Ryszard Horodecki
{{short description|Polish physicist}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Ryszard Horodecki
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|known_for = Peres-Horodecki criterion
|birth_date = {{b-da|30 September 1943}}
|citizenship = Polish
|field = Quantum informatics, Theoretical physics
|alma_mater = University of Gdańsk
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Ryszard Horodecki (born 30 September 1943) is a Polish physicist and a professor of University of Gdańsk.{{cite web|url=http://ug.edu.pl/pracownik/1070/ryszard_horodecki|title=University of Gdańsk website|publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2014}} He contributed largely to the field of quantum informatics. In his most widely cited paper, 'Separability of Mixed States: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions'{{Cite journal|last1=Horodecki|first1=Michał|last2=Horodecki|first2=Paweł|last3=Horodecki|first3=Ryszard|date=1996|title=Separability of mixed states: necessary and sufficient conditions|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0375960196007062|journal=Physics Letters A|language=en|volume=223|issue=1–2|pages=1–8|doi=10.1016/S0375-9601(96)00706-2|arxiv=quant-ph/9605038|bibcode=1996PhLA..223....1H |s2cid=10580997 }} written together with his sons, Michał and Paweł, he proposed the idea currently known as the Peres-Horodecki criterion. With over 12,000 citations, he is considered to be one of the leading Polish physicists {{Citation needed|date=June 2014}}.
Career
He graduated from Department of Electronics, University of Gdańsk. Horodecki received his Ph.D. from Gdańsk University of Technology in 1976. Twenty-one years later, in 1997 he obtained his habilitation from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. His contribution to the quantum informatics were acknowledged in 2008, when he received the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in the field of mathematics and physics.{{cite web|url=http://www.fnp.org.pl/prof-ryszard-horodecki-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2008/|title=Ryszard Horodecki - Foundation for Polish Science website|work=Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej|accessdate=24 November 2014}} In 2010 he became a member of Polish Academy of Sciences, whereas in 2011 received prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.{{cite web|url=http://www.fnp.org.pl/prof-horodecki-laureatem-grantu-erc/|title=Horodecki to receive ERC grant|work=Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej|date=11 January 2012 |accessdate=24 November 2014}}
Beyond scientific work, Horodecki publishes also poems in several Polish newspapers, particularly in Tygodnik Powszechny.
Personal life
Horodecki's sons, Michał, Paweł, and Karol are also physicists working in Gdańsk with all of whom he jointly published the review article "Quantum entanglement".{{Cite journal|last1=Horodecki|first1=Ryszard|last2=Horodecki|first2=Paweł|last3=Horodecki|first3=Michał|last4=Horodecki|first4=Karol|date=2009|title=Quantum entanglement|url=https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.81.865|journal=Reviews of Modern Physics|language=en|volume=81|issue=2 |pages=865–942|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.81.865|arxiv=quant-ph/0702225 |bibcode=2009RvMP...81..865H |s2cid=59577352 }}
Honours and awards
Most influential publications
- Horodecki M., Horodecki P., Horodecki R., (1996) Separability of Mixed States: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions, Physics Letters A
References
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External links
- [http://www.fnp.org.pl/prof-ryszard-horodecki-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2008/ Some information about Horodecki] - Foundation for Polish Science webpage
- [http://www.kcik.ug.edu.pl/council National Quantum Information Centre in Gdansk - Scientific Council]
- [http://www.forumakad.pl/archiwum/98/7-8/artykuly/35-okolice_nauki.htm Interview with Horodecki (in Polish)]
- [http://nauka-polska.pl/dhtml/raporty/ludzieNauki?rtype=opis&objectId=34192&lang=pl Horodecki in the database of Polish scientists (in Polish)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUupiCCRgY Short clip about Horodecki made by Foundation for Polish Science]
- [http://nauka.trojmiasto.pl/2-mln-euro-dla-gdanskiego-fizyka-n54348.html Horodecki awarded a Two Million Euro European Research Council (ERC) grant - news report]
- [http://www.instytucja.pan.pl/index.php/czonkowie-pan/korespondenci#3-wydział-iii Corresponding Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences]
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Category:20th-century Polish physicists
Category:University of Gdańsk alumni
Category:Gdańsk University of Technology alumni
Category:Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Gdańsk
Category:Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences