Faculty of Physics
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The Faculty of Physics is a large research and teaching center. It consists of The Institutes of Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Geophysics, The Astronomical Observatory and The Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics.
The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the country, recognized internationally for the high quality of research and education.
News
FUW researcher in EIC Women Leadership Programme 2025
Dr hab. Barbara Piętka, prof. UW has been selected to join the prestigious 2025 cohort of the EIC Women Leadership Programme. This program, organized by the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), in partnership with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), aims to enhance skills, foster networking, and empower women researchers, entrepreneurs, and aspiring leaders in the fields of innovation and technology. The program is implemented by Impact Hub and Female Founders. | More
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grants for researchers from the Faculty of Physics of the Univeristy of Warsaw
The creation of ultracold polyatomic molecules and an energy-efficient valleytronic transistor will be the research topics of two fellows who will carry out postdoctoral fellowships at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. The young researchers are winners of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships competition. | More
Quantum control of collisions beyond ultralow temperatures
At ultracold temperatures, interatomic collisions are relatively simple, and their outcome can be controlled using a magnetic field. However, research by scientists led by Prof. Michal Tomza from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and prof. Roee Ozeri from the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that this is also possible at higher temperatures. The scientists published their observations in the scientific journal “Science Advances”. | More
From classical hydrodynamics to quantum hydrodynamics and back again – how the Navier-Stokes equations describe quantum systems
Although the Navier-Stokes equations are the foundation of modern hydrodynamics, adopting them to quantum systems has so far been a major challenge. Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Maciej Łebek, M.Sc. and Miłosz Panfil, Ph.D., Prof. UW, have shown that these equations can be generalised to quantum systems, specifically quantum liquids in which the motion of particles is restricted to one dimension. This discovery opens up new avenues for research into transport in one-dimensional quantum systems. The paper, published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters, was awarded an ‘editors’ suggestion'. | More
8th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics
An international school of statistical physics, the ‘8th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics’, organized by researchers from the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, will be held from 29 June to 5 July 2025 at the European Centre for Geological Education of the University of Warsaw in Chęciny. Lectures will be on the physics of growth processes, complex systems, quantum nonequilibrium processes, topology and mechanics of soft matter and quantum thermodynamics. | More
A new class of cosmic X-ray sources discovered
An international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, have identified a new class of cosmic X-ray sources. The findings have been published in „Astrophysical Journal Letters”. | More
Upcoming events
2025-04-04 (09:00) :: Other events
Kolokwium habilitacyjne "Złożoność nieliniowej czasowo-przestrzennej dynamiki propagacji wiązki laserowej w optycznych światłowodach wielomodowych"
2025-04-04 (09:30) :: Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
2025-04-04 (10:15) :: Solid State Physics Seminar
"Crystal Lattice Damage and Recovery of Rare-Earth implanted beta-Ga2O3"
2025-04-04 (11:15) :: Theory of Relativity and Gravity Seminar
no seminar
2025-04-04 (11:30) :: High Energy Physics Seminar
Developments towards light Dark Matter Detection and Medical Applications
2025-04-04 (12:15) :: Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Altermagnetic, or not?
2025-04-04 (13:15) :: Atmospheric Physics Seminar
Cloud Types and Properties Variability Over Poland (2003–2021)
2025-04-04 (14:15) :: Exact Results in Quantum Theory
owards an absolute NMR shielding scale: Relativistic effects on its relationship with nuclear spin-rotation constants
2025-04-08 (12:15) :: String Theory Journal Club
b-deformed Hurwitz numbers, W-constraints, and refined topological recursion
2025-04-10 (15:00) :: Gamma Seminar
Reduction of twisted Poisson manifolds and applications to Hamilton-Jacobi equations
Research Highlights
S. Żukowski, S. Magni, F. Osselin, F. Dutka, M. Cooper, A.J.C. Ladd, and P. Szymczak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 094101, 2025
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.094101
Fabian Thielemann, Joachim Siemund, Daniel von Schoenfeld, Wei Wu, Pascal Weckesser, Krzysztof Jachymski, Thomas Walker, and Tobias Schaetz
Phys. Rev. X 15, 011051
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011051
Nowak J.L., Wacławczyk M., Vassilicos J.C., Król S., Malinowski S.P.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2025, vol. 151(767 part B), art. e4879
DOI: 10.1002/qj.4879
Jacquet M., Izzo M., Wróbel P., Strawski M., Trotta M., Jurczakowski R. and Kargul J.
Materials Horizons, 2025, vol. 12, pp. 1558-1567
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH01266F
Maciej Łebek, Miłosz Panfil
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 010405
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.010405
Upcoming Conferences & Events
Quasicrystals - mathematical physics, ergodic theory, and topology of nonperiodic structures
Warszawa, April 7-11, 2025
10th International Conference on Precision Physics and Fundamental Physical Constants (FFK2025)
Warszawa, May 26-30, 2025
Gravitational Wave Probes of Physics Beyond Standard Model 4
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw / Wydział Fizyki UW, Warszawa, June 23-27, 2025
Workshop on Ultracold Molecules 2025
Warszawa, June 24-27, 2025
8th Warsaw School on Statistical Physics
Chęciny, Poland, June 29 - July 05, 2025
PKO’2025 – VIII Polska Konferencja Optyczna
Rzeszów, June 30 - July 03, 2025
OECS’19 – XIX International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems
Warszawa, July 14-18, 2025
Quantum Optics XI
Kraków, 1-5 September 2025
Advanced school on complexity, integrability, and quantum chaos
Wydział Fizyki UW, Warszawa, 1-5 September 2025
Job offers
2025-03-11 :: Assistant professor (adiunkt), research
2025-03-11 :: Assistant lecturer („PhD student”), research
2025-03-11 :: Assistant professor („Postdoc”), research