Curriculum Vitae #

Physicist, specialist in the interaction of light with nanostructures, and former academic teacher. Currently seeking employment.

1PublicationsPeer-reviewed
4Conference talksInternational & local
2 yrsTeachingUndergraduate labs
5Research rolesAcademia & industry

Employment #

2024 – present

University Teacher

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) · Wrocław, PL · Present

  • Delivered undergraduate laboratory classes covering solid-state physics and measurement techniques
  • Coordinated lab equipment maintenance and calibration routines
2022 – present

PhD Researcher

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) · Wrocław, PL · Present

  • Investigating optical refrigeration pathways in rare-earth-doped crystals
  • Built custom cryogenic setups integrating spectroscopy and RF diagnostics
2021

Research Intern

LNCMI - Toulouse · Toulouse, FR

  • Worked on high-field magneto-optical measurements for semiconductor structures
2021 – 2022

Student Researcher

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) · Wrocław, PL

  • Assisted in nanoparticle synthesis experiments for photonic applications
2019

Research Intern

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg · Würzburg, DE

  • Characterised semiconductor quantum wells for photonic devices

Education #

2022 – present

PhD in Chemical Sciences

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) · Wrocław, PL · In progress

  • Doctoral research on optical refrigeration in rare-earth-doped microcrystals
  • Combines spectroscopy, cryogenics, and embedded control systems
2017 – 2022

MSc in Quntum Engineering

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) · Wrocław, PL

  • Focused on optoelectronics and photonic materials
  • Thesis explored cryogenic measurement methods for luminescent crystals

Publications #

Laser refrigeration and anti-Stokes luminescence of Ytterbium-doped YVO4 and CaF2 microcrystals

Pawel Karpinski, Kamil Bruchal, Magdalena Dudek, Vitor Paschoal · Proc. SPIE 13703, Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials Conference 2025 · 2025

Presented experimental evidence of anti-Stokes cooling pathways in microcrystals.

Conferences #

Jul 2024 – Jul 2024

OPTO 2024

Speaker · Prague, CZ

  • Spectroscopic routes to optical refrigeration in microcrystals
Mar 2024 – Mar 2024

Fizyczno-Astronomiczna Konferencja

Speaker · Karpacz, PL

  • Compact cryogenic instrumentation for optical diagnostics
Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

FuNaM-4

Participant · Cracow, PL

  • Functional nanomaterials symposium
Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

Kryształki Molekularne

Participant · Poznań, PL

  • Molecular crystals workshop
Aug 2023 – Sep 2023

NCLas Summer School

Participant · Cracow, PL

  • Next-generation cryogenic lasers

Teaching #

Introductory physics

Undergraduate engineering cohorts

Laboratories of physics

First- and second-year students

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