Patrycja Paruch

Patrycja Paruch was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1977. She received a B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in 2000, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 2004, both in physics. Her work on the manipulation and control of nanoscale ferroelectric domains by atomic force microscopy has focused in particular on understanding the static and dynamic behavior of ferroelectric domain walls. She will begin work as a oostdoctoral researcher at Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, later this year. She can be reached by email at patrycja.paruch@physics.unige.ch.