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Dr. Andrzej Myszkowski Podkowka, born in October 1941 in Warsaw, Poland, earned a Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of Warsaw (1963) with the publication of his thesis: “Interaction of electron on the donor center with the crystal lattice in germanium and silicon”, The Physical Review, vol. 134, p. a 1102 (1964). He obtained his PhD in Physics from the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (1970), with publications derived from his dissertation: “Phonon-induced hopping transitions in germanium and silicon”, J. Physics and Chemistry of Solids, vol. 31, p. 2453 (1970) and “Magnetic field dependence of the hopping transitions in germanium and silicon”, The Physical Review, vol. B2, p. 3277 (1970).

He accumulated extensive experience in research. Between 1963 and 1964, he served as an associate professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland. From 1964 to 1971, he worked as an associate researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. From 1972 to 1975, he worked as a research engineer at the Centre d’Études et de Recherche in Toulouse, France. In 1975, he was a visiting researcher at the Laboratoire d’Automatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes in Toulouse, France, and between 1976 and 1977, he served as a visiting researcher at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. From 1978 to 1981, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Materials Research of the UNAM in Mexico City. Between 2015 and 2016, during a sabbatical period, he was a guest researcher at the Institute of Renewable Energies of the UNAM in Temixco, Morelos, Mexico.

From 1982 until his retirement, he was a professor-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco Campus, in Mexico City. He was recognized as a National Researcher by the National System of Researchers (SNI) on January 24, 1985, and received the recognition for the Desirable Profile for Full-Time Professors granted by SESIC (SEP) in July 2004.

His academic and professional career left a significant legacy in the field of theoretical and experimental physics.