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).