Ryszard Horodecki (born 30 September 1943) is a Polish

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and a professor of University of Gdańsk. He contributed largely to the field of quantum informatics. In his most widely cited paper, 'Separability of Mixed States: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions' written together with his sons,

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and Paweł, he proposed the idea currently known as the Peres-Horodecki criterion. With over 12,000 citations, he is considered to be one of the leading Polish physicists .

Career

He graduated from Department of Electronics, University of Gdańsk. Horodecki received his Ph.D. from Gdańsk University of Technology in 1976. Twenty-one years later, in 1997 he obtained his

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from

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. His contribution to the quantum informatics were acknowledged in 2008, when he received the

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in the field of mathematics and

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. In 2010 he became a member of

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, whereas in 2011 received prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. Beyond scientific work, Horodecki publishes also poems in several Polish newspapers, particularly in

Tygodnik Powszechny ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sap ...

Personal life

Horodecki's sons,

, Paweł, and

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are also physicists working in Gdańsk with all of whom he jointly published the review article "Quantum entanglement".

Honours and awards

(2008) * European Research Council Advanced Grant (2011)

Most influential publications

# Horodecki M., Horodecki P., Horodecki R., (1996) Separability of Mixed States: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions, Physics Letters A

References

External links

Some information about Horodecki
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webpage
National Quantum Information Centre in Gdansk - Scientific Council

Horodecki in the database of Polish scientists (in Polish)

Short clip about Horodecki made by Foundation for Polish Science

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Corresponding Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences
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