
Portrait photo

Current Position

Position:
Assistant Professor
Employed sice:
01.10.2014
Employer:
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Gagarina 11
87-100 Toruń, Poland

Scientific career

  • 01/2016 - now

    Assistant Professor at the Quantum Physics Department Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

    Researcher

  • 03/2015 - 11/2015

    Postdoc at Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    Postdoctoral researcher at Theoretical Nanophotonics group of C. Rockstuhl

  • 10/2014 - 12/2015

    Scientific Assistant at the Quantum Mechanics Department Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

  • 2012 - 2015

    Postdoc at Institute of Solid State Theory and Optics Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

    Postdoctoral researcher at Nanooptics group of F. Lederer

  • 2009

    Research Fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

    Internship with G. La Rocca

  • 10/2008 – 06/2012

    PhD student at the Quantum Physics Department Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

    Title of the thesis: Logic gates for light propagating and stored in a tripod configuration atomic medium

  • 10/2003 – 06/2008

    Student at the Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

    Title of the thesis: Storage and retrieval of photons in an optically controlled tripod atomic medium

Research grants

  • As Principal Investigator

  • since 10/2019

    DAEMoN: Dynamics of Asymmetric quantum Emitters Manipulated with Nanostructures

    SONATA programme
    National Science Centre NCN

  • since 06/2018

    GRASP: Graphene Surface Plasmons for Tunable Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

    BEETHOVEN 2 programme
    National Science Centre NCN & German Research Foundation DFG

  • since 01/2017

    Light-matter interactions in nanooptical systems beyond dipole approximation

    Bilateral cooperation support: Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland & German Academic Exchange Service DAAD

  • since 10/2016

    HEIMaT: High Enhancement and Interference of Molecular Transitions

    HOMING programme
    Foundation for Polish Science
    HEIMaT WEBSITE

  • 2016

    Laureate of the POLONEZ 1 Marie Curie Fellowship by the National Science Centre in Poland

  • 03/2015 – 11/2015

    Nanoantennas for generation of nonclassical light

    WZROST programme
    European Social Fund

  • 06/2009 - 11/2009

    Propagation and processing of light pulses in optically dressed atomic media

    ZPORR scholarship
    EU Integrated Operational Programme for Regional Growth

  • As Co-Investigator

  • since 10/2017

    MIODEQ: Miniaturized Integrated Optical Devices for Experiments on light and plasmonic Quanta

    SONATA programme
    PI: Piotr Kolenderski

  • 05/2015 – 11/2015

    Nanostrukturierte plasmonische Reflektoren für Dünnschicht Solarzellen (SolanNano)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
    PI: Carsten Rockstuhl

  • 01/2014 - 04/2015

    Infrarot – Optische Nanostrukturen für die Photovoltaik

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
    PI: Carsten Rockstuhl

  • 08/2012 - 12/2013

    NanoSun2: Design und Herstellung nanostrukturierter Schichtsysteme zur Optimierung des Wirkungsgrades from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

    German Research Foundation
    PI: Carsten Rockstuhl

Awards

  • 2017

    Second Degree Nicolaus Copernicus University
    Rector's Award for scientific achievements

  • 2012

    Distinction for an outstanding doctoral thesis

  • 2009 - 2012

    Scholarships for the best PhD students of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
    Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

  • 2007 and 2008

    Prize for the best student from the Faculty of Physics Astronomy and Informatics

Teaching

  • Currently

    1 PhD student
    2 master students
    1 bachelor student

  • Alumni

    3 master students
    1 bachelor student

Membership

  • Student organizations

  • 2011 - 2012

    President of the SPIE student chapter at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

  • 2010-2011

    Secretary of the SPIE student chapter at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

  • 2009-2012

    Active member of the OSA student chapter at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

  • Organizational experience

  • CONFERENCES

  • 2018

    Coordinator of TAPS: The Toruń Astrophysics / Physics Summer Program

  • 06/2016

    48th Symposium of Mathematical Physics, Toruń

  • 07/2015

    Central European Workshops in Quantum Optics, Warsaw

  • 07/2011

    13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, Toruń

  • 05/2011

    Opto Meeting for Young Researchers & VIth International SPIE Student Chapters Meeting, Toruń

  • OTHER (SELECTION)

  • - Back to School 2: series of scientific workshops for high-schools
  • - European Scientists' Night
  • - Meetings with Physics series: lectures for ~1000 junior high school students
  • - Art of Seeing contest for a project of a toy for partially sighted children
  • - 70 years of Physics at Nicolaus Copernicus University, a photo exhibition