Sylwester Porowski

Sylwester Andrzej Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), is a Polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics. He is the Co-Director and Board Member of The Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Sylwester Porowski
Born	(1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 87) Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Known for	Blue laser build with GaN monocrystals[1]
Awards	Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Optoelectronics, solid-state physics
Institutions	Polish Academy of Sciences

In 2001 Professor Porowski's team built the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feat in the study of optoelectronics.

Porowski was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2013 for developing a high-pressure method for producing gallium nitride monocrystals.^[1]