SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM VITAE Full name:

Mariusz A. PIETRUSZKA

Date and place of birth: November 15th 19**, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland Nationality: Polish Permanent address: University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, ul. Jagiellooska 28, PL-40032 Katowice, Poland E-mail address: [email protected] Phone: +48603441218 (mobile) +48322009453 (office) Fax: +48322009361 (faculty) University education 2015: Professorship in physics 2002: Habilitation in theoretical solid state physics (tenure): New method to detect phase transitions by means of the chemical potential 1990: Doctorate in theoretical solid state physics: Superconductivity of heavy fermions Scientific Track Record 2011 – present: University Professor, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 2002 – 2010 Associate Professor (tenured), Plant Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 2002 Habilitation in solid state theoretical physics, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia 1990 – 2002 Adjunct Professor, Laboratory Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 1990 Doctorate in solid state theoretical physics, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia 1981 – 1990 Research Associate, University of Silesia, Poland, Department of Theory of Metals, Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Metals; 1985-1990 Plant Physiology Lab., Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection 1981 MSc in theoretical physics, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia Present employment Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellooska 28, PL-40032 Katowice, Poland; professor Scholarships Course on Path Integration, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1991 Spring College in Condensed Matter on Superconductivity, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1992 Research fellowship of DAAD, Institute for Low Temperature Physics, University of Duisburg, Germany, 1993 Spring Colleges on Computational Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1997 Scientific grants Polish Academy of Science, Problem MR I.9 State Committee for Scientific Research, Grant # PB 715/P3/94/06: Thermodynamic properties of the generalized s-f model Badania własne rezerwa JM Rektora, 2006: Tensorowy opis anizotropowego wzrostu komórki roślinnej na przykładach fototropizmu i grawitropizmu - teoria i doświadczenie.

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Systems Biology Visiting Scientists Grant, University of Amsterdam 2010 Project Title: Modeling osmotic pressure dynamics during pollen tube growth Scientific meetings XX Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Karpacz, Poland, 1984 Summer School of Theoretical Physics, Szczyrk, Poland, September 1986 Summer School of Theoretical Physics “Narrow band phenomena”, Szczyrk, Poland, September 14-20, 1988 Summer School of Theoretical Physics “Strongly correlated electron systems and high Tc superconductivity”, Szczyrk, Poland, September 16-21, 1990 Symposium “Physics of metals”, Ustroo-Jaszowiec, June 3-7, 1991 Summer School of Theoretical Physics “Strongly correlated electrons and narrow band phenomena in solids”, Ustroo-Jaszowiec, Poland, September 16-22, 1992 The European Conference Physics of magnetism 93 “Strongly correlated electron systems, Poznao, Poland, June 21-24, 1993 V-th Conference on Cell Biology, Wrocław, Poland, July 2-4, 1993. Poster: “Time evolution of the action potential – numerical solution”. International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, SCES ’93, University of California, San Diego, August 15-19, 1993. Poster: “Anisotropic superconductivity in the periodic Anderson model”. IV National Symposium on high Tc superconductivity, Poznao, September 6-7, 1993 Summer School of Theoretical Physics “Interacting electrons in low-dimensional systems”, Ustroo, Poland, September 9-14, 1996 33 Zjazd Fizyków Polskich, Wrocław, Poland, September 18-21, 1995 The European Conference „Physics of Magnetism 96”, Poznao, Poland, June 24-28, 1996 XX International School of Theoretical Physics “Electron processes in strongly correlated systems”, Ustroo, Poland, September 9-14, 1996 XXII International School of Theoretical Physics “Quantum coherence in superconductors and nanostructures”, Ustroo, Poland, September 16-21, 1998 European Conference “Physics of Magnetism”, Poznao, Poland, 1999 XXIX Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Electron Correlations in Nano- and Macrosystems. 6-11 Sept. 2004, Ustroo, Poland XXX Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Electron Correlations in Nano- and Macrosystems. 9-14 Sept. 2006, Ustroo, Poland Mathematical Modelling of Biological Processes, workshop, 29 June - 1 July 2006, Poznao, Poland 43rd Karpacz Winter School of Theor. Phys., Condensed Matter Physics in the Prime of XXI Century. 5-11 Feb. 2007, Lądek Zdrój, Poland XIII Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Biofizycznego, 24 - 26 Sept. 2007, Łódź XIII Krajowa Szkoła Nadprzewodnictwa „Nadprzewodnictwo, uporządkowanie spinowe i ładunkowe”, 6 - 10 Nov. 2007, Lądek Zdrój, Poland XXXII Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Coherence and Correlations in Nanosystems, 5 - 10 Sept. 2008, Ustroo, Poland International Conference on Medical Physics, Szczyrk, 2009 XXXIV Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Correlations & Coherence at Different Scales, 3 - 8 September 2010, Ustroo, Poland XXXVI Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Correlations & Coherence at Different Scales, 14 – 18 September 2012, Ustroo, Poland Winter School of Theoretical Physics: Cosmology and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, February 10-16, 2013, Lądek Zdrój, Poland 38 Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Correlations & Coherence at Different Scales, 5-10 September 2014, Ustroo, Poland

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D-Wave @ SMCEBI, Chorzów, June 2016 40 Int. Conf. Theor. Phys.: Correlations & Coherence at Different Scales, 5-10 September 2016, Ustroo, Poland Copernicus Center @ SMCEBI, Chorzów, November 2016 Original papers (indexed in ISI Web of Science) 1. M. Pietruszka, W. Borgieł: On the CPA treatment of magnetic disordered Hubbard model (I). Zeitschrift für Physik B, obecnie European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems 58, 99-103, 1985. 2. M. Pietruszka, W. Borgieł: On the CPA treatment of magnetic disordered Hubbard model (II). Zeitschrift für Physik B, obecnie European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems 61, 147-152, 1985. 3. J. Zielioski, P. Entel, M. Pietruszka: Quasi-particle description of cross-over effects in twoband superconductors. Zeitschrift für Physik B , obecnie European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems 66, 161-166, 1987. 4. J. Zielioski, M. Pietruszka: On the phonon induced hybrid pairing in two band superconductors. Solid State Communications 63, 1023-1025, 1987. 5. M. Pietruszka, J. Zielioski: On the quasi-particle formulation of superconductivity for the periodic Anderson model. Acta Physica Polonica A 74, 391-397, 1988. 6. J. Stolarek, W. Karcz, M. Pietruszka: Mathematical modelling of light-induced electric reaction of Cucurbita pepo L. leaves. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 57, 271-278, 1988. 7. M. Pietruszka: On the quasi-particle formulation of anisotropic superconductivity for the periodic Anderson model. Acta Physica Polonica A 76, 681-692, 1989. 15 pkt IF 0,444 8. W. Karcz, J. Stolarek, M. Pietruszka, M. Małkowski: The dose-response curves for IAA induced elongation growth and acidification of the incubation medium of Zea mays coleoptile segments. Physiologia Plantarum 80, 257-261, 1990. 9. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Magnetic and transport properties of the extended s-f model. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 110, 287-294, 1992. 10. M. Maśka, M. Pietruszka: On the φ4 field theoretical model for the action potential. Journal of Biological Physics 21, 211-222, 1995. 11. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Thermodynamics of the intermediate-valence two-band ferromagnets: magnetic properties. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 153, 115-123, 1996. 12. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Thermodynamics of the intermediate-valence two-band ferromagnet: magnetic susceptibility and dc resistivity. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 153, 347-354, 1996. 13. K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot, M. Pietruszka, J. Stolarek: Effect of cadmium ions on the photoelectric potential of Zea mays L. plants. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 5, 45-49, 1996. 14. M. Pietruszka, J. Stolarek, K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot: Time evolution of the action potential in plant cells. Journal of Biological Physics 23, 219-232, 1997. 15. M. Pietruszka: Transport properties of the antiferromagnetic systems with fluctuating valence. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials192, 564-574, 1999. 25 pkt IF 1,78 16. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Reentrant and non reentrant properties of magnetic superconductors. Critical electron redistribution. Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications 311, 151-162, 1999. 17. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Chemical potential evidence for phase transitions in Fermi systems. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 291, 21-27, 1999. 18. M. Pietruszka, M. Matlak: Chemical potential derivative as hallmark for phase transitions. Acta Physica Polonica A 96, 725-732, 1999.

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19. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka, E. Gosławska, B. Grabiec, Kh. Eid: On the new universal possibility to detect phase transitions in correlated electron systems. Phase Transitions 71, 73-99, 2000. 20. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Critical behaviour of the chemical potential at phase transitions. Physica B: Condensed Matter 291, 12-18, 2000. 21. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Chemical potential evidence for phase transitions in magnetic and superconducting compounds and alloys. Acta Physica Polonica A 97, 253-256, 2000. 22. M. Pietruszka, K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot: Numerical investigation of action potential transmission in plants. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 69, 181-184, 2000. 23. K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot, M. Pietruszka: Effect of lead ions on the photoelectric potential of Zea mays L. plants. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology 57, 119-122, 2000. 24. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Comparative study of the specific heat and chemical potential at phase transitions. Solid State Communications, 117, 413-417, 2001. 25. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka, E. Rówioski: Experimental method to detect phase transitions via the chemical potential. Physical Review B 63, 52101-52104, 2001. 26. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka, E. Rówioski: Localization of critical temperatures by means of chemical potential measurement. Physica Status Solidi A- Applications and Materials Science 184, 335-339, 2001. 27. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka, E. Rówioski: Experimental detection of phase transitions by means of the chemical potential measurement. Acta Physica Polonica B 32, 515-522, 2001. 28. M. Matlak, M. Pietruszka: Phase transitions detection by means of a contact electrode. Physica Status Solidi B- Basic Solid State Physics 241, 163-169, 2004. 29. M. Matlak, A. Molak, M. Pietruszka: Chemical potential induced phase transitions. Physica Status Solidi B- Basic Solid State Physics 241, R23-R26, 2004. 30. M. Matlak, A. Molak, M. Pietruszka, A. Ślebarski: Remote Fermi level induced ferromagnetic transition in GdAl 2 - Ag system. Physica Status Solidi B- Basic Solid State Physics 242, 461-462, 2005. 31. M. Pietruszka, S. Lewicka, K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot: Thermodynamics of irreversible plant cell growth. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 75, 183-190, 2006. 32. S. Lewicka, M. Pietruszka: Theoretical search for the growth-temperature relationship in plants. General Physiology and Biophysics 25, 125-136, 2006. 33. M. Pietruszka, S. Lewicka, K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot: Temperature and the growth of plant cells. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 26, 15-25, 2007. 34. M. Pietruszka, S. Lewicka: Anisotropic plant growth due to phototropism. Journal of Mathematical Biology 54, 45-55, 2007. 35. S. Lewicka, M. Pietruszka: Anisotropic plant cell elongation due to ortho-gravitropism. Journal of Mathematical Biology 54, 91-100, 2007. 36. M. Pietruszka, S. Lewicka: Effect of temperature on plant elongation and cell wall extensibility. General Physiology and Biophysics 26, 40-47, 2007. 37. K. Pazurkiewicz-Kocot, A. Kita, M. Pietruszka: Effect of selenium on magnesium, iron, manganese, copper and zinc accumulation in corn treated by indole-3-acetic acid, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 39 (15-16), 2303-2318, 2008. 38. S. Lewicka, M. Pietruszka: Central limit theorem and the short-term temperature response of coleoptile and hypocotyl elongation growth, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 77, 289-292, 2008. 39. S. Lewicka, M. Pietruszka: Mathematical model for tissue stresses in growing plant cells and organs. Analytic solutions. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 78, 19-23, 2009. 40. M. Pietruszka: General proof of the validity of a new tensor equation of plant growth, Journal of Theoretical Biology 256, 594-585, 2009. 41. M. Jarzyoska, M. Pietruszka: Derivation of the formula for the filtration coefficient by application of Poiseuille's law in membrane transport. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 78, 93-96, 2009.

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42. M. Pietruszka: Self-consistent equation of plant cell growth. General Physiology and Biophysics 28, 340-346, 2009. 43. M. Pietruszka: Simple method to estimate cell wall extensibility coefficient by using only two cardinal numbers. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 78, 269-270, 2009. 44. S. Lewicka, M. Pietruszka: Generalized phenomenological equation of plant growth. General Physiology and Biophysics , 29, 95-105, 2010. 45. M. Pietruszka: Exact analytic solutions for a global equation of plant cell growth. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 264, 457-466, 2010. 46. M. Pietruszka: Solutions for a local equation of anisotropic plant cell growth. An analytical study of expansin activity. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 8: 975-987, 2011. 47. M. Jarzyoska, M. Pietruszka: The application of the Kedem-Katchalsky equations to membrane transport of ethyl alcohol and glucose, Desalination 280, 14-19, 2011. 48. M. Pietruszka: A biosynthesis/inactivation model for enzymatic WLFs or non-enzymatically mediated cell evolution. Journal of Theoretical Biology 315, 119-127, 2012. 49. M. Pietruszka, M. Lipowczan, A. Geitmann: Persistent symmetry frustration in pollen tubes. PLoS ONE 7, e48087, 2012. 50. M. Pietruszka: Special solutions to the Ortega equation. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 32, 102-107, 2012. 51. M. Pietruszka, M. Lipowczan: Conscious events as possibile consequence of topological frustration in microtubules. NeuroQuantology 11, 426-430, 2013. 52. M. Pietruszka: Pressure-induced cell wall instability and growth oscillations in pollen tubes. PloS ONE 8, e75803, 2013. 53. A. Haduch-Sendecka, M. Pietruszka, P. Zajdel: Power spectrum, growth velocities and cross-correlations of longitudinal and transverse oscillations of individual Nicotiana tabacum pollen tube. Planta 240, 263-276, 2014. 54. M. Pietruszka, M. Lipowczan: Check sum computing in doubly frustrated microtubule clusters. NeuroQuantology 12, 344-349, 2014. 55. M. Pietruszka, A. Haduch-Sendecka: Pressure-induced wall thickness variations in multilayered wall of a pollen tube and Fourier decomposition of growth oscillations. General Physiology and Biophysics 34, 145-156, 2015. 56. M. Pietruszka, A. Haduch-Sendecka: Ion frequency landscape in growing plants. PLoS ONE 10, e0138839, 2015. 57. M. Pietruszka, A. Haduch-Sendecka: Effective diffusion rates and cross-correlation analysis of “acid growth” data. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 38: 53, 1-17, 2016. 58. P. Zajdel, M. Pietruszka, A. Haduch-Sendecka: Application of the effective formula of growth functional to quantitative description of growth of plant cells. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 38: 1-9, 2016. 59. M. Pietruszka, A. Haduch-Sendecka: A quantitative report on the impact of chloride on the kinetic coefficients of auxin-induced growth: a numerical contribution to the “acid growth hypothesis” SpringerPlus (2016) 5: 1978. doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3626-y, 2016. Other publications 1. M. Pietruszka, T. Jedynak: Grafika w Commodore 128 (D) [1], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 12, 18, 1987. 2. M. Pietruszka: Turbo-Pascal TAB-Wendler, Chip, Vogel-Verlag KG, Wuerzburg, 4, 127, 1988. 3. M. Pietruszka, T. Jedynak: System operacyjny CP/M-80 [1] Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 6, 14, 1988. 4. M. Pietruszka: Grafika w Commodore 128 (D) [2], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 6, 17, 1988. 5. M. Pietruszka, T. Jedynak: System operacyjny CP/M-80 [2], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 7, 16, 1988. 6. T. Jedynak, M. Pietruszka: System operacyjny CP/M-80 [3], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 8, 15, 1988.

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7. M. Pietruszka: Łaty na Turbo-Pascalu, Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 10, 14, 1988. 8. T. Jedynak, M. Pietruszka: System operacyjny CP/M-80 [1], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 8, 15, 1989. 9. T. Jedynak, M. Pietruszka: System operacyjny CP/M-80 [2], Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 10, 17, 1989. 10. M. Pietruszka: Łaty na Turbo-Pascalu raz jeszcze, Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 1, 14, 1990. 11. T. Jedynak, M. Pietruszka: CP/M-80 - Katalog dyskietki, Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 4, 22, 1990. 12. T. Jedynak, M. Pietruszka: CP/M-80 – Statystyka systemu, Polski Miesięcznik Informatyczny „Komputer”, 5, 21, 1990. 13. M. Pietruszka, T. Jedynak: TeXaoczyk a sprawa polska, PC Kurier, 8, 52, 1991. 14. M. Pietruszka, T. Jedynak: Edytor fontów NLQ, FIDO net, 1991. 15. M. Pietruszka: Time evolution of the action potential by the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. Current Topics in Biophysics 17, 35-39, 1993. 16. M. Pietruszka, W. Karcz, J. Stolarek: Numeryczna aproksymacja zależności wzrostu elongacyjnego od stężnia IAA szeregami Fouriera. Acta Biol. Sil. 17, 82-92, 1991. 17. M. Pietruszka, E. Rówioski, M. Matlak: Critical behaviour of the chemical potential at martensitic phase transitions in selected shape-memory alloys. Applied Crystallography, Eds. H. Morawiec, D. Stróż, World Scientific, Singapore, 206-209, 2001. 18. E. Rówinski, E. Łągiewka, J. Rasek, A. Budniok, M. Pietruszka: Electron spectroscopy studies of magnetic properties of electrodeposited Ni-Mo alloys. World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004. 19. M. Jarzyoska, M. Pietruszka: Derivation of practical Kedem-Katchalsky equations for membrane substance transport, Concepts in Physics 3, 459-471, 2008. Highlights: Dirk van der Marel: Electrons and bursting waterworks. Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 241, 13911392, 2004. PhD supervision: 1. Sylwia Lewicka (doctorate in Biology, 2008) 2. Maria Jarzyoska (doctorate in Physics, 2010) Current PhD students: Aleksandra Haduch-Sendecka (Biology), Monika Olszewska (Biology) Reviewer: Plant Physiology, Journal of Experimental Botany, PLoS ONE Languages 1. English (good working knowledge; Cambridge FCE, A-grade) 2. German (good working knowledge) 3. Russian (good working knowledge) Awards Award of the Ministry of National Education: 1988 Awards of the Rector of the University of Silesia: 1987, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011 , 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 for the advancement in science Memberships Polish Physical Society, Since 2011 Whiteheadian Philosophical Society Sailing Club „Armada” Activities Sailing, skiing, cycling, mountain trekking, rollerblading, tennis, running Other Obligatory military service 1982 - 1983: lieutenant of a field artillery Yacht coastal skipper. Among others, organized two cruises for 10 students of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection on the Great Mazurian Lakes (Poland) in a two-mast sailing boat (DZ - type). Last actualization 18.11.2016

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