Paweł Hawrylak

Career After postdoctoral work with J.J. Quinn at Brown University, Hawrylak joined the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa in 1987, later becoming a principal research officer and leader of a quantum theory group. In 2014, he joined the University of Ottawa as a professor of physics and held a university research chair in quantum theory of materials, nano-structures and devices (2014–2024).

Research Hawrylak's research includes theoretical and computational studies of low-dimensional and nanostructured materials, including light–matter interaction at the nanoscale (nanophotonics) and spin-related effects in semiconductor and graphene nanostructures (spintronics). His work on quantum dots included theoretical studies of excitonic effects and "artificial atom" models for self-assembled quantum dots. Related work includes studies of addition spectra and spin blockade in lateral quantum dots. He has also worked on graphene-based nanostructures, including graphene quantum dots.

Awards and honours In 1996, Hawrylak was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and in 2006 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He received an Humboldt Research Award in 1998 and again in 2023, and the Canadian Association of Physicists Brockhouse Medal in 2002. In 2012, Hawrylak was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and, in 2014, an honorary doctorate from the University of Crete.

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