Aleksandra Leliwa-Kopystyńska
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Aleksandra Halina Lelywa-Kupistynska (August 20, 1937 in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
- March 18, 2023) was a Polish physicist, professor at the
University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...
. In 2018–2022, she was President of the Society for Children of the Holocaust (SDH).


Life

Aleksandra Halina Lelywa-Kupistynska was born into a Polish-Jewish family, the daughter of Józef Smitanowski, a sergeant in the
Polish army The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...
who received the
Cross of Independence Cross of Independence () was the second highest Polish military decoration between World Wars I and II. It was awarded to individuals who had fought actively for the independence of Poland, and was released in three classes. History The Cr ...
in 1942, and Irena Nye Wakenbaum. She survived
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
along with his mother and older brother Stephen. Lelywa-Kupistynska specialized in
atomic physics Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Atomic physics typically refers to the study of atomic structure and the interaction between atoms. It is primarily concerned wit ...
,
experimental physics Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and o ...
and atomic and
spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra. In narrower contexts, spectroscopy is the precise study of color as generalized from visible light to all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectro ...
. She was a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Physics for many years and was also a member of the Polish Physics Society, serving as its Secretary General in 2002–2003. She initiated the creation of the Women's Division of the PTF and served as the Chairman of its Audit Committee. She was also a member of the Children of the Holocaust Association, serving as vice president from 2009 and President from 2018 to 2022. She was a member of the Social College
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews () is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The Hebrew word ''Polin'' in the museum's English name means either "Poland" or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the firs ...
in Warsaw.


Works

* ''Wykłady z fizyki atomu'' (1989, ) * ''Informacja obrazowa: własności i detekcja promieniowania e-m, psychologia widzenia, przetwarzanie obrazów'' (1992, współautor, )


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leliwa-Kopystynska, Aleksandra 1937 births 2023 deaths Scientists from Warsaw Polish Holocaust survivors 20th-century Polish physicists 21st-century Polish physicists Polish nuclear physicists 20th-century Polish Jews