Resume

(revised in 11.2009)

Curriculum Vitæ

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Contact Information

Address

Laboratoire de Colloïdes, Verres, Nanomatériaux (LCVN) Université Montpellier II, Pl. E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France

Contact details

phone: +(33) 4 67 14 47 49 fax: +(33) 4 67 14 46 37 e-mail: lucyna.firlej@univ-montp2.fr

Education

D.Sc. (Habilitation) - Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 2001 Ph.D. - Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 1986 M.Sc. - Department of Physics, A.Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 1982

Employment History

Permanent Positions

Department of Physics, Universite Montpellier II Montpellier, France Since 1998 - Professor 1988-1998 - Associate Professor

Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Poznan, Poland 1986-1988 - Assistant Professor 1982-1986 - Graduate Research Assistant

Expertise

Computer simulations

  • Modeling of intermolecular interactions
  • Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics and minimization techniques
  • Modeling of adsorption in confined geometry: physisorbed 2D systems and nanoporous materials
  • Thermodynamics et dynamics of molecular solids
  • Computer simulations of static and dynamic properties of molecular solids
  • Modeling of order-disorder phase transitions

Experimental physics

  • Electrical transport in low dimensional organic conductors
  • NMR and EPR spectroscopy of organic conductors
  • Electronic properties of fullerenes and derivatives
  • Arc discharge and solar synthesis of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes
  • Deposition and intercalation of fullerene thin films

Teaching Courses

  • General Physics, Conceptual Physics
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematical Methods of Physics
  • Metrology
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Numerical Simulation in Science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Languages

(spoken & written)

  • French
  • English
  • Russian
  • Polish (native)
  • German & Spanish (basic understanding)

Other activities

  • Co-organized 7 international conferences (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2006)
  • Editor of special issues of Synthetic Metals: vol.35 (1990); vol.94 (1998); vol.109 (2000)
  • Referee for: PRB, PRL, Synthetic Metals, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Molecular Physics Reports,
  • Acta Physica Polonica, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Some statistics

Graduated Students (n)

    9 (nine)
    • 2 in Poland
    • 2 in USA
    • 2 in France

Publications (n)

97

Conference Presentations (n)

118