Background
Krop, Karol was born on May 20, 1937 in Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland. Son of Jan and Helen (Glajcar) Krop.
Krop, Karol was born on May 20, 1937 in Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland. Son of Jan and Helen (Glajcar) Krop.
Master of Science, Higher Pedagogical School, Katowice, Poland, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland, 1968. Habilitation, University Cracow, 1975.
Assistant, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, 1959-1961; senior assistant, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, 1962-1963; adjunct, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, 1964-1968; docent, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, 1976-1982; professor, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, since 1983; head, Department Solid State Physics, Cracow, 1974-1991; Leverhulme Trust fellow, U. Sheffield, England, 1969-1970. Visiting professor U. Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1979, 81. Member coordination committee research program Surface Physics, Lodz, Poland, 1985-1990.
Member Polish Physical Society (vice-chairman 1975-1977, chairman 1977-1979).
Married Barbara Maria Inwald, August 19, 1961. 1 child, Eva.