Przemysław Fima, Ph.D.
Correspondence address: Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-059 Kraków, Reymonta 25 St.
Phone: (012) 295 28 24, room 205, fax: (012) 295 28 04
e-mail: p.fima@imim pl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8985-240X
Employment and positions
Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences: assistant professor 2007-2015, associate professor since 2015
Foundry Research Institute: assistant professor 2007-2010
Education
M.Sc. – AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-ferrous Metals, 2002
Ph.D. – AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-ferrous Metals, 2006
Dr hab. – Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science PAS, 2015
Experience gained abroad
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, 2004 (2 months)
University of Vienna, Austria: Department of Inorganic Chemistry/Materials Chemistry in 2012 (1 month), 2014 (3 weeks), 2016 (2 weeks); Department of Inorganic Chemistry – functional Materials in 2018 (2 weeks)
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany: Department of Microstructure and Properties of Materials, 2013 (2 weeks)
Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic: 2019 (1 week), 2023 (1 week), 2024 (1 week), 2025 (1 week), 2026 (1 week)
University of Jena, Germany: Institute for Materials Research, 2024 (1 week); Institute for Applied Physics, 2025 (2 weeks)
Scientific achievements
55 papers, 45 of them (abstracted) cited by the Journal Citation Reports.
27 oral presentations (including keynote and invited lectures) and 17 poster presentations on conferences.
Most relevant papers in the past 10 years
O. Zobac, K.W. Richter, P. Fima: Liquidus projection of the In-Sb-Zn system. J. Mater. Sci. 61 (2026) 3030-3046.
J. Pstruś, P. Fima: Molar volume and surface tension of liquid Bi-Cu alloys. Metall. Mater. Trans. A 53 (2022) 1659-1673.
P. Fima, N. Sobczak: Density and surface tension of molten cast irons. J. Min. Metall. Sect.-B Metall. 57 (2021) 439-447.
J. Dutkiewicz, Ł. Rogal, D. Kalita, P. Fima: Development of new age hardenable Mg-Li-Sc alloys. J. Alloy. Compd. 784 (2019) 686-696.
M.E. Trybuła, S. Terlicka, P. Fima: Thermodynamics of liquid Li-Sb alloys - experiment vs modeling. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 128 (2019) 134-140.
M. Bugajska, S. Furtauer, H. Flandorfer, P. Fima: Enthalpy of mixing of liquid Ag-Li-Sb alloys. J. Molecular Liq. 269 (2018) 501-510.
S. Terlicka, A. Dębski, P. Fima: Enthalpy of Mixing of Ternary Li-Pb-Sb Alloys. J. Phase Equilib. Diff. 39 (2018) 412-425.
P. Fima, R. Novakovic: Surface tension modelling of liquid Cd-Sn-Zn alloys. Philos. Mag. 98 (2018) 1608-1624.
Most relevant research projects in the last 10 years
Optimization of the grain refining effect to the nano range in Mg-Li alloys with variable crystal structure by intensive deformation, NCN, 2015-2018, investigator
Thermodynamics and structure of liquid Ag-Li-Sb alloys, NCN, 2016-2019, principal investigator
High temperature investigation of the effect of alloying additions on thermophysical properties of liquid cast iron and its wettability and reactivity in contact with metal oxides, NCN, 2020, investigator
Theoretical and methodological aspects of metal-gas interaction for synthesis and strengthening of highly porous ordered metallic structures by liquid-assisted processing, NCN, 2020-2021, investigator
Thermodynamic-based optimization of thermoelectric alloys, PAS-CAS bilateral project, 2024-2026, principal investigator
Prizes and awards
2012 IMMS PAS Director Award for the first place in the group of young researchers in the evaluation of scientific research achievements for 2009-2010
2014 Scientific Award of Division IV, Technical Sciences, of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Other significant achievements
Organization of symposia and conferences:
“International Symposium on Advanced Materials and their Manufacturing Technologies”, 2014, secretary of the organizing committee
“Multiscale description of advanced materials properties E03” on Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE), 2016, co-organizer of the symposium
“10th International Conference on High Temperature Capillarity – HTC 2022”, vice-chair of the organizing committee
“18th Discussion Meeting on Thermodynamics of Alloys – TOFA 2022” conference, chair of the organizing committee
Membership and service
Associated Phase Diagram and Thermodynamics Committee, vice-chair
TOFA International Advisory Board, member
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, associate editor
Soldering and Surface Mount Technology, member of the Editorial Advisory Board
TMS Functional Materials Division, member of the Award Committee
Training young staff and reviewing
PhD advisor to: S. Terlicka, M. Bugajska
Reviewer of 4 PhD theses
Member of 2 committees to confer habilitation degree
Main areas of scientific interests
Wettability and surface tension of liquid metals and alloys, properties of lead-free solders; modeling of thermodynamic and thermophysical properties; thermodynamics and phase equilibria of alloys, Li-based alloys for energy storage, alloys for thermoelectric applications.