CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data

Maciej Mazur
e-mail: mmazur@chem.uw.edu.pl
Nationality: Polish

Education

  • 01.01.2003- Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry, Michigan State -31.12.2003 University (USA) - won out of 23 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and Engineering for Scientists from NATO Partner Countries 2002. Patterning of conducting polymers: From self-assembled to lithographically-designed templates. Supervisor: prof. Gary J. Blanchard
  • 29.06.2001 Ph. D., Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Doctoral dissertation prepared under supervision of prof. Paweł Krysiński.Dissertation title: Deposition of conducting polymers on electrodes modified with self-assembled thiol monolayers.
  • 15.09.1999 TEMPUS fellowship (Laboratory of Electrochemistry, University of
    -15.11.1999 Florence, Italy): STM studies of conducting polymer nuclei within self-assembled monolayers on gold.
  • 13.05.1997 M. Sc., Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland.
    Supervisor: prof. P. Krysiński. Title: Modification of thiol monolayers with conducting polymers.

Employment

  • 1.07.2004 - Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, adiunct.
  • 01.01.2004-30.06.2004 Visiting Research Associate, Faculty of Chemistry, Michigan State University (USA).
  • 01.11.2001-31.12.2002 Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, teaching assistant.

Area of expertise

Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM; ex situ and in situ), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM, Tapping Mode, Contact Mode, ex situ, in situ), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM), Confocal Microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy (steady state and time-resolved - TCSPC), UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, infrared microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Raman Confocal Microscopy, Tip-Enhanced Raman imaging, Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), laser light diffraction, X-ray powder diffraction, synchrotron radiation powder diffraction, tensiometry, quartz crystal microbalance, contact angle measurements, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), scanning differential calorimetry (DSC), electrochemical methods (e.g. cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, potentiometry, chronocoulometry, capacitance measurements).

Selected Research Accomplishments

  • Reporting a novel model of nanostuctural organization of Scleractinian coral skeletons [with J. Stolarski, A. Meibom, R. Przeniosło and M. Brunelli].
  • Synthesis of polymeric capsules using gas bubbles and liquid droplets as templates.
  • First reporting of the electrochemical oxidative transformation of pyrene in aqueous media. [with G.J. Blanchard and P. Krysiński].
  • First synthesis of metallic nanowires stabilized with thiols.
  • Discovery of the catalytic mechanism of chemical in situ deposition of poly(o-alkoxyanilines) [with P. Krysiński]
  • First synthesis of poly(o-methoxyaniline) nanotubes. [with K. Jackowska and M. Tagowska].

Academic honors

  • October 2008 Award for Young Scientists granted by the Polish magazine "Polityka". (http://www.polityka.pl/maciej-mazur/Lead30,1818,270159,16/)
  • 2008 Fellowship for scientific achievements (granted by the President of the University of Warsaw)
  • 2007 Fellowship for scientific achievements (granted by the President of the University of Warsaw)
  • 2006 Antoni Grabowski Award (for the best scientist under 45 years old at the Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw).
  • 2006 Fellowship for scientific achievements (granted by the President of the University of Warsaw)
  • 2005 Fellowship for scientific achievements (granted by the President of the University of Warsaw)
  • 2002 Włodzimierz Kołos Award (for the best Ph.D. thesis at the Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw).
  • June 2001 Ph.D., With Honors, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw.
  • May 1997 M. Sc., With Honors, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw.
  • 1993-1997 Scholarship for Academic achievements.

Invited lectures

  • Novel polymeric nano- and microstructures: From planar films to spherical capsules.
    Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, May 1st 2009.
  • Template-directed synthesis of conducting polymers: From thin films to three-dimensional microcontainers. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, April 30th 2009.
  • Towards functional polymeric materials: From thin films to three-dimensional microcapsules.
    Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, April 29th 2009.
  • Template synthesis of polymeric materials: From thin films to three-dimensional structures.
    European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble (France) - November 22nd 2008.

Research funding

  • Title: Detection and visualization of organic inclusions in the skeletons of selected invertebrates.
    Funding organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 7500 EUR, 01.06.2008-30.05.2009
  • Title: Synthesis and experimental characterization of polymeric nano- and microstructures as encapsulating matrices.
    Funding organization: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 35000 EUR, 01.05.2007- 30.04.2009.
  • Title: Hierarchical structure of Scleractinian corals biomineral skeletons: Micro and nanostructural characterization and basic biochemical parameters.
    Funding organization: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.
    Participation: Co-investigator
    Size and duration: 35000 EUR, 07.09.2007- 06.09.2010.
  • Title: New generation of conductive layers for applications in medical diagnostics and bioelectronics.
    Funding organization: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.
    Participation: Co-investigator
    Size and duration: 900000 EUR, 22.11.2004- 21.11.2007.
  • Title: Synthesis and characterization of polymeric microcapsules.
    Funding organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 5000 EUR, 01.06.2006-30.05.2007
  • Title: Application of gas bubbles: Synthesis of hybrid polymer/metal junction.
    Funding organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 7500 EUR, 01.06.2005-30.05.2006
  • Title: Application of gas bubbles for localized deposition of conducting polymers.
    Funding organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 7500 EUR, 01.06.2004-30.05.2005
  • Title: Mono- and bimolecular films modified with redox centers, deposited at electrode surfaces.
    Funding organization: State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland.
    Participation: Co-investigator
    Size and duration: 27000 EUR, 01.10.2000-31.12.2003.
  • Title: Synthesis of conducting polymers with use of alkanethiol monolayers as molecular matrices.
    Funding organization: State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland.
    Participation: Co-investigator
    Size and duration: 7000 EUR, 01.02.2001-08.06.2001.
  • Title: Investigation of deposition and properties of polythiophene derivatives on gold electrodes modified with self-assembled thiol monolayers.
    Funding organization: State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland.
    Participation: Principal Investigator
    Size and duration: 3000 EUR, 15.02.1999-14.02.2000. 

Beamtime awarded at large-scale instruments

  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), beamline ID31, 2-5 March 2007. Project title: Aragonite-Calcite phase transition: scleractinian coral biominerals vs minerals. (R. Przeniosło*, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur) Project no: HS- 3319.
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), beamline ID13, 5-6 November 2007. Project title: In-situ WAXS/SAXS/Raman spectroscopy characterization of the organo-mineral nanocomposite structure of the recent scleractinian coral fibers. (R. Przeniosło*, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur, C. Riekel) Project no: EC- 134.
  • Institute Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France), beamline IN10, 18-27 June 2008. Project title: Dynamical properties of CaCO3 biominerals. (R. Przeniosło*, J. Stolarski, I. Sosnowska, M. Mazur) Project no: 7-04-54.
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), beamline ID21, 29 October- 3 November 2008. Project title: Organic matter mapping in aragonite and calcite skeletons of the Cretaceous scleractinian coral. (J. Stolarski*, M. Mazur, A. Meibom, J. Susini, M. Salome). Project title: EC- 134.
  • Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (Los Alamos, NM, USA), beamline NPDF, 21- 23 September 2009. Project title: Neutron pair distribution function study of Scleractinian coral skeletons. (M. Mazur*, J. Stolarski, P. Krysiński, J. Majewski, T. Proffen). Project title: 20091069.
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), beamline ID21, 1-5 December 2009.
    Project title: The oldest pigments: SXM study of the color pattern in fossils. (J. Szlachetko*, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur). ("in-house" experiments")

Professional service

Reviewer of the scientific journals:

  • Journal of Physical Chemistry: 2005 (1x), 2008 (1x), 2009 (1x)
  • Chemistry of Materials: 2007 (1x)
  • Biomacromolecules: 2006 (1x), 2007 (1x)
  • Langmuir: 2002 (2x), 2003 (1x), 2004 (2x), 2009 (1x)
  • Electrochimica Acta: 2003 (1x), 2004 (2x), 2006 (1x)
  • Electrochemistry Communications: 2004 (2x)
  • Journal of the Electrochemical Society: 2004 (4x), 2008 (1x), 2009 (2x)
  • Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters: 2004 (1x)
  • Talanta: 2005 (1x)
  • The European Physical Journal E: 2005 (1x)
  • Composites Science and Technology: 2006 (1x)
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science: 2006 (1x), 2007 (2x)
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research: 2007 (1x), 2008 (1x)
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds: 2007 (1x)
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications: 2007(1x)
  • ChemPhysChem: 2008 (1x)
  • Synthetic Metals: 2008 (1x), 2009 (6x), 2010 (1x)
  • Thin Solid Films: 2008 (2x), 2009 (1x)

Teaching experience

  • 10.2006- Head of the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry II for Chemistry Students Teaching duties:
    Supervision of M. Sc. thesis: (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Physical Chemistry II for Chemistry Students of the 3rd year (laboratory)
  • Physical Chemistry I for Chemistry Students of the 2nd year (laboratory, classes)
  • General and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for Biology students of the 1st year (laboratory, classes).
  • Workshops for the stipendists of the National Fund for Children (1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006)

International conferences

Invited lectures:

  1. SICC-4 Singapore International Chemical Conference 4 Singapore, 8-10 December 2005, Oral presentation: Poly(2-alkoxyanilines): From thin films to nano- and micrometer-sized structures. M. Mazur.
  2. International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals (C&FC 2007). Singapore, 16-21 December 2007 Oral presentation: Strategies of enzyme immobilization: From 2D films to polymeric capsules. M. Mazur*, A. Krywko-Cendrowska, P. Krysiński, J. Rogalski.
  3. Second International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC -2010) Kottayam (India), 15-17 January 2010. Oral presentation: Encapsulation phenomena within conducting polymer microcontainers. M. Mazur*, Krystyna Kijewska, Daria Kubacka, Paweł Krysiński, Jarosław Stolarski, Gary J. Blanchard.

Contributed lectures and posters:

  1. Towards Molecular Electronics '97 Śrem (Poland), 23-28 June 1997, Poster: Modification of octadecanethiol monolayers on gold electrodes by electrochemical polymerization of o-anisidine and pyrrole. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  2. 1st International Conference on Supramolecular Science and Technology, Zakopane (Poland), 27 September-2 October 1998, Poster: Modification of dodecanethiol-coated gold electrodes with poly(3-decylthiophene). M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  3. 50th Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Pawia (Italy), 5 -10 September 1999,
    Oral presentation: Functionalisation of Mono- and Bi-layer Modified Electrodes by Incorporation of Redox Molecules. P. Krysiński*, M. Mazur.
  4. 14th Symposium of The Electrochemical Section of Polish Chemical Society Poraj k. Częstochowy (Poland) 1999, Oral presentation: Incorporation of redox molecules into the mono- and bilayer modified electrodes. P. Krysiński*, M. Mazur.
  5. 51st Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Warsaw (Poland), 3 -8 September 2000, Poster: Chemical in situ deposition of conducting polymers on thiol-coated gold electrodes. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  6. The International Workshop on Electrochemistry of Electroactive Polymer Films Poraj k. Częstochowy (Poland), 10 -15 September 2000, Poster: Synthesis and electrochemical characterisation of brush-type polyanilines. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  7. 53rdMeeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Düsseldorf, Germany, 15 -20 September 2002, Oral presentation: Template synthesis of polyaniline and poly(2-methoxyaniline) nanotubes: Comparison of the formation mechanisms. M. Mazur*, M. Tagowska, K. Jackowska.
  8. The 1st International Workshop on Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing Białowieża (Poland), 13-16 November 2003, Oral presentation: Transformations of surface-bound pyrene and anthracene. M. Mazur*, G. J. Blanchard.
  9. 3rd Baltic Electrochemical Conference, Gdańsk-Sobieszewo (Poland), 23-26 April 2003, Poster: Formulation and molecular structure of poly-1,8-diaminonaphtalene nanotubules. M. Tagowska*, M. Mazur, B. Pałys, K. Jackowska
  10. Center for Fundamental Materials Research 18th Annual Symposium East Lansing (USA), 15-16 February 2004, Poster: Photochemical and electrochemical oxidation reactions of surface-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. M. Mazur*, G. J. Blanchard.
  11. 55th Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Saloniki, Greece, 19-24 September 2004, Oral presentation: Oxidation reactions of surface-immobilized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński, G. J. Blanchard.
  12. International Conference on Electrode Processes, Szczyrk (Poland), 15-17 September 2004, Oral presentation: Interface mediation of chemical deposition and degradation. M. Mazur, M. C. Rini, G. J. Blanchard*.
  13. International Conference on Electrode Processes, Szczyrk (Poland), 15-17 September 2004,
    Poster: Chemical in situ deposition of poly(1,8-diaminonaphtalene): from thin films to nanometr-sized structures. M. Tagowska, B. Pałys, M. Mazur, M. Skompska, K. Jackowska*.
  14. 207th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Quebec City (Canada), 15-20 May 2005, Oral presentation: Application of ZP chemistry for the immobilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on boron doped diamonds, indium tin oxide, and quartz. P. Krysiński*, M. Mazur, G. J. Blanchard.
  15. 207th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Quebec City (Canada), 15-20 May 2005, Oral presentation: Probing intermolecular communications in monolayers using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. G. J. Blanchard*, M. Mazur.
  16. The 2nd International Workshop on Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing, SMCBS'2005, Kazimierz Dolny (Poland), 6-10 November 2005, Oral presentation: Application of ZP chemistry for the immobilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and enzymes on gold, boron doped diamond, indium tin oxide and quartz. P. Krysiński*, M. Mazur, G. J. Blanchard.
  17. The 2nd International Workshop on Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing, SMCBS'2005, Kazimierz Dolny (Poland), 6-10 November 2005, Oral presentation: Probing organization and communication at layered interfaces. M. Mazur, M. Domińska, P. Krysiński, G. J. Blanchard*.
  18. Geoitalia 2005, 5th Italian Earth Science Forum (Quinto Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra)
    Spoleto (Italy), September 2005, Oral presentation: Nanocosm of the biogenic and abiogenic calcium carbonate crystallites. J. Stolarski*, M. Mazur.
  19. An International Symposium on Surface Imaging/Spectroscopy at the Solid / Liquid Interface
    Kraków (Poland), 28 May -1 June 2006, Oral presentation: Synthesis of conducting polymer microstructures using gas bubbles as templates. M. Mazur
  20. International Congress on Analytical Sciences 2006 Moscow (Russia), 25-30 June 2006,
    Oral presentation: Synthesis of polymeric hollow structures for sensor applications. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  21. International Congress on Analytical Sciences 2006 Moscow (Russia), 25-30 June 2006, Poster: Organic and calcium carbonate phases of biominerals: nanoscale preparative separation. M. Mazur*, J. Stolarski.
  22. UK-V4 Frontiers of Science Symposium Kraków (Polska), 21-23 February 2007.
    Oral presentation: Between animated and unanimated matter: nanoscale and crystallographic aspects of calcium carbonate biominerals. J. Stolarski*, M. Mazur, R. Przeniosło.
  23. 10th International Symposium of Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera 2007. St. Petersburg (Russia), 12-16 August 2007. Oral presentation: Biological influence on the crystalline structure of CaCO3 minerals. J. Stolarski*, R. Przeniosło, M. Mazur.
  24. Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing 2007, International Workshop. Włodowice (Poland), 4-8 November 2007. Oral presentation: Immobilization of molecules: From self-assembled monolayers to polymeric hollow structures. M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński, G.J. Blanchard, J. Rogalski.
  25. American Geophysical Union Meeting 2007 San Francisco (USA), 10-14 December 2007. Oral presentation: Discovery of a Cretaceous scleractinian coral with a calcitic skeleton. J. Stolarski, A. Meibom*, R. Przeniosło, M. Mazur.
  26. YoungChem 2007, Jurata (Poland), 10-14 October 2007. Poster: Enzyme immobilization within polymeric capsules. Agata Krywko-Cendrowska*, Maciej Mazur.
  27. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Wiedeń (Austria), 13-18 April 2008. Poster: Influence of biological processes on the structure of calcium carbonate biominerals: Microscopic approach. J. Stolarski*, M. Mazur, P. Dłużewski, S. Kret.
  28. 1st BaltChem International Student Conference on Chemistry Warsaw (Poland), 18-20 April 2008. Poster: Encapsulation of fluorescent dyes in polypyrrole containters grown on oil microdroplets. Daria Kubacka*, Maciej Mazur.
  29. Nano2008 - 9th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1-6 June 2008. Oral presentation: Facile preparation of three dimensional polymeric capsules. Maciej Mazur.
  30. 7th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Szczyrk (Polska), 22-25 marca 2009. Poster: Laccase encapsulation in polypyrrole microcapsules. A. Krywko-Cendrowska*, M. Mazur, P. Krysiński.
  31. BaltChem 2009, International Young Chemists' Conference Warszawa (Polska), 2-5 kwietnia 2009. Poster: Encapsulation of guest molecules inside the cavities of hollow polymeric structures. D. Kubacka*, M. Mazur, J. Stolarski.
  32. BaltChem 2009, International Young Chemists' Conference Warszawa (Polska), 2-5 kwietnia 2009. Poster: Preparation of surface-supported capsules through photopolymerization of pyrrole. K. Kijewska*, M. Mazur, P. Krysiński.
  33. BaltChem 2009, International Young Chemists' Conference Warszawa (Polska), 2-5 kwietnia 2009. Poster: Chemical methods of surface modification for visualization of organic inclusions in biogenic minerals. M. Gugała*, J. Stolarski, P. Krysiński, M. Biesaga, M. Mazur.

National conferences

  1. Doroczny XLV Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego (45th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society) Kraków (Poland), 9-13 september 2002, Poster: Elektrochemiczne badania mono- i dwuwarstw molekularnych modyfikowanych układami redoks na powierzchni elektrod. A. Zebrowska, M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński.
  2. Doroczny XLV Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego (45th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society) Kraków (Poland), 9-13 september 2002, Poster: Polimery przewodzące - nanostruktury, ich synteza i właściwości elektrochemiczne. B. Pałys, M. Mazur, M. Tagowska, M. Szklarczyk, K. Jackowska*.
  3. Nasze Doświadczenia 2006 - Sympozjum w 85 rocznicę IFD (Our Experiments 2006 - Symposium on the 85th Anniversary of the Institute of Experimental Physics). Warsaw (Poland), 1-2 December 2006 Poster: High resolution synchrotron radiation studies of the microstructure of scleractinian coral biominerals. R. Przeniosło*, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur, M. Brunelli.
  4. 50 Jubileuszowy Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego i Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Chemicznego (50th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society). Toruń (Poland), 9-12 December 2007 Oral presentation: Nowe warstwy monomolekularne jako matryce do immobilizacji molekuł (New monomolecular layers as matrices for immobilization of molecules). M. Mazur*, P. Krysiński, A. Michota-Kamińska, J. Bukowska, J. Rogalski, G. J. Blanchard.
  5. 50 Jubileuszowy Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego i Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Chemicznego. (50th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society)
    Toruń (Poland), 9-12 December 2007 Oral presentation: Otrzymywanie i charakterystyka nanostruktur polimerowych i metalicznych (Synthesis and characterization of polymeric and metallic nanostructures). M. Mazur*, M. Tagowska, K. Jackowska
  6. 50 Jubileuszowy Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego i Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Chemicznego. (50th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society)
    Toruń (Poland), 9-12 December 2007 Oral presentation: Synteza i charakterystyka eksperymentalna kapsułek polimerowych (Synthesis and experimental characterization of polymeric capsules).
    M. Mazur.
  7. 50 Jubileuszowy Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego i Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Chemicznego. (50th Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society)
    Toruń (Poland), 9-12 December 2007 Poster: Nanostrukturalne aspekty budowy minerałów biogenicznych (Nanostructural aspects of biogenic minerals morphology). R. Przeniosło, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur*, M. Brunelli.
  8. National Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation. Poznań (Poland), 24-26 December 2007. Oral presentation: Struktura krystalograficzna biomineralnego szkieletu koralowców Scleractinia: Badania metodą dyfrakcji promieniowania synchrotronowego. J. Stolarski*, R. Przeniosło, M. Mazur, M. Brunelli.
  9. National Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation. Poznań (Poland), 24-26 December 2007. Poster: In situ studies of the aragonite-calcite transition in mineral and biogenic materials. D. Wardecki*, R. Przeniosło, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur, M. Brunelli.