Professor Bilewicz
Education
M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; June 1976.
Ph.D. in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, May 1984 Thesis: "Electrode Processes of Copper in Thiocyanate Solutions".
Habilitation in Interfacial Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, July 1994, Thesis: Electroanalytical Studies of Molecular Systems Immobilized on Electrodes.
Academic experience
Prof. Renata Bilewicz received her PhD in 1984 in the group of Prof. Zenon Kublik, and habilitation in 1994 in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. In 1996 she obtained the position of Professor in Warsaw University and in 2000 the title of Professor.
In 1990 she was awarded 1 year Fellowship for Young Professors of Eastern Europe by the Swiss Government. PECO fellowship from Brussels (1993) and grant from Swiss National Foundation (1996) supported part of the research of her group in Poland. Her field of expertise is Supramolecular and Biomimetic Electrochemistry. She is especially interested in electron transfer processes in supramolecular and biomolecular assemblies, and in molecular and ion recognition at interfaces.
She studies electron transport in biological and biomimetic molecular systems from the viewpoint of their application in electrochemical sensors and biofuel cells. The sensing layers are usually molecular films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett and self-assembly procedures, Macrocyclic complexes are often used as active/receptor sites of the layers employed for electrocatalysis and electroanalysis. She is author or co-author of over 150 publications, 4 book chapters and several review papers.
During the last 15 years she spent ca. 4 years abroad - mainly in Switzerland, France and USA: New York State University at Buffalo, University of California at Berkeley and North Carolina State University in Raleigh, on either research associate or visiting Professor positions.
She is member of the Faculty Council in the Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University and member of Scientific Council of Physical Chemistry Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is member of American Chemical Society, Bioelectrochemical Society, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) and Polish Chemical Society (Secretary of Warsaw Branch (1990-94), Secretary of Polish Chemical Society 1994-97, Chairperson of Warsaw Branch 2000-03). co-chair of Bioelectrochemistry Division ISE (2003-2006), Advisory Board member of Electrochimica Acta.
1971-1976 - Studies in Chemistry Department of Warsaw University, Poland
1976 - MSc
1976 - 1984 - Research Assistant, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
1984 - PhD
1984 - 1997 - Position of Adjunct in Warsaw University
1985 - 1986 - Postdoctoral Associate in State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (laboratory of Professor Janet Osteryoung)
1990 - 1991 - Research Associate in University of California at Berkeley (work with Professor Marcin Majda)
1991 - Fellowship for Young Professors of Eastern Europe, University of Basel, Switzerland
1994 - Habilitation in Warsaw University
1994 - Visiting Professor in State University of North Carolina, Raleigh
1997 - Permanent position of Professor in Warsaw University
2000 - Title of Professor
Professional funded research
Prof. Renata Bilewicz was the Coordinator of TEMPUS Structural Joint European Project JEP 12177 on restructuring of the chemical studies in Warsaw University (1998-2000) and representative of Poland in the Management Committee of the COST programme for scientific cooperation.
She was heading the Polish Group participating together with University of Basel (coordinator Prof. T.H. Kaden), University of St. Andrews and University of Birmingham in the COST D1/002 Project devoted to bioinorganic chemistry.
She was the Project Coordinator of Ministry of Education and Science Project PBZ KBN-098/T09/2003-2007) New generation of conducting molecular layers for analytical and medical diagnosis and bioelectronics GDRE project with France and Germany (2007-2010) Enzymatic nanoengineering of selective lipid membranes for sensor applications Coordinator of Polish Swiss Programme of Cooperation 2010-2014.
Other activities
Prof. Renata Bilewicz is member of the Faculty Council in the Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University and member of Scientific Council of Physical Chemistry Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
She is member of American Chemical Society, Bioelectrochemical Society, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) and Polish Chemical Society (Secretary of Warsaw Branch (1990-94), Secretary of Polish Chemical Society 1994-97, chairperson of Warsaw Branch 2000-03). She was member of the Editorial Board of Electrochimica Acta, co-chair of Bioelectrochemistry Division ISE (2003-2006) and currently is member of Bioelectrochemical Society Board, and Hercules ScienceESFRI Commission in Brussels.
Prof. Bilewicz received several national prizes for her research; she is a member of the Faculty Councils at Warsaw University, Faculty of Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She organized or co-organized several international scientific meetings (among them: ISE 2000, SUPRA 1996, ANALYTICA 1996, SUPRANET ICSST 1998, ISMC 2003, BEB 2005, Surphare 2005, Symposium From Molecular Recognition to Molecular Devices Gdańsk 2007, and was co-chair of BES Cracow 2011.
