Name and surname: Keshra SANGWAL
Born: Amarpura, Panjab, India (1945).
Citizenship: Polish
Education: Secondary School, Abohar, Panjab, India (1962); Bachelor of Science (Phys., Chem., Maths), Abohar, India (1965); Master of Science (Solid State Physics), Sardar Patel University, India (1968); Doctor of Philosophy (Solid State Physics), Sardar Patel University, India (1972); Doktor habilitowany (Experimental Physics), Lodz University (1986); Professor of Physical Sciences (1993).
Employment: Science Master, Govt. High School, Maujgarh, Panjab, India (1965-1966); Assistant Professor, G.V. College, Sangaria, Rajasthan, India (1972-1973); Pool Officer/Lecturer, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India (1974, 1977-1980); Adjunct Professor, Institute of Physics, TU Lodz (1981-1987); Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University of Czestochowa (1987-1990); Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University of Czestochowa (1990-1991); Professor, Department/Institute of Physics, Lublin University of Technology (1991-1997); Senior Professor, Institute of Physics/Department of Applied Physics, Lublin University of Technology (1997-2015 until retirement).
Some important scientific visits and assignments: Institute of Crystallography, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (2 years, 1974-1976; Post-doctoral Fellow); Laboratoire de Mineralogie Cristallographie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie VI, Paris, France (2 months, III 1982 - V 1982; Scientific stay); Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona, Spain (1 year, IX 1989 - VIII 1990; Visiting Scientist); Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Madras, India (3 months, IX 1992 - XI 1992; UNDP Specialist); Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (25 days, XI 1995; Visiting Professor); Departament de Quimica Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (9 months, X 1995 - VIII 1996; Visiting Professor); Venture Business Laboratory, Hiroshima University, Japan (4 months, X 2004 – I 2005; Visiting Professor).
Author/co-author of: 6 books (Etching of Crystals, North-Holland, Amsterdam 1987; Surface Morphology of Crystalline Solids, Trans Tech, Zurich 1991; Mechanical Properties of Crystalline and Noncrystalline Solids, Politechnika Lubelska, Lublin 2001; Additives and Crystallization Processes, Wiley, Chichester 2007; Nucleation and Crystal Growth, Wiley, Hoboken 2018, Solvents and Solutions: Structure and Properties, Paragon Publishing, Northamptonshire, UK, 2021), 8 chapters in monographs, books and encyclopedia, 13 reviews, and about 190 original research papers in various international journals.
Editor of: 2 books (Wzrost Krysztalow, WSP, Czestochowa 1990; Elementary Crystal Growth, Saan, Lublin 1994);
1 monograph (Impurities and Crystal Growth, in: Prog. Cryst. Growth Charact. Vol. 34, 1996); Proceedings of 5th , 6th and 9th Polish Conferences
on Crystal Growth (PCCG-5, PCCG-6 and PCCG-9 held in 1998, 2001 and 2010, respectively), Joint conferences of 4th International Conference on Solid
State Crystals and 7th Polish Conferences on Crystal Growth (ICSSC-4 combined with PCCG-7, held in 2004) and 5th International Conference
on Solid State Crystals and 8th Polish Conferences on Crystal Growth (ICSSC-5 combined with PCCG-8, May 2007), 3rd International Conference on Solid
State Crystals (ICSSC-3 held in 2002) and Joint German-Polish Conference on Crystal Growth 2011 [Crystal Research and Technology, Vol. 34 (5/6), 1999,
pp. 551-795; Vol. 36 (8-10), 2001, pp. 747-1172; Vol. 38 (3-5), 2003, pp. 197-420; Vol. 40 (4/5), 2005, pp. 287-527; Vol. 42 (12), 2007, pp. 1147-1381;
Vol. 45 (12), 2010, pp. 1211-1332; Vol. 47 (3), 2012, pp. 221-362].
Co-editor of: Proceedings of International Conference series (Intermolecular Interactions in Matter 1995, 1997, 1999).
Managing Guest Editor of: Proceedings of Seventeenth International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17 Proceedings;
Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 401, 2014, pp. 1-912.
Co-founder of Polish Society for Crystal Growth (PSCG, May 1991).
President of PSCG during 1998-2001.
Member of Crystallography Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (2001-2005).
Member of International Advisory Boards of: Twelfth International Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG-12, 1998r, Jerusalem, Israel),
ICCG-13 (2001, Kyoto, Japan), ICCG-14 (2004, Marseille, France), ICCG-15 (2007, Salt Lake City, USA).
Associate Editor of "Journal of Crystal Growth" (since July 2015).
Member of the Editorial Board Steering committee of "Crystal Research and Technology" (since 2008).
Member of the International Advisory Boards of the international scientific journals, "Journal of Optoelectronics
and Advanced Materials" (since 1998), "Crystal Research and Technology" (2004-2007), and "Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences" (since 2005-2008).
Referee of several international scientific journals, inter alia, of: Applied Surface Science, Crystal Growth & Design, Crystal Research and Technology,
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Crystal Growth, Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Materials
Chemistry and Physics, Materials Letters, Materials Research Bulletin, and Surface Science.
Hobby: Romantic poetry, classical music, history of religion and writing short stories. Published 2 collections of stories and essays (Excursions in Past and Present, Notion Press, Chennai 2018; Looking in the Past, Notion Press, Chennai 2022).
Last updated: 22 January 2024.