Dr. Mirosław Werwiński

Dr. Mirosław Werwiński

(dr hab. Mirosław Werwiński, prof. IFM PAN)

Head of Department of Theory of Nanostructures and Quantum Materials

Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Research topics and brief academic biography

I am a theoretical physicist who uses density functional theory to study the properties of magnetic materials and thin films. My research focuses on rare-earth free permanent magnets. I calculate their intrinsic properties, such as magnetic moments, magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy, and Curie temperature. I also study their stability by determining formation energies. I conduct my computational research mostly in collaboration with experimental groups as mutual support between computer modeling and experimentation leads to the best results and greatest progress.

From 2012 to 2015, I worked at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University in Sweden. Since 2015, I have been conducting research at the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań. Since 2017, I managed one project for the Foundation for Polish Science and three projects for the National Science Centre Poland. Currently, I am also the head of Department of Theory of Nanostructures and Quantum Materials at the Institute of Molecular Physics PAS.