Bartek Glowacki

Biography

Prof. B. A. Glowacki holds a Bernal Chair in Energy in the Department of Physics & Energy of the University of Limerick, Ireland. He graduated in physics and received a PhD in the Polish Academy of Science. He received the life title of Professor from the President of Poland and became an Expert in Energy at the Institute of Power Engineering in Poland. He has received a Professorship of Energy and Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and a Chartered Engineer. Prof. Glowacki’s academic and strategic leadership in energy technology is recognised internationally: he is a member of the World Energy Council, and the European Energy Research Alliance representative responsible for the basic science programme policy, which seeks to combine the potential of European research institutions. He has given plenary lectures and invited talks at numerous international conferences and in international research establishments and companies. He has co-organised thematic international conferences and workshops, principally on applied superconductivity and hydrogen-cryomagnetic technologies. Prof. Glowacki has published 8 book chapters and 19 patents, and authored or co-authored 311 research publications, receiving 2478 citations and an h-index of 24.

Research Interest

physics, chemistry and technology of metal, oxide, carbon and electro-ceramic thin films and nanostructures for energy applications