prof. Ing. Alexander KROMKA, DrSc.
orcid: 0000-0002-3531-6748, research ID: G-9139-2014
curriculum
vitae
I. Personal
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Date of birth: Place
of birth: Marital: www: |
May 6, 1971 Nitra, district Nitra, Slovak Republic married,
2 children |
II. Current occupation
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01
/ 2022 |
Deputy Head of
Department of Semiconductors leading senior scientist
in Diamond Laboratory Institute of
Physics of the Czech Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. Cukrovarnická 10 162 53 Prague 6,
Czech Republic Tel.: +420 220 318 437 Fax: +420 233 343 18 e-mail:
kromka@fzu.cz |
III. Education
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06
/ 2022 |
Professor Professor degree
awarded in June 2022 Habilitation
(associated professor) in the field of applied physics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical
University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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02
/ 2017 |
Assoc. prof. docent degree
awarded in February 2017 Habilitation
(associated professor) in the field of applied physics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical
University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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09
/2016 |
DrSc. degree 020205 –
Electrotechnology and materials, Bratislava, Slovakia Thesis: Novel trends in diamond thin film technologies for
fundamental and applied research |
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06
/ 2001 |
Ph.D. degree Department
of Microelectronics, Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak Technical
University Ilkovičova 3, 812
19 Bratislava, Slovak republic PhD. Thesis: Growth of Diamond Thin Films by a Hybrid Hot Filament CVD
Technique Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Bederka |
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12
/ 1995 |
MSEE degree Department
of Microelectronics, Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak Technical
University Ilkovičova 3, 812
19 Bratislava, Slovak republic MSEE Thesis: Deposition and Properties of AlN and SiC Films Supervisor: Dr. Dalibor Buc |
IV. Experience
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2019 (6
months) |
visiting research
scientist at the Vienna University of
Technology group of Univ.Prof.
Dr. Ulrich Schmid (ISAS, TU
Wien-Austria) Diamond thin films
for MEMS |
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2009-2013 (5
years) |
Purkyně Fellowship and Team
leader in Diamond and Carbon nano-Structures Laboratory, Academy of Science
of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Department of Optical Crystals, Cukrovarnická
10, 162 53 Prague 6, Czech Republic |
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2008 (3
months) |
visiting research
scientist at the Institute for Materials
Research group of Prof. Dr.
Ken Haenen (IMO IMEC, Hasselt-Belgium) Diamond growth by
microwave plasma CVD |
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2005
– 2008 (34
months) |
visiting
experienced researcher at the Institute
of Physics, ASCR, v.v.i. group Dr. Milan
Vanecek (FZU - Prague, Czech republic) Project: Diamond Research on Interfaces for
Versatile Electronics (DRIVE) Contract: Research
Training Network of EC, contract MRTN-CT-2004-512224 Duty: Low temperature growth of NCD films by
microwave CVD plasma. Diamond nucleation and seeding
on variety substrates (Si, glass, Al, SiC, etc.). Surface preparation and
functionalization of NCD layers. Alternative CVD techniques for
growth of diamond thin films. |
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2003
– 2005 (30
months) |
researcher at rho-best coating
plc. group Dr. Doris
Steinmuller-Nethl (Innsbruck, Austria) Contract:
G5TR-CT-2002-00083 Duty: Large area growth nano-crystalline
diamond by modified Hot Filament CVD process |
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2002
– 2003 (10
months) |
post-doctoral
position at the Institute of Physics,
ASCR, v.v.i. group Dr. Milan
Vanecek (FZU - Prague, Czech republic) Project: Doped
Diamond Devices and Sensors (DODDS) Contract: Research
Training Network, contract HPRN-CT-1999-00139 Duty: Diamond growth by high-power microwave
plasma CVD process Doped diamond films,
homoepitaxy, heteroepitaxy |
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2001
– 2002 (13
months) |
post-doctoral
position at the Institute
of Electron Devices and Circuits group Prof.
Dr. Erhard Kohn (EBS, Ulm – Germany) Duty: 3-Dimensional multi-chip modules
(supported by fi. Infineon). Diamond actuators (InkJET) and
highly oriented diamond growth. |
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2000
– 2001 (12
months) |
research assistant
at the Department
of Microelectronics, group Dr. Stefan
Bederka (KME, Bratislava – Slovakia) Duty: Raman spectroscopy, Characterization of
diamond and diamond-like thin films, semiconductors and others materials by
Raman spectroscopy |
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1998
– 1999 (12
months) |
technician at the Department of Physics, CUHK
Hong Kong group Prof. Leo
W.M. Lau (CUHK, Honk Kong) Duty: Design and development of vacuum chamber
for advanced ion beam and laser technologies, vacuum and thin film technology |
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1995 (3
months) |
final MSEE project
at the Faculty
of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology group Dr. Jorg
Petzold (TU Ilmenau, Germany) Duty: Atomic force microscopy characterization
of SiC thin films, Rapid thermal deposition of SiC film |
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V. List of Awards
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2015 |
diploma from
Hungarian Academy of Science for skilled leading of the student Maria
Domonkos |
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11/
2014 |
1st place in poster session at international conference NANOCON
2014 with the contribution „FABRICATION OF 3D DIAMOND MEMBRANES FOR
MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS„ (Brno, Czech republic) (http://www.nanocon.eu/cz/). |
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05/
2002 |
Honorable letter of
the dean of faculty* for skilled
leading of the student Tibor Daniš (ŠVOČ 2002) *Prof. Ing.
František Janíček, Ph.D. – dean of the Faculty of electrical Engineering and
Information Technology, Slovak Technical University, Ilkovičova 3,
812 19 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (2002) |
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10
/ 2001 |
Werner
von Siemens Excellence Award for PhD Thesis (13 December, 2001) |
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05
/ 2000 |
Honorable letter of
the dean of faculty* for skilled leading of the student František Balon (ŠVOČ
2000) *Prof. Ing.
František Janíček, Ph.D. – dean of the Faculty of electrical Engineering and
Information Technology, Slovak Technical University, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19
Bratislava, Slovak Republic (10th May 2000) |
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11
/ 1999 |
Award of the Slovak
Association of Mechanical Engineers and the Slovak Union for Quality and
Innovation for the Excellently Solved Scientific and Technological Project,
presented at the 7th Conference and Exhibition on News in Technology (NOVTECH
’99), organized by MŠ SR, MP SR, MH SR, ÚSRSVT SR, SAV, ÚPV SR and ZSVTS,
Žilina, Slovak Republic (24. 26. November 1999) |
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09
/ 1999 |
Award of the Slovak Central Institution of Electrical
Engineers for outstanding presentation at the Second Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology for PhD students, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
(9th September 1999) |
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01
/ 1996 |
Honorable letter of
the dean of faculty* for excellently written master thesis, *Prof. Ing.
Viktor Smieško, Ph.D. – dean of the Faculty of electrical Engineering and
Information Technology, Slovak Technical University, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19
Bratislava, Slovak Republic (3rd January 1996) |