Igor Jex#
Membership Number: | 5617 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2021 |
Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Homepage(s): | http://jex.phys.cz/ |
ORCID: | 0000-0001-6802-9852 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - present Dean of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague
- 2001 - present Professor, Czech Technical University of Prague
- 1999 - 1999 Junior Humboldt Fellow (group of W. P. Schleich), University of Ulm, Germany
- 1997 - 1997 Habilitation Fellowship (group of A. Zeilinger), Institute for Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- 1995 - 1995 Research Associate, Arbeitsgruppe Nichtklassische Strahlung, MPG, HU Berlin Germany
- 1994 - 1994 Research Associate (two semesters), Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 1993 - 1993 Research Associate (two semesters), Arbeitsgruppe Nichtklassische Strahlung, MPG, HU Berlin Germany
- 1991 - 1992 Research Fellow (two semesters), Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum walks (theory and experiments)
- Quantum communication (state transfer, quantum key-distribution)
- Quantum optics (Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics)
- Interactions between matter and radiation
- Quantum networks and applications
- Quantum cryptography
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
- 2013 Siemens National Award - best PhD work (given to supervisor)
- 2012 Science Award of CTU in Prague - for studies on dynamics of quantum walks
- 2012 Siemens National Award for fundamental science (2012) – 2D quantum walks
- 2010 Science Award of CTU in Prague - for classification of quantum walks using Polya number
- 2008 Science Award of CTU in Prague - for studies on perfect state transfer (2008)
- 2004 Science Award of CTU in Prague - for work on novel methods of quantum detection of light
- 1999 Fellow of IOP Bristol (1999)
- 1998 Junior Humboldt Fellow
- 1990 Prize of the Slovak Union of Physicists (1990) - best publishing junior researcher
- 1987 Medal of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, CTU in Prague