physicist, 2 years postdoctoral experience in Japan, LC, FTIR, DSC, Programing C, PASCAL, FORTRAN
cx...@nimc.go.jp
Physics, FTIR spectroscopy, Liquid Crystals, Programming, Pasacal, C,
Fortran
* Ph.D. - 1993, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
* 2 years of postdoctoral experience with National Institute in Japan
* Preferred job: permanent; laboratory / company / industry
NAME: FIRST: Grzegorz LAST: Kruk
---CURRENT ADDRESS---
2-7-9-102, Higashi
Tsukuba
305 Ibaraki
Japan
home tel. +81 298 526005 after 9 p.m. Tokyo Time
---PERMANENT ADDRESS---
Wysoka 12A/146
41-200 Sosnowiec
Poland
---E-MAIL: gk...@workmail.com
kr...@nimc.go.jp (this e-mail only until Dec 1999)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.
* 13th of December 1993, graduated from Trinity
College, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Thesis: FT Infrared Spectroscopy of Liquid Crystals.
Published Papers:
A. Kocot, R. Wrzalik, G. Kruk, J.K. Vij, Molecular Materials,
v.1, p.273-279, (1992).
A. Kocot, G. Kruk, R. Wrzalik, J.K. Vij, Liquid Crystals, v.12,
n.6, p.1005-1012, (1992).
J.K. Vij, A. Kocot, G.Kruk, R. Wrzalik, R. Zental, Mol. Cryst. Liq.
Cryst., v. 14, p. 337-350, (1993).
G. Kruk, A. Kocot, R. Wrzalik, J.K. Vij, O. Karthaus, H. Ringsdorf,
Liquid Crystals, v.14, n.3, p.807-820, (1993).
G. Kruk, J.K. Vij, O. Karthaus, H. Ringsdorf, Supramolecular Science,
v.2,p.51-58, (1995).
* 6th of July 1989, graduated from Silesian University, Katowice,
Poland, (specialization: experimental and applications of physics).
Degree of Magistri (M.S.) in Physics
Thesis: Strong Thermal Lens Induced by Laser Light in Mixtures of
Organic Liquids with Ferrocene.
Published in Berichte der Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., v.94, p.417-420,
(1990)by G. Kruk and Z. Gburski.
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES:
* Internal EC SCI*0291 project meeting, 1990, University of Dublin,
Ireland.
* 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, 1991, Pisa, Italy,
(Presented 2 posters).
* Internal EC SCI*0291 project meeting, 1992, University of
Manchester,U.K., (Seminar).
* Japanese Liquid Crystal Conference, 1998, Senri Life and Science
Center, Senri-Chuo, Osaka, Japan (Oral Presentation).
EXPERIENCE
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Dec 1997 -> Dec 1999 STA Postdoctoral fellow with
National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research
Tsukuba, JAPAN
working for the project on:
Rewritable Full Color Recording on a Thin Solid Film
of a Cholesteric Solid.
Gained additional experience with:
* Perkin Elmer Paragon 1000 Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectrometer
* JASCO / MICRO-20 FTIR microscope measurements in transmission and
reflectance modes
* Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) measurements using SEIKO
INSTRUMENTS DSC 120 S II system
* HP 8453 UV-VIS spectrometer
* TENCOR INSTRUMENTS Alpha-Step 300 Profiler Thickness Measurements
* Polarizing Optical Microscope measurements of cholesteric compounds
* High Pressure measurements of phase transitions for dicholesteric
derivatives (up to 2500 bar)
* X-ray diffraction measurements
Published Papers:
Grzegorz Kruk, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Hiro Matsuda and Yoshishige Kida,
"Optical and Thermal Properties of Cholesteric Medium Molecular Weight
Compounds Having the Same Number of Connecting Carbons While Different
Chemical Structures, JLCC 98' Conference Proceedings, p.312
Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Grzegorz Kruk and Hiro Matsuda
"Optical and Thermal Properties of Cholesteric Glass from Liquid
Crystalline Compounds with Medium-Molecular Weight", JLCC 98'
Conference Proceedings, p. 310
Grzegorz Kruk, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Hiro Matsuda and Yoshishige Kida
"Optical and Liquid Crystalline Properties of Dicholesteryl
Derivatives having Different Linkage Configurations
of Hydrocarbon Analogues"
In press, Liquid Crystals, 1999
N.Tamaoki, G.Kruk, H.Matsuda, "Optical and Thermal
Properties of Cholesteric Solid from Dicholesteryl
Esters of Diacetylenedicarboxylic Acid"
In press J. Mater. Chem., 1999.
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1988-1994 physicist, Silesian University, Katowice, Poland. (permanent
job)
Duties:
1) preparing and explaining basic experiments on physics for
undergraduate students.
2) writing computer programs for experiments
3) designing and performance supervising of new experimental setups
for experiments within undergraduate course
4) supervising students performing their own experiments
5) supervising maintenance jobs on experimental hardware
6) assembling electronic hardware for experiments (interfaces for
meters), writing software in Z80 ASSEMBLER
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1989-1990 part time teacher of programming in PASCAL and BASIC, III
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. A. Mickiewicza, Katowice, Poland.
Duties:
1) Installing software
2) Teaching of programming in Pascal and Basic & how to run and operate
other applications
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1991-1993 research student, EEE Department, Trinity College,
University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. (working for EC research
project SCI*0291, cooperating with groups of University of Mainz and
University of Manchester).
Duties:
1) Laboratory research on liquid crystals and discotic liquid crystals
using FTIR spectroscopy equipment and polarizing microscopy:
* FTIR Spectrometer BIO-RAD FTS60A a Motorola 68000 based system with
IDRIS operating system
* Programmable Intelligent Temperature Controller Oxford ITC4
2) Writing software applications for data handling in FORTRAN
3) Data handling and plotting on VAX/VMS (MATLAB), UNIX, DOS EASYPLOT,
WORD, LOTUS MANUSCRIPT)
4) Preparing seminars for internal project meetings and conferences
5) Correcting tutorials
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Since March 1994 - Owner of a home based business - "RAVEN" -
Translation & Interpreting Services
Duties:
1) Interpreter
2) Accountant
3) Accountancy software developer
6+ years of experience in translating technical texts, computer
(hardware & software) related
Among others '97 LANtastic's version by Artisoft.
Programming: PASCAL, FORTRAN, C, BASIC, Z80 Assembler
Experience with operating systems: VMS, UNIX, DOS, RSX-11, CP/M, TOS,
Windows 95
LANGUAGES: English-fluent, Polish-native.
OTHER SKILLS: driving license (Polish, International, Japanese), yacht
steersman license
INTERESTED IN: programming, robotics, computer simulations, AI, optical
computing, space research
OTHER FIELDS OF INTEREST: sailing, skiing, driving & sightseeing, pop &
rock music, movies, chess
36 years old, married, 2 children (13&5)
CITIZENSHIP: Polish (NATO country since 1999).
Work Permit/Green Card/US Citizenship/visa sponsorship required.
Visas/Green Cards required also for wife and children
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