Pavol Krivosik

Over 15 years of research experience in condensed matter physics and electrical engineering with focus on physics of magnetism, magnetization dynamics, and microwave engineering.
Over 10 years of experience in teaching and students supervising.

Senior Research Associate, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, USA, 2009 - present.
- Brillouin light scattering studies of magnetic excitations in confined magnetic structures.
- Micromagnetic simulations of the magnetization dynamics (nonlinear excitations and vortex dynamics).
- Development and characterization of advanced microwave signal processing devices.
Research Scientist III, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, 2006 - 2009.
- Spin wave dynamics in submicron patterned structures.
- Magnon-magnon scattering processes and inhomogeneity related relaxation in magnetic materials.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, 2003 - 2006.
- Linear and nonlinear magnetization dynamics in bulk and thin film ferromagnetic materials - spin waves, spin wave instabilities, parametric excitations, and relaxation processes.
Visiting Scientist, Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris, Turin, Italy 2000, 2001.
- Modeling of the properties of magnetostrictive amorphous alloys for sensor applications.
Assistant Lecturer, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1994 - 2003 (on leave since 2003).
- Domain wall motion processes and relaxation effects in ferromagnetic metals and magneto-composite materials.
- Modeling of quasistatic and dynamic magnetic hysteresis.
- Modeling of complex permeability, losses and magnetization dynamics in grain-oriented magnetic steels for power applications.

Proficient in programming in various languages including Matlab, Simulink, MathCad, Maple, C, C++, and Perl.
Proficient in numerical techniques, data processing, and analysis.
Languages: Slovak, Czech, English, Russian.

Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Member of the IEEE Magnetics Society.
Member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Magnetics Letters.
Member of the American Physical Society (APS).
Reviewer for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Progress in Electromagnetics Research, and European Physical Journal.
Reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Reviewer for the Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, the International Magnetics Conference, the Soft Magnetic Materials Conference, and the Magnetic Measurements Conference.

The Presidential Award of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, for the excellent study results, 1994.
Modeling spin based devices for beyond CMOS electronics, Principal Investigator, US Department of Commerce (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Jan 1 2010 - Oct 31 2010.