Spałek Józef

Józef Spałek is a Professor of Physics at the Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, with a distinguished career spanning multiple institutions, including Warsaw University and AGH University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on strongly correlated fermion systems and emergent phenomena in condensed matter physics.

• Nonstandard statistics of correlated fermions
• Heavy fermion systems and unconventional superconductivity
• Metal-insulator transitions and magnetic semiconductors

He has received numerous accolades, including the Marian Smoluchowski Medal (2019), Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2016), and the Order Polonia Restituta (2nd class). His grants include the MAESTRO Grant (2012-2018) and the TEAM Program (2011-2014). Spałek has held visiting positions at Harvard and Purdue Universities and is a Foreign Member of the Accademia di Scienze e Lettere in Milan.