Curriculum Vitae
János A. BERGOU – Physicist
Professor
Department
of Physics
CUNY
Hunter College
695
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Tel.:
212-772 5254; Fax: 212-772 5390; Email: jbergou@hunter.cuny.edu
Family
status: Married, 3 children
Citizenship:
Hungarian, US permanent resident
Fields of major current
interest
Theoretical
quantum and nonlinear optics, laser physics, cavity QED, fundamentals of
quantum mechanics, quantum information theory and quantum computing, intense
field electrodynamics
Educational background
Hungarian
Academy of Sciences Doctor
of Sciences (DSc) 1994
Hungarian
Academy of Sciences Habilitation
(CSc) 1982
Roland
Eötvös University (Budapest) PhD
Theoretical Physics 1975
Roland
Eötvös University (Budapest) Diploma
(MS) Physics 1970
Employment history
Hunter College Professor
(early tenure with promotion)
1993-date
Associate Professor 1990-1992
Central
Research Institute for Physics
(Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest) Senior Scientist 1983-1990
Research
Scientist 1970-1983
Attila
József University, Szeged, Hungary Lecturer 1980-1990
Long term visiting
positions
Institute
of Physics,
Janus Pannonius University,
Pécs, Hungary Director (during sabbatical
leave) 1998-1999
University
of New Mexico Adjunct
Professor 1989-1995
Center
for Advanced Studies
(Univ. of New Mexico) Visiting Professor 1986-1988
Institute
for Theoretical Physics,
Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria Visiting Professor 1996-1997
(winter
term)
Max-Planck-Institute
for Quantum Optics
Garching, Germany Humboldt Fellow 1983-1984
Centre
d'Études Atomiques,
CEN Saclay, France Visiting Scholar 1976
P.
N. Lebedev Physical Institute,
Moscow, USSR Visiting Scholar 1974
and
several shorter term visiting positions at major research centers and
universities
Honors and Awards
Fellow
of the Optical Society of America 2005
University
of Toronto
Center for Quantum Information and
Quantum Control
External Affiliate Member 2004
Hunter
College Presidential Award for Excellence in Performance 2000
Hunter
College Presidential Research Award 1996
CUNY
Research Award 1994
"L.
Jánossy" Award of the Central Research Inst. for Physics 1985
Alexander
von Humboldt Fellow 1983-84
Research
Award of the Hungarian Acad. Sciences 1983
"Pál
Selényi" Award of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society 1981
"Young
Scientist" Award of the Hungarian Acad. Sciences 1976
"Summa
cum laude", Roland Eötvös University 1975
Editorial Boards
Physical Review Letters - Divisional
Associate Editor 2003-date
Fluctuations and Noise Letters - Topical
Editor 2004-date
Professional Society
Affiliations
Optical
Society of America Member 1990-date
American
Physical Society Member 1986-date
Roland
Eötvös Physical Society
Division of Quantum Electronics Secretary 1980-1990
Member 1975-date
Publications and
Presentations
Over
160 refereed publications, 1 book, 5 book chapters (invited review articles)
More
than 70 invited talks, several plenary talks at major international conferences
Organizer
of over 15 major international conferences
Teaching and supervising
experience
Teaching full curriculum of both
undergraduate and graduate (PhD) courses, including the development and first
offering at CUNY of advanced level laser physics, nonlinear and quantum optics,
and quantum information/quantum computing courses for doctoral students.
Supervised 10 Ph.D. and 4 Master
theses, currently working with two Ph.D. students, employed several
postdoctoral research associates.
Speak
and read five languages (English, French, German, Hungarian, Russian).