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sylwester porowski
 sylwester porowski prize -rrb- of the foundation for polish science -lrb- 2013
sylwester porowski

sylwester porowski -lrb- born april 7 , 1938 in bierzyn -rrb- , a polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics .
he works in the institute of high pressure physics , polish academy of sciences in warsaw .
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 .
