Bartosz Risun — Fot. Katarzyna Górowicz-Maćkiewicz

Young researchers at the UWr – Bartosz Rusin

At the University of Wrocław, we are exceptionally appreciative not only of finalists and laureates of Olympiads and candidates who have passed their school-leaving exams, but above all of those who want to develop their interests and become ‘Young Researchers’.

Get to know Bartosz Rusin, a second-year student of the Experimental Physics Master’s degree programme.

– My current scientific interests are solid-state physics, mainly superconductivity, especially superconductivity in high-entropy alloys and theoretical calculations for the density functional theory – says Bartosz.

What are high-entropy alloys? – In general, these are alloys endowed with better physical and chemical properties than conventional materials.

But that’s not all, because Bartosz also has – as he calls them – „more casual scientific interests” – Topological superconductivity, quantum computers or machine learning – he adds.

Bartosz already holds many achievements: Rector’s Scholarship 23/24, a scientific publication in the International Journal of Materials Research, and a poster presentation at a scientific conference in Pittsburgh, where he presented a newly found high-entropy alloy superconductor and its superconducting properties. Recently he was also nominated for the Student Nobel Prize!

Bartosz is also the winner of the IDUB „Young Researcher 2023-25” grant in the first and second editions. He also worked for the research and computational grant. Both projects involve high entropy – the first is concerned only with experimental research, while the second is only theoretical research – Bartosz explains. His Master’s thesis supervisor is prof. Rafał Idczak.

How did he become a participant of the Young Researcher 2023-2025 Grants programme?

He found out about the program from his supervisor: – When the professor started planning a trip to a foreign conference, he encouraged me to apply so that I could go with him.

– Thanks to the program, I was in the USA at a scientific conference on high-entropy alloys, where I presented my results – says Bartosz. – Of course, we also managed to do some sightseeing. The Young Researcher allowed me to take my first trip this far in my life.

He plans to devote his next grant to another conference, this time to Scotland. Thus, thanks to the Young Researcher he will attend two international conferences during his master’s studies, which is extremely important in the career of a young scientist.
– I have the opportunity to gain new knowledge and polish my skills in presenting scientific results – says Bartosz.

Why did he choose UWr?

– UWr is one of the best universities in Poland. Moreover, I believe that at UWr students are allowed to acquire all the knowledge in a given field, not just a strictly technical part – says Bartosz.

He intends to devote his near future to doctoral studies. – I will be working on superconductivity in high-entropy alloys for some time, because it is still a poorly understood area of research – says Bartosz. – I will also try to continue my scientific development and look for new research directions. I’m not sure what it will be yet, but I already have a vision.

Read more about the scholarship programme here: https://uwr.edu.pl/en/young-researcher-or-scholarships-for-the-best/

Complied by Katarzyna Górowicz-Maćkiewicz