Marcis Petrovich Auzins ( Latvian: Mārcis Auziņš ; January 11, 1956 , Riga , Latvian SSR , USSR ) - professor , doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences , rector of the University of Latvia from 2007 to 2015. In 2010, he received the Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
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| Place of Birth | Riga , Latvian SSR , USSR |
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| Scientific field | physics |
| Place of work | University of Latvia |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia |
| Academic degree | Dr. habil. phys. |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| Known as | rector of LU (2007—2015) |
| Awards and prizes | Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Prize Hanle |
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Biography
Marcis Auzins was born in 1956, graduated from the Physics and Mathematics University , studied at Peking University and the Canadian University of Western Ontario . In 1992, Auzins Marcis became an assistant professor at the University of Latvia, and in 1997 became a professor. Since 1998, is a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. In 2007 he became rector of the University of Latvia , in 2011 he was re-elected for a second four-year term. In 2015, he became the head of the Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia.
Education
- University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics), 1979
- Dr.phys (Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics) St. Petersburg State University , 1986
- Dr. habil. phys., University of Latvia , 1995
Career / Job
- Assistant, Engineer, Lecturer, Associate Professor , Department of Physics, University of Latvia, 1979
- Visiting Professor and Research Fellow, Royal Society, University of Sussex , UK, 1996
- Researcher, International Project “Interaction of Polarized Molecules”, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld , Germany , 1996-1997
- Visiting Professor, University of Oklahoma , USA, 1998
- Visiting Professor, University of California , Berkeley , USA, 2003, 2005
- Head of the Department of Experimental Physics, University of Latvia, 1994
- Professor, University of Latvia, 1995-
- Head of the Department of Physics, University of Latvia, 1997-2002
- Director of the Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, 1998-2003
- Chairman of the Senate, University of Latvia, 1998-2007
- Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia, 2002-2007
- Head, Center of Excellence for Basic Research in Nanoscale Physics and Application, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, 2003-2005
- Rector of the University of Latvia, 2007-2015
- Head of the Department of Experimental Physics, University of Latvia, 2015
Awards, prizes
- Big medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Academician , Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Senator , Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001
- Prize to them. Hanle , Alexander von Humbolt Foundation , Bonn , Germany, 1992
- Member, Latvian Society of Physics
- Member, American Society of Physics
- Member, Institute of Physics (UK)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society
- Expert, European Network for Education and Science
- Member of the Expert Commission, Latvian Science Council
- Member, Latvian Science Council, 2003
- Council Member, International Physics Olympiads, 1996
- Council Member, European Network for the Education of Physics - EUPEN (Socrates), 1993-2003
- National Representative, World Federation of Physics Competitions , 2002
Publications
1) Marcis Auzinsh, Ruvin Ferber, Optical Polarization of Molecules, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (first edition 1995), 322, ( ISBN 0-521-67344-5 | ISBN 978-0-521-67344-0 )
2) M. Auzinsh, K. Blusss, R. Ferber, F. Gahbauer, A. Jarmola, MS Safronova, UI Safronova, and M. Tamanis, Level-crossing spectroscopy of the 7, 9, and 10D5 / 2 states of 133Cs and validation of relativistic many-body calculations of the polarizabilities and hyperfine constants; Phys. Rev. A; 2007, 022502 (2007)
3) Marcis Auzinsh, Kaspars Blush, Ruvin Ferber, Florian Gahbauer, Andrey Jarmola, and Maris Tamanis, Electric Field Induced Symmetry Breaking of Angular Momentum Distribution in Atoms, Physical Review Letters 97, 043002 (4), 2006, arXiv.org, physics / 0603194
4) J. Zaharova, O. Nikolayeva, M. Tamanis, M. Auzinsh, R. Ferber, A. Zaitsevskii, EA Pazyuk, and AV Stolyarov, Experimental and theoretical studies of Lambda-doublings and permanent electric dipoles in the low-lying singlet Pi states of NaCs, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 184318-1-8 (2006)
5) D. Sarkisyan, A. Papoyan, T. Varzhapatyan, K. Blushs, M. Auzinsh, Fluorescence of Rb in a sub-micron vapor cell: spectral resolution of atomic transitions between Zeeman sublevels in moderate magnetic field, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B / vol. 22, No. January 1, 2005, 88–95
6) EB Alexandrov, M. Auzinsh, D. Budker, DF Kimball, SM Rochester, VV Yashchuk, Dynamic effects in nonlinear magneto-optics of atoms and molecules, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B vol. 22, No. January 1, 2005, 7-20
7) Zaitsevskii A, EA Pazyuk, and AV Stolyarov, O. Docenko, I. Klincare, O. Nikolayeva, M. Auzinsh, M. Tamanis, and R. Ferber, Permanent electric dipoles and L-doubling constants in the lowest 1P states of RbCs, Phys. Rev. A, 71, 012510 (2005)
8) M. Auzinsh, K. Blushs, R. Ferber, F. Gahbauer, A. Jarmola, M. Tamanis, Electric field induced hyperfine level-crossings in (nD) Cs at two-step laser excitation: experiment and theory; In press - Optics Communications, special issue, focussed on “Quantum Control of Light and Matter”, published on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Bruce Shore. (arXiv: physics / 0511035 v1 4 Nov 2005)