Marek Orlik Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor of Chemistry
	Official address: Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Electrocatalysis Faculty of Chemistry The University of Warsaw ul. Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw POLAND

Contacts

· Office: Room 356, Division of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

· Tel.: +48 (22) 55 26345

· Email: morlik@chem.uw.edu.pl

· Website: http://beta.chem.uw.edu.pl/people/MOrlik/

Academic education, degrees and positions in Poland
1977 – 1982	Studies of chemistry at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Specialization: fundamental and applied chemistry.
1982	Magister (M.Sc.) diploma in chemistry, with distinction for outstanding results. Subject of M.Sc. thesis: "Mechanisms of Electrode Reactions of Cyanide Complexes of Nickel at Mercury Electrodes". Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Galus
1982 – 1990	Junior-assistant, assistant, assistant-lecturer at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
1990 – 2004	Adiunkt (lecturer) at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
1990	Doctorate in Chemistry (Ph. D.) at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. Subject of Ph.D. thesis: "Mechanisms of Electrode Reactions of Cyanide Complexes of Selected Transition Metals at Mercury Electrodes". Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Galus. Thesis rewarded by the Minister of National Education in Poland.
2000	Habilitation at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry. Subject of habilitation thesis: „Experimental and model studies of the electrohydrodynamic convection and chronoamperometric oscillations as the examples of self-organization in electrochemical systems“.
2004 -2020	Position of the extraordinary professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
2010	Titular (full) Professor of Chemistry
2020 –	Status of the Ordinary Professor at the University of Warsaw

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Scientific stays outside Poland
1993:	summer-term stay at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria. Studies on the kinetics of fast electrode reactions with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry at ultramicroelectrodes, coulometry; studies on the thermodynamical transfer properties of cations from water to non-aqueous solvents. Scientific host: Prof. dr. Gerhard Gritzner, Institut für Chemische Technologie Anorganischer Stoffe, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria.
1994, 1995	summer- and winter short-term stays at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria. Studies on the kinetics of fast electrode reactions with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry at ultramicroelectrodes, ac polarography. Numerical simulation of electrode processes. Scientific host: Prof. dr. Gerhard Gritzner, Institut für Chemische Technologie Anorganischer Stoffe, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria.
1996 – 1998	Two-year-long scholarship granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Subject: Experimental and theoretical studies of self-organized electrohydro- dynamic convective patterns in thin-layer electrolytic cells, visualized by electrochemiluminescence. Scientific mentor: Dr. habil. Karl Doblhofer
1999 2000 2002	Summer terms: studies on kinetics of electrode processes in non-aqueous media, using cyclic voltammetry and chronocoulometry. Computer simulation of electrochemical processes. Scientific host: Prof. dr. Gerhard Gritzner, Institut für Chemische Technologie Anorganischer Stoffe, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria.
April – May 2007	Lecturer at the University of Linz. 1-semester lecture “New Developments in Electrochemistry” for PhD students

Current scientific interests

Physical and inorganic chemistry: experiments and numerical modeling. Nonlinear dynamics

(oscillations, multistability, chemical waves) in chemical and electrochemical systems.

Actual research projects

Pattern formation in chemical systems. Experimental and theoretical studies of oscillations

and chemical waves in chemical reactions involving hydrogen peroxide.

Dynamic instabilities in selected electrochemical processes.

Past teaching activity

Seminars in general chemistry, laboratory courses in: general chemistry, instrumental

analysis, specialization in electrochemistry (numerical modeling of electrode processes), classes

in computer programming, classes in chemical calculations in general and analytical chemistry

Current teaching activity: lectures

1. General Chemistry

2. Inorganic Chemistry I/II

3. Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics with Elements of Nonlinear Dynamics

HONORS
1. STATE DECORATIONS
1998	Medal of the National Commision of Education - from the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Poland
2009	The Silver Cross of Merit - from the President of the Republic of Poland
2014	Gold Medal for Long Service – from the President of the Republic of Poland
2018	The Gold Cross of Merit – from the President of the Republic of Poland
2. SCIENTIFIC AWARDS
1989	Joint award for studies on the mechanisms of electrochemical processes of cyanide complexes of nickel and other transition metals
1991	Award from the Minister of National Education for the Ph.D. thesis
1997	Professor Wiktor Kemula Award for the book: „Oscillating reactions – order and chaos“, founded by the University of Warsaw
2002	Award for the series of publications devoted to self-organisation in electrochemical processes, founded by the University of Warsaw
3. AWARDS FOR THE TEACHING ACTIVITY
1982 1983 1984 1998 1992 1993	individual and joint awards from the Rector of the University of Warsaw and from the Faculty of Chemistry for the educational achievements
2004	Joint Award from the Minister of National Education for the contribution to the development of the Chemistry Olympiad
2004	Professor Arkadiusz Piekara Award for the excellence in teaching, founded by University of Warsaw
2014	Title of the „Academic Teacher of the Year in the Field of Exact Science“, awarded by the Students‘ Government of the University of Warsaw
2016	Award of the first degree for the excellence in teaching, from the Rector of the University of Warsaw
2020	Jan Harabaszewski medal for outstanding achievements in the field of teaching chemistry, awarded by The Polish Chemical Society
2016	Bicentennary Medal of the University of Warsaw, awarded by the Rector

Membership of professional societies and organizational activity
1978 -	Member of the Polish Chemical Society (PTChem)
2008 - 2020	Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
2009 -	Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
1981 -	Member of the Polish Main Committee of Chemistry Olympiad
Sept 1, 2005 – Aug 31, 2014	Vice-President of the Polish Main Committee of Chemistry Olympiad
Sept 1, 2014 -	President of the Polish Main Committee of Chemistry Olympiad
1986 - 1996, 1998 – 2004	Subeditor of the Polish Journal "Chemistry in School"
2005 -	Editor-in-chief of the Polish Journal "Chemistry in School"

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

A. BOOKS

1. Marek Orlik: Self-Organization in Electrochemical Systems.

I. General Principles of Self-Organization. Temporal Instabilities.

In: Scholz F. (ed.) Monographs in Electrochemistry, Springer,

Berlin-Heidelberg 2012,

ISBN 978-3-642-27672-9 , 528 pp

2. Marek Orlik: Self-Organization in Electrochemical Systems.

II. Spatiotemporal Patterns and Control of Chaos.

In: Scholz F. (ed.) Monographs in Electrochemistry, Springer,

Berlin-Heidelberg 2012,

ISBN 978-3-642-27626-2, 448 pp

3. Marek Orlik: Oscillating Reactions. Order and Chaos.

WNT, Warsaw 1996, ISBN 83-204-1970-0, 360 pp (in Polish)

4. W. Danikiewicz, M. Orlik, R. Retelewski, E. Migdal (Ed.):

Collection of CompetitionTasks from National Chemistry

Olympiads XXVIII-XXX.

WSiP, Warsaw 1987, ISBN 83-02-03112-7, 305 pp (in Polish)

5. M. Orlik, M. Jelińska-Kazimierczuk (Eds.): Collection of

Competition Tasks from National Chemistry Olympiads L-LIX.,

Wyd. Naukowe PWN SA, Warsaw 2014,

ISBN 978-83-01-17831-4, 672 pp (in Polish)

B. REVIEW CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. M. Orlik, Z. Galus: “Electrochemistry of Gold”,

2. M. Orlik, Z. Galus: “Electrochemistry of Silver”

3. M. Orlik, Z. Galus, “Electrochemistry of Mercury”

in “Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry” (Ed. A. J. Bard, M. Stratmann), vol. 7 „Inorganic Chemistry”, (Ed. F. Scholz, C. J. Pickett), WILEY-VCH, 2006), pp. 839 – 991.

4. M. Orlik: “Silver”

In “Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources”, Elsevier 2023, w druku

C. SELECTED ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

M. Orlik

Digital simulation of cyclic voltammetry in a two-electrode system and its application to

the kinetics of bis(biphenyl) chromium(I) in N,N-dimethylformamide

J. Electroanal. Chem., 1997, 434, 139 – 152

M. Orlik, J. Rosenmund, K. Doblhofer, G. Ertl,

Electrochemical formation of luminescent convective patterns in thin-layer cells

J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998, 102, 1397 – 1403

M. Orlik, K. Doblhofer, G. Ertl,

On the mechanism of electrohydrodynamic convection in the thin-layer electrolytic cells

J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998, 102, 6367 – 6364

M. Orlik

On the onset of the self-organizing electrohydrodynamic convection in thin-layer

electrolytic cells

J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 103, 6629 – 6642

M. Orlik

On the geometrical shape of self-organizing electrohydrodynamic convective

flows generated in thin‑layer electrolytic cells

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 1999, 1 , 5359 - 5367

R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik

The oscillatory course of the electroreduction of thiocyanate complexes of nickel(II) at mercury electrodes - experiment and simulation

J. Electroanal. Chem., 2000, 486, 65 - 74

M. Orlik

On the self-organization of the convective motion of fluid, driven by electric forces in the thin-layer electrolytic cells

Electrochem. Commun., 2000, 2, 522 – 526

R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik

Bistable/oscillatory system based on the electroreduction of thiocyanate complexes of nickel(II) at a streaming mercury electrode

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, 106, 1058 – 1065

M. Orlik, R. Jurczakowski

On the stability of nonequilibrium steady-states for the electrode processes at a streaming mercury electrode

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, 106, 7527 – 7536

M. Łobacz, M. Orlik, J. Stroka, Z. Galus:

Method of separation and determination of the characteristics of the adsorbed and nonadsorbed states of electroactive substances on electrodes

Langmuir, 2002, 18, 2765 – 2770

R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik,

Experimental and theoretical studies of the multistability in the electroreduction of the

Ni(II)-N₃^- complexes at a streaming mercury electrode

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 10148 – 10158

R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik

The apparent faradaic response in the impedance characteristics of the capacitive current at a streaming mercury electrode

J. Electroanal. Chem., 2004, 562, 205 – 215

L. Kišová, J. Komenda, I. Mayr, M. Orlik and G. Gritzner:

Electrode kinetics of Eu³⁺ in sodium perchlorate solutions in dimethylsulfoxide

J. Electroanal. Chem., 2004, 565, 367 – 373

M. Orlik, G. Gritzner

Chronocoulometric studies of the kinetics of the electroreduction of Eu³⁺ in dimethylsulfoxide – experiment and simulations

J. Electroanal. Chem., 582 (2005) 144 – 150

J. S. Jaworski, M. Cembor, M. Orlik,

Anisole as a solvent for organic electrochemistry

J. Electroanal. Chem., 582 (2005) 165 – 170

R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik:

Experimental and theoretical impedance studies of oscillations and bistability in

the Ni(II)-SCN^- electroreduction at the streaming mercury electrode,

J. Electroanal. Chem., 605 (2007) 41 - 52

K. Pękala, R. Jurczakowski, A. Lewera, M. Orlik:

Luminescent chemical waves in the Cu(II)-catalyzed oscillatory oxidation of SCN^- ions

with hydrogen peroxide

J. Phys. Chem. A, 111 (2007) 3439 - 3442

M. Orlik, R. Jurczakowski:

The kinetic parameters of the electrocatalytic reduction of the coordinated azide anions

found from comparison of dc and ac measurements for the tristable Ni(II)-N₃^- system

J. Electroanal. Chem., 614 (2008) 139 – 148

M. T. Gorzkowski, R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik:

Electrochemical oscillations and bistability in the redox processes of mercury ions,

coupled with the self-induced convection of Hg surface

J. Electroanal. Chem., 615 (2008) 135 – 144

M. Orlik, M. T. Gorzkowski:

The simple model and linear stability analysis of the electrode process with the NDR

region caused by the potential-dependent convective transport

J. Electroanal. Chem., 617 (2008) 64 – 70

A. Wiśniewski, W. K. Czerwiński, P. Paklepa, P. K. Wrona, M. Orlik:

The convection-driven non-additivity of the faradaic currents fort the parallel reduction of some metal and hydrogen cations at the mercury electrode

J. Electroanal. Chem., 623 (2008) 120 – 128

K. Pękala, R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik:

On the interpretation of the potentiometric response of the inert solid electrodes in the monitoring of the oscillatory processes involving hydrogen peroxide

J. Solid State Electrochem., 14 (2010) 27-34

A. Wiśniewski, K. Pękala, M. Orlik:

Kinetic model of the H₂O₂ – SCN^- - OH^- - Cu²⁺ oscillator and its application to the

interpretation of the potentiometric responses of various inert electrodes monitoring

the reaction course

J. Phys. Chem. A, 114 (2010) 183-190

K. Pękala, A. Wiśniewski, R. Jurczakowski, T. Wiśniewski, M. Wojdyga, M. Orlik:

Monitoring of spatiotemporal patterns in the oscillatory chemical reactions with the

infrared camera: experiments and model interpretation

J. Phys. Chem. A, 114 (2010) 7903-7911

M. T. Gorzkowski, A. Wesołowska, R. Jurczakowski, P. Ślepski, K. Darowicki, M. Orlik:

Electrochemical oscillations and bistability during anodic dissolution of vanadium

electrode in acidic media – part I. Experiment

J. Solid State Electrochem. 15 (2011) 2311-2320

M. T. Gorzkowski, M. Orlik:

Electrochemical oscillations and bistability during anodic dissolution of vanadium

electrode in acidic media – part II. The model

J. Solid State Electrochem. 15 (2011) 2321-2330

A. Wiśniewski, M. T. Gorzkowski, K. Pekala, M. Orlik:

Thermokinetic origin of luminescent travelling fronts in the H₂O₂-NaOH-SCN^- - Cu²⁺

homogeneous oscillator: experiments and model

J. Phys. Chem. A, 117 (2013) 11155 - 11166

A. Wiśniewski, M. Jędrusiak, I. Mojzych, M. Orlik:

Model calculations and experimental studies as a route toward simplification of the kinetic

mechanism of the H₂O₂-NaSCN-NaOH-CuSO₄ homogeneous oscillator

Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 47 (2015) 671 – 683

M. Jędrusiak, A. Wiśniewski, M. Orlik:

The model of “minimal oscillator” derived from the kinetic mechanism of the

H₂O₂-NaSCN-NaOH-CuSO₄ dynamical system

Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 47 (2015) 791 - 802

M. Jędrusiak, M. Orlik:

The formation and spatiotemporal progress of the pH wave induced by the temperature gradient in the thin-layer H₂O₂  – Na₂S₂O₃ – H₂SO₄ - CuSO₄ dynamical system

J. Phys. Chem. B, 120 (2016) 3169-3177

M. Jędrusiak, G. Matyszczak, M. Orlik:

On the phase shifts in the dynamics of the H₂O₂-Na₂S₂O₃-H₂SO₄-CuSO₄ oscillator revealed by comparison of potentiometric responses of different indicator electrodes

Int. J. Chem. Kin. 49 (2017) 250-258

Ž. D. Cupić, A. F. Taylor, D. Horváth, M. Orlik, I. R. Epstein:

Editorial: Advances in Oscillating Reactions.

Front. Chem. 9:690699 (2021)

P. Oliwa, M. Orlik:

Oscillatory chemical reaction as a sensor of Cu(II)-EDTA complex formation and ligand degradation in copper ion-catalyzed oxidation of thiocyanate ions with hydrogen peroxide

Int. J. Chem. Kin. 53 (2021) 1314 – 1329; https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21535

D. Selected other scientific reviews in journals

1. M. Orlik:

The Fluid Convection as the Self-Organised Phenomenon in Electrochemical Systems.

in: "Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry.”, S. G. Pandalai (Ed.),

Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India, vol. 6 (2002), s. 495-525

2. M. Orlik:

Self-organisation in nonlinear dynamical systems and its relation to the materials science

J. Solid State Electrochem., 2009, 13, 245 – 261

3. R. Jurczakowski, M. Orlik:

Electrochemical oscillations and multistability in the electrode processes of pseudohalogenide complexes of nickel.

Current Topics in Electrochemistry, Research Trends, India, 2007, 12, 51 – 70

4. M. Orlik:

Homogeneous redox kinetics vs. interfacial electrochemistry: interpretation of

the potentiometric characteristics of some oscillatory chemical reactions in terms

of mixed electrode potential.

Trends in Physical Chemistry, 2018, 18, 15-31

5. M. Orlik:

The role of temperature in chemical and electrochemical instabilities.

Trends in Physical Chemistry, 2020, 20, 113 – 126

6. M. Pribus, M. Orlik, I. Valent:

From classical metal-catalyzed homogeneous oscillators to an uncatalyzed version of the

Belousov-Zhabootinsky reaction: a review.

Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2022, 135, 1211 – 1260

E. Published LECTURE texts

M. Orlik:

Introduction to the dynamic self-organization of chemical systems. Part I: Basic concepts and techniques of nonlinear dynamics in chemistry

ChemTexts (2017) 3: 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40828-017-0049-5

M. Orlik:

Introduction to the dynamic self-organization of chemical systems. Part II: Dynamic instabilities in selected chemical systems

ChemTexts (2017) 3: 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40828-017-0050-z

M. Orlik:

O siłach napędowych w przyrodzie – koncepcje, interpretacje, nieporozumienia

Wiadomości Chemiczne (2023) 77 (1 -2) 1-34; https://ptchem.pl/storage/pages/January2023/Orlik.pdf

M. Orlik:

Nowoczesne spojrzenie na konfiguracje elektronowe i układ okresowy pierwiastków, czyli o efektach relatywistycznych w chemii

Wiadomości Chemiczne (2023) 77 (9-10) 833 - 871

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