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PROF.
WOJCIECH GROCHALA
CURRICULUM
VITAE
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Personal
Data
First,
middle and second name: Wojciech Rafal Grochala
Date
of birth: Dec.9, 1972
Place
of birth: Warsaw, POLAND
Citizenship
and nationality: Polish
Employment:
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Jul 1, 2016 – present: Full (Ordinary) Professor at the Center for New
Technologies (CENT), University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
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Jan 1, 2012 – Jun 30, 2016: Full (Extraordinary) Professor at the Center for
New Technologies (CENT), University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
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Jul 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011: Full (Extraordinary) Professor at the
Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM),
University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
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Oct 4, 2005 – Jun 30, 2011: Assistant Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center
for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM), University of Warsaw, Warsaw
(Poland)
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Oct 4, 2005 – present: Head of the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional
Materials, University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
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Jun 2004 – Sep 2004: visiting professor at the Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical
Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
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2005 – Dec 2013: Adjunct Associate at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of
Warsaw, Laboratory of Intermolecular Interactions, Warsaw (Poland)
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2005 – short time Research Associate at Geophysical Lab of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington
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2002 – 2005: Senior Research Associate at the Faculty of Chemistry,
University of Warsaw
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Dec 2000 – Dec 2001: Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Peter P. Edwards,
at the School of Chemistry, the University of Birmingham, Birmingham (United
Kingdom)
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Jan 1999 – Sep 2000: Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Roald Hoffmann (Nobel
Prize in chemistry 1981), at the Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
Scientific
Career Track:
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Aug 14, 2014: Titular Professor distinction granted by the President of
Poland
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Oct 24, 2005 – Habilitation (D.Sc.) approved by the Central Commission on
Academic Degrees
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Apr 6, 2005 - Habilitation (D.Sc.) colloquium
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2004 – Habilitation (D.Sc.) Thesis submitted „Design of new families of
superconducting materials based on the studies of vibronic coupling for simple
molecules”
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1998, Nov 18 – Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Dept. of Chemistry,
University of Warsaw, thesis "Analysis of the components of the
enhancement factors in the SERS and SERRS spectra"; supervisor: Prof.
Jolanta Bukowska ; graduation diploma cum laude
Higher
Education:
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1995 – 1998 postgraduate studies with Prof. Jolanta Bukowska at the Dept. of
Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Laboratory of Intermolecular
Interactions
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1995 – M.Sc. in chemistry from the Dept. of Chemistry, the University of
Warsaw; thesis "Electrooxidation of o-methoxyaniline as studied by
SERS and SERRS spectroscopy on Ag and Au electrodes"; supervisor: Prof. J.
Bukowska; graduation diploma cum laude
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1991 – 1995 graduate studies at the Dept. of Chemistry, the University of Warsaw
Teaching
experience:
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lectures on sciences for students of humanities @ Artes Liberales faculty
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courses and monographic lectures on materials science for undergraduate and
graduate students
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computational exercises and laboratories on molecular spectroscopy, physical,
analytical and inorganic chemistry for chemists, physicists and biologists (I,
II, and III year)
Awards
and Stipends:
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2018 – Distinction from the University of Warsaw for increasing of the prestige
of the University and contributing to its development
•
2017 – Distinction from the University of Warsaw for increasing of the prestige
of the University and contributing to its development
•
2016 – Silver medal of the 200th Anniversary of the
University of Warsaw
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2016 – Distinction from the University of Warsaw for increasing of the prestige
of the University and contributing to its development
•
2015 – Distinction from the University of Warsaw for increasing of the prestige
of the University and contributing to its development
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2014 – Prize of the Rector of The University of Warsaw (2nd degree) for
scientific achievements
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2013 – Świętosławski Prize 2nd degree, from Polish Chem. Soc. (Warsaw Section)
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2010 – named ‘Polish discoverer of the year in the field of chemistry’ by the
Ministry of Science and Higher Education
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2010, 2009, 2008 – Prize of the Rector of The University of Warsaw for
scientific achievements
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2006 – Stipend of The Polityka Foundation
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2005 – Scientific stipend of The Rector of The University of Warsaw
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2004 – Stipend of the The Foundation for Polish Science
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2003 – Chosen the best young Polish researcher of the Why magazine
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2003 – Stipend of the The Foundation for Polish Science
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2002 – Special stipend of The Rector of The University of Warsaw
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2001 – The Crescendum est Polonia Foundation Fellowship
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2000/2001 – The Royal Society Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships
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1999/2000 – The Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship
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1998 – Departmental Award for the summa cum laude Ph. D. Thesis
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1995 – Departmental Award for the summa cum laude Master’s degree work
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1988 – 1st place in Competition in Chemistry organized by the Warsaw University
of Technology
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1987 – Laureate of XXXV Polish Olympic Competition in Chemistry
Habilitations
(DSc) from my group:
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2021 – Dr hab. Tomasz Jaroń (inorganic chemistry)
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2019 – Dr hab. Paweł Szarek (theoretical chemistry)
• 2019 – Dr hab. Piotr Jerzy Leszczyński (organic chemistry)
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2019 – Dr hab. Dominik Kurzydłowski (high pressure chemistry)
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2014 – Dr hab. Mariana Derzsi (solid state physics)
Promoted PhDs:
XII. 2021 – Dr Wojciech Wegner (cum laude) [co-tutor Jacek Majewski]
XI. 2021 – Dr Rafał Owarzany [auxiliary tutor Karol J. Fijałkowski]
X. 2020 – Dr Agnieszka Starobrat [co-tutor Jacek Majewski]
IX. 2019 – Dr Jakub Gawraczyński (cum laude)
VIII. 2018 – Dr Adam Grzelak
VII. 2016 – Dr Piotr Połczyński (cum laude) [co-tutor Rafał Jurczakowski]
VI. 2015 – Dr Tomasz Michałowski
V. 2013 – Dr Dominik K. Kurzydłowski
IV. 2013 – Dr Przemysław J. Malinowski (cum laude)
III. 2013 – Dr Tomasz Jaroń (cum laude)
II.
2012 – Dr Andrew J. Churchard
I.
2012 – Dr Karol J. Fijałkowski (cum laude)
Tutored MScs & BScs:
• since 2004 – 21 MSc & 1 BSc tutored
Scientometrics:
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184 papers (177 printed, 2 in press, 5 submitted)
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12 HOT/VIP papers
• 24 papers featured on journal covers
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~4,900 citations, ~3,850 without self-citations
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total IF of ~900
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average IF per published paper: ~5.0
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H=28
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featured in TOP2%
Stanford Univ. ranking www
• the most cited paper (CHEM REV 104(3): 1283-1315 2004) has ~1400 cit. and it is on 14th place (historically up to 10th) among the TOP CITED chemistry papers from Poland
Patents:
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3 international patents: PCT/GB2004/001579 (WO 2004/096700 A1),
PCT/IB2014/001884 (WO 2015040480 A1), PCT/IB2016/001280 (WO/2017/042624)
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0 international patent applications:
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3 Polish patents: P.405335 (2013), P.405397 (2013), P.418465 (2016)
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4 Polish patent applications: P.413922 (2015), P.416026 (2016), P.418629
(2016), P.418630 (2016)
Conferences
and Symposia – 216 conference contributions incl. 85 invited lectures:
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5-9 VII 2023 – 7th Fluorine Days (Poznan, Poland), plenary
talk (2020 meeting postponed due
to coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
11-16 VII 2022 – International
Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds, ISNA19 (Warsaw, Poland), invited
contributed talk (2021 meeting postponed due to coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
15-20 XII 2021 – Pacifichem
2021 (Waikiki, HI, USA), invited talk (2020 meeting postponed due to
coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
12-13 IV 2021 – Magnetism 2021 (IOP, UK), two posters coauthor (online meeting)
•
15-19 III 2021 – APS March Meeting (Denver, USA), invited talk (2020 meeting postponed due to coronavirus outbreak)
•
10-20 XI 2020 – 2nd
International Online Conference on Crystals, two contributions coauthor
•
29-30 IX 2020 – GDCh Meeting (Berlin, Germany),
five posters coauthor
•
21-24 IX 2020 – 18th
CESTC (Balatonszarszo, Hungary), two contributions coauthor (meeting cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak)
•
6-11 IX 2020 – 58th
EHPRG (Canary Islands, Spain), invited talk, and four contributions coauthor (online meeting)
•
4-5 VII 2020 – CMMSE2020 (Rota, Spain), invited talk (meeting cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak)
•
30 VI – 1VII 2020 – 1st Conference of Ochota Campus (Warsaw,
Poland), plenary talk and six posters coauthor (online meeting)
•
23-25 III 2020 –SFE2020 (Warsaw, Poland), poster coauthor (meeting held online due to coronavirus outbreak)
•
4-7 II 2020 – 44th Condensed Matter and Materials
“Wagga” Meeting (Rotorua, New Zealand), invited talk
•
27-30 XI 2019 – IRSEC’19 (Agadir, Morocco), invited talk
•
25-27 XI 2019 – 4th FUNMAT (Cracow, Poland), invited talk (cancelled)
•
12-15 XI 2019 – The 2nd China Jiujiang International Conference of
Silicone & Fluorine Industry Development (SIF 2019) (Jiujang, China),
keynote talk (cancelled)
• 16-17 X 2019 – 3rd Intnl Conf. on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Barcelona, Spain), invited talk
•
30 IX 2019 – Special Symposium celebrating 150th anniversary of The
Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (Warsaw, Poland), talk
•
9-12 IX 2019 – 9th CESTC (Burg Schlaining, Austria), 1 talk coauthor
•
2-5 IX 2019 – 62nd PTChem Symposium celebrating 100th
anniversary of The Society (Warsaw, Poland), poster & 11 talks coauthor
& 1 poster coauthor
•
25-31 VIII 2019 – 19th ESFC (Warsaw, Poland), poster & 15 talks
coauthor & 8 posters coauthor
•
4-9 VIII 2019 – AIRAPT27 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), talk
•
17-20 VII 2019 – Advanced Nano Materials ANM 2019 (Aveiro, Portugal), talk
•
23-30 VI 2019 – SUPERSTRIPES 2019 (Ischia, Italy), invited talk
•
25-28 V 2019 – Electrochemistry 2019 (Barcelona, Spain), talk
•
13-14 V 2019 – World Congress on Functional New Materials WCFNM 2019 (Valencia,
Spain), talk
•
16-17 IV 2019 – International Conference on Advances in Applied Physics and
Materials Science ICAAPMS 2019 (Lisbon, Portugal), 1 invited talk – BEWARE
of PREDATORY conferences of WASET / IRC
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11-14 III 2018 – Supercomputing Frontiers Europe 2019 (Warsaw, Poland), 1
invited talk and 1 talk coauthor
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28 X-2 XI 2018 – 16th International
Symposium of Metal-Hydrogen Systems (Guanghzou, China), 4 talks and 1 poster
coauthor
•
16-21 IX 2018 – 13th International
Symposium of Solid State Chemistry (Pardubice, Czech Rep.), 4 posters
coauthor
•
17-21 IX 2018 – 61st Meeting of the
Polish Chemical Society, PTCh 2018 (Cracow, Poland), lecture coauthor
•
10-12 IX 2018 – 3rd International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and
Conversion, mESC-IS 2018 (Belgrade, Serbia), two lectures coauthor
•
2-7 IX 2018 – 56rd EHPRG (Aveiro,
Portugal), invited lecture & lecture
•
19-24 VIII 2018 – 12th International
Conference on Materials & Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High
Temperature Superconductors, M2S-HTSC-XII 2018
(Beijing, China), lecture coauthor
•
30 VII-4 VIII 2018 – 43rd International
Conference on Coordination Chemistry, ICCC 2018 (Sendai, Japan), lecture
coauthor
•
22-27 VII 2018 – 22nd International
Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (Oxford, UK), invited lecture
•
9-13 VII 2018 – International Workshop on Dual Nature of f-electrons (IWDN2018)
(Wrocław, Poland), poster coauthor
•
24-28 VI 2018 – 8th MDMM (Polanica
Zdrój, Poland), invited lecture
•
10-14 VI 2018 – "Exotic Interactions in Quantum Correlated Materials"
(UJ, Cracow, Poland), invited lecture
•
8 VI 2018 – ChemSession2018 (Warsaw, Poland), invited plenary lecture
•
3-6 VI 2018 – Atoms, Molecules, and Materials in Extreme Environments (CAS
Oslo, Norway), invited lecture
•
20-24 V 2018 – 6th International
Symposium on Organofluorine Compounds in Biomedical, Materials and Agriculture
Sciences (Nanjing, China), invited lecture
•
16-18 V 2018 – 5th International Conference on Rare Earth Materials, REMAT’18
(Wrocław, Poland), lecture coauthor
•
17 V 2018 – XVI KRAB Symposium co-organized by KGHM (Wrocław, Poland), poster
coauthor
•
2-6 IV 2018 – 2018 MRS Spring Meeting (Phoenix, USA), lecture coauthor
•
18-22 III 2018 – 255th National ACS Meeting
(New Orleans, USA), invited lecture & lecture
•
12-13 III 2018 – 2nd Symposium on Ab
Initio Calculations (Cracow, Poland), invited lecture
•
8-10 XI 2017 – 3rd FunMat 2017 (Cracow,
Poland), invited keynote lecture & 1 speech coauthor
•
1-5 X 2017 – 232nd ECS meeting
(National Harbor, DC, USA), lecture coauthor
•
17-21 IX 2017 – 60th PTCh meeting
(Wroclaw, Poland), 3 lectures & 1 poster coauthor
•
3-8 IX 2017 – 55th EHPRG (Poznan,
Poland), invited lecture & 3 lectures coauthor
•
20-24 VIII 2017 – 254th ACS National Meeting
& Exposition (Washington DC, USA), lecture
•
4-10 VI 2017 – Superstripes 2017 (Ischia, Italy), lecture
•
19-21 IV 2017 – ICM User Session 2017 (Warsaw, Poland), plenary lecture
•
16-17 III 2017 – ICCT-2017, Kenitra, Marocco, invited lecture
•
8-9 XII 2016 – 3rd Polish Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, Cracow, Poland,
invited lecture
•
13-15 XI 2016 – MolMod-2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, invited lecture
•
4-9 IX 2016 – 54th EHPRG (Bayreuth, Germany), 2 posters coauthor
•
7-12 VIII 2016 – 18th ESFC (Kiev, Ucraine), invited lecture (particip.
cancelled)
•
14-18 VII 2016 – 4th International Conference on Chemical Bonding (Kauai, HI,
USA), invited lecture
•
5-8 VII 2016 NanoteXnology’16 (Saloniki, Greece), poster coauthor
•
4-8 VII 2016 – International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Science and
Engineering CMMSE’16 (Rota, Spain), invited lecture
•
22-24 VI 2016 – iPolymorphs: Novel Routes to Inorganic Polymorphs (San
Sebastian, Spain), keynote lecture
•
28 VI 2016 – TEDx conference: Taking it to the extremes (Warsaw, Poland),
invited lecture
•
29 II 2016 – Symposium on ab initio computational methods (Cracow, Poland),
lecture
•
14-18 II 2016 – 1st South African Flourine Symposium (SAFS2016) (Cape Town,
South Africa), lecture
•
27-29 XI 2015 – NMD VI, Novel Experimental Methods of Physics, Chemistry and
Engineering (Lublin, Poland), poster coauthor
•
18-20 XI 2015 – International Conference 2nd FUNMAT 2015 (Cracow,
Poland), invited lecture and 3 posters’ coauthor
•
15-18 IX 2015 – Fall E-MRS Meeting (Warsaw, Poland), two invited lectures in
Symposia A & T
•
30 VIII-4 IX 2015 – AIRAPT-25 & EHPRG-53 (Madrid, Spain), invited keynote
lecture & 2 posters’co-author
•
23-28 VIII 2015 – 21st ISFC & ISoFT’15 (Como, Italy), invited keynote
lecture & poster coauthor
•
14-16 IV 2015 – 6th Conference on Thermal Analysis – Evolved Gas Analysis
Coupling Techniques (Selb, Germany), invited lecture
•
8-15 III 2015 – SMEC’15 (Fort Lauderdale, USA), invited lecture
•
7-8 I 2015 – Higgs Symposium’15 (Edinburgh, UK), invited lecture
•
5-10 X 2014 – WATOC 2014 (Santiago, Chile), invited lecture
•
7-10 IX 2014 – 2nd Polish Forum of Inorganic Chemistry (Wroclaw, Poland), 4
posters' co-author
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31 VIII-5 IX 2014 – European Conference on Surface Science ECOSS30 (Antalya,
Turkey), 3 posters' co-author
•
10-14 VIII 2014 – 248th ACS National Meeting (San Francisco, USA), invited
speaker for special meeting in honour of Prof. G. Schrobilgen
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5-12 VIII 2014 – Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of
Crystallography (Montreal, Canada), invited speaker
•
3-8 VIII 2014 – Conductivity & Magnetism in Molecular Materials (GRC, Bates
College, USA), invited speaker
•
15-18 VI 2014 – International NanoFun 2014 conference (Pultusk, Poland),
invited speaker and poster co-author
•
28-30 V 2014 – International Conference on Fluorine Chemistry 2014 (Yokohama,
Japan), invited speaker
•
11-13 V 2014 – joint Royal Society-German Academy of Sciences Discussion
Meeting “New Chemistry of the Elements: From Medicine to Materials” (London,
UK), invited speaker
•
27 IV - 4 V 2014 – 41 International Conference on Superconductivity and
Magnetism (Antalya, Turkey), speaker
•
8-12 XII 2013 – IC'13 - RACI Inorganic Chemistry Divisional Conference
(Brisbane, Australia), speaker
•
28-29 X 2013 – 'New functionalities in molecular materials' workshop (Cracow,
Poland), invited speaker
•
23 X 2013 – 'Mobility of Polish scientists' - symposium of the Polish Academy
of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland)
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27-29 IX 2013 – The Conference of the PhD Students of the KNOW Faculties of
Chemistry (University of Warsaw and of Warsaw Technical University) (Hotel Ossa,
Wólka Lesiewska, Poland), 3 posters' co-author
•
21-24 IX 2013 - ISMech 2013 (Ossa, Wólka Lesiewska, Poland), 2 posters'
co-author
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16-20 IX 2013 – The 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Polish Chemical
Society (PTChem) (Siedlce, Poland), invited speaker (x3) and speaker (x1)
•
1-4 IX 2013 – Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2013 (Darmstadt, Germany), invited
keynote speaker
•
20-26 VII 2013 – 17th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry
(Paris, France), speaker
•
9-12 VII 2013 – 10th International Conference on Nanosciences &
Nanotechnologies, NN13 (Thessaloniki, Greece), 2 posters' co-author
•
2-5 VI 2013 – ISoFT 2013 (Budapest, Hungary), speaker
•
25 III 2013 – The 6th CEPT Conference (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
27 XI 2012 – The 5th CEPT Conference (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
14-19 IX 2012 – MDMM 2012 (Wroclaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
22-27 VII 2012 – 20th ISFC (Kyoto, Japan), keynote speaker
•
17 V 2012 – VI Forum of Chemistry Students in Warsaw “Chemofor” (Warsaw,
Poland) plenary speaker
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30 IV-3 V 2012 – XXXVI Polish School of Chemistry “At the roots of science”
(Zegrze, Poland) invited speaker
•
12-16 XII 2011 – International Conference on Advanced Materials ICAM
(Coimbatore, India) invited speaker (cancelled due to technical problems)
•
4 XI 2011 – The 4th CEPT Conference (Warsaw, Poland), poster's
co-author
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26 X 2011 – The PROCEED Workshop (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
23-26 III 2011 – Winter Grant Session of KDM@ICM 2011 (Bedlewo, Poland), 2
posters' co-author
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15-20 XII 2010 – Pacifichem 2010 (Honolulu, USA), speaker
•
14-19 XI 2010 – The International Conference ‘Nano- and Surface Science
Approaches to Production and Storage of Hydrogen’ (the 4th RTN Meeting, Leiden,
Netherlands), speaker
•
4 XI 2010 – The 3rd CEPT Conference (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker &
poster's co-author
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18-24 VII 2010 – 16th ESFC 2010 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), invited speaker
•
4-8 VII 2010 – MDMM 2010 (Wroclaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
23-28 VIII 2009 – The 19th ISFC – ISoFT'09 (Grand Teton, USA), invited
speaker
•
19-22 VII 2009 – Advanced Crystallography at High Pressure, 2009 IUCr workshop
(Harbin, China), invited speaker
•
4-14 VI 2009 – Int. School of Crystallography, 41st Course: From Novel
Experimental Approaches to Applications in Cutting-Edge Technologies (Erice,
Italy), invited speaker
•
3-6 I 2009 – Hydrogen and Hydrogen Storage: Methods and Materials (Bangalore,
India), speaker
•
10-11 XII 2008 – New Chemistry of the Elements: RSC Symposium in honour of
Professor the Lord Lewis of Newnham (London, UK), invited speaker
•
15-19 IX 2008 – E-MRS Fall Meeting (Warsaw, Poland), poster's co-author
•
14-18 IX 2008 – EU Network Hydrogen2 Symposium (Reykjavik, Iceland), invited
speaker
•
24-28 VI 2008 – Metal Hydrogen Systems Conference (Reykjavik, Iceland), 2
posters’ co-author
•
26-30 V 2008 – E-MRS Spring Meeting (Strasbourg, France), poster presentation
•
21-22 II 2008 – Mathematics for key technologies and innovation (Warsaw,
Poland), invited speaker
•
6-9 IV 2008 – 5th School of Thermal Analysis SAT'08 (Zakopane, Poland) –
poster's co-author
•
10-14 XII 2007 – 23rd Winter School in Quantum Chemistry 2007 (Helsinki,
Finland), poster's co-author
•
6-8 XII 2007 – 2nd Workshop on ab initio phonon calculations (Cracow, Poland) –
posters' co-author
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17-21 IX 2007 – The Fall Meeting of the E-MRS (PW, Warsaw, Poland), posters’
co-author
•
9-12 IX 2007 – The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society
(UMK, Toruń, Poland), invited speaker
•
15-20 VII 2007 – 15th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (Inst. Chem.
Techn., Prague, Czech Rep.), speaker and poster's co-author
•
8-13 VII 2007 – Hydrogen Metal Systems (Gordon Research Conference) (Colby
College, Waterville ME, USA), poster's co-author
•
16-17 IV 2007 – EU Network Hydrogen2 Symposium (Shell, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands), invited speaker
•
10-15 IX 2006 – Modelling and Design of Molecular Materials 2006 (Technical
Univ. Of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
7-8 IX 2006 – Polish-German Workshop: Modelling Structure Formation (ICM, Univ.
Of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker
•
20-25 VIII 2006 – XVIII IUPAC Conference On Physical Organic Chemistry (Warsaw,
Poland), invited speaker
•
21-22 VI 2006 – Accelrys Materials Science UGM (ICM, Warsaw, Poland), invited
speaker
•
10-15 VII 2005 – Hydrogen Metal Systems (Gordon Research Conference) (Colby
College, Waterville ME, USA), invited speaker
•
6 XI 2004 – 4th Fall Workshop - Complex processes: modelling, simulation and
optimisation (Bedlewo, Poland), invited speaker
•
17-18 IX 2004 – Modelling and Design of Molecular Materials (Wroclaw, Poland),
invited speaker and poster's co-author
•
7-10 IX 2004 – International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems (Cracow,
Poland), poster presentation
•
5-6 IX 2004 – E-MRS Fall Meeting (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker and poster's
co-author
•
26 VI 2004 – Andreas Albrecht's Tribute Symposium (Ithaca, USA), speaker
•
19-20 XII 2001 – RSC Solid State Group Christmas Meeting (Birmingham, UK),
poster's co-author
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16-22 VIII 2000 – 15th International Jahn-Teller Symposium “Vibronic Interactions
in Crystals and Molecules” (Boston, USA), invited speaker
•
5-10 IX 1999 – 50th ISE Meeting: “200 Years of Electrochemical Energy
Conversion” (Pavia, Italy), poster's co-author
•
22-25 VIII 1998 – 2nd International Conference: ”Vibrational Spectroscopy in
Materials Science” (Kraków, Poland), poster presentation
•
21-25 VIII 1995 – 6th International Frumkin Symposium: “Fundamental Aspects of
Electrochemistry” (Moscow, Russia), poster's co-author
94
lectures in scientific institutions in Poland (53) and abroad (41):
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“Cornucopia of surprises from Ag(2+), a heavier analogue of Cu(2+)”, University
of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Nov 2020 (postponed due to coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
“Where should Helium be placed in the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements?”, La
Laguna University, Tenerife, Spain, Blas Cabrera Seminar, Aug 2020 (postponed due to coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
“Not all silver that glitters: peculiarities of divalent silver”, La Laguna
University, Tenerife, Spain, Blas Cabrera Seminar, Aug 2020 (postponed due to coronavirus outbreak, upcoming)
•
“Electric current without paying a penny for your energy transmission bill”,
CeNT, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, CCeNT webinar, 7 May 2021 (upcoming)
•
“The new discoveries in chemistry”, Univ. of Warsaw, Poland, Seminar for PhD
students of strict, natural and life sciences, 17 Mar 2021
•
“Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials, LTNFM”, CeNT,
University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Feb 2021
•
“Towards greener storage and transfer of energy”, Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 31 Jan 2020 (Distinguished Visitor Lecture)
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“Remarkable fluoroargentates(II) – the ultimate siblings of oxocuprates”,
University of Geneva, Switzerland, 20 Jan 2020
•
“A few words about elements which are more electronegative than fluorine”, Adam
Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, Koroniak Festschrift, 6 Dec 2019
•
“Silverland, terra (still) incognita of divalent silver (Ag2+)”,
University of Cologne, Germany, 6 Nov 2019
•
“Maximum Hardness Principle applied to solids”, RWTH Aachen, Germany, 5 Nov
2019
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“Not all silver that glitters…”, National Children Fund, Serock, Poland, 30 Apr
2019
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“Silver fluorides hosting immensely strong superexchange as candidates for
novel superconductors”, HP-Star, Shanghai, China, 5 Nov 2018
•
“Not all silver that glitters: new magnetic and electronic materials based on
Ag(2+)”, Faculty of Physics, Hong-Kong University of Science & Technology,
Hong-Kong, China, 31 Oct 2018
•
"From one-dimensional magnets to novel high-TC superconductor precursors",
Faculty of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 19 May 2018
•
"Emerging electronic and magnetic materials based on Ag(2+)", ICQM,
Peking University, Beijing, China, 16 May 2018
•
“Silver route to cuprate analogs”, Department of Physics, Univ. of Warsaw,
Warsaw, 20 Apr 2018
•
“Made in LTNMF”, 1st Session of CeNT,
Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw, 15 Mar 2018
•
“Unusual silver(II) fluorides”, Press conference, CeNT, Univ. of Warsaw,
Warsaw, 5 Jul 2017
• "Silverland: dziwolągi w chemii i fizyce związków dwuwartościowego srebra", Workshop of KFnRD, Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw, 23 Jun 2017
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"Silverland: the peculiarities of chemistry and physics of the compounds
of divalent silver", Univ. of Gdansk, Gdansk, 22 May 2017
•
"From hydrogen storage materials, via magnetic hydrides, towards H-rich
metals and superconductors", Nanyang Techn. Univ., Singapore, 22 Jul 2016
•
"New advances in hydrogen-rich materials from the HYDRA project",
Inst. Chem. Phys., Chin. Acad. Sci., Dalian, China, 12 Jul 2016
•
"The Maximum Hardness Principle: systems, reactions, phenomena",
Univ. of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 29 Jun 2016
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"Everything you would like to know about divalent silver but are afraid to
ask", Univ. of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 27 Jun 2016
•
"Chemistry and physics of silver(II): a cornucopia of peculiarities",
RWTH, Aachen Univ., Germany, 17 Jun 2016
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"The Maximum Hardness Principle at ambient and elevated pressure",
CSEC, Univ. Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 21 Apr 2016
•
"Very strong magnetic superexchange, oxidizing properties, and other
peculiarities of Ag(II) compounds", Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK, 20
Apr 2016
•
"Quantum systems (molecular and in the solid state) – a drama in several
acts", UMK, Torun, Poland, 14 May 2015
•
"Ag(II) – oxidizer par excellence", Freie Univ., Berlin, Germany, 13
Apr 2015
•
"Modern Fluorine Chemistry", 15hrs invited lecture cycle for PhD
students @ AUM, Poznan, Poland, 9-10 & 20-21 Apr 2015
•
"The Pressure is On (a few impressions from a chemist)", CSEC, Univ.
Edinburgh, UK, 9 Jan 2015
•
"Chemistry is fun!", the meeting of Nanorurki Student Organization
(physics) “Opowieści nanotreści”, Grochownia club, Warsaw 30 Oct 2014
•
"LTNFM in a pill", the first CENT seminar, University of Warsaw,
Warsaw 15 Oct 2014
•
"Fluorine chemistry enabling new energy storage technologies", Dept.
Inorg.Chem., Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana 4 Jul 2014
•
"Quantum chemical systems of all flavours", Dept. of Appl. Chem.,
National Chiao Tung University (Hsinchu, Taiwan), 6 Jun 2014
•
"New developments in hydridic and protonic/hydridic hydrogen storage
materials", Dept. of Mater. Sci., Fudan University (Shanghai), 2 Jun 2014
•
"New hydrogen storage technologies from the University of Warsaw",
Inst. for Adv. Mater. Res., Hiroshima University, 26 May 2014
•
"Everything you would like to know about diamonds - but are afraid to
ask", Thursday Meetings of the Polish Society of Chemistry, Warsaw
(Poland), 13 Mar 2014
•
“Chemical inertness of helium and neon: The great challenge” E-Free talk @
Geophys. Lab, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington DC, USA, 26 Jun 2013
•
“Chemistry of silver, fluorine, hydrogen and noble gases: examples of
interesting structures and physicochemical properties” Fac. Chemistry, Univ.
Warsaw, Warsaw Poland, 12 Jun 2013
•
“Can one oxidize helium?” National Fund for Talented Children course, Serock,
Poland, 29 Apr 2013
•
“Fascinating magnetic properties of the compounds of Ag(2+), a heavier congener
of Cu(2+)”, Fac. Physics, Univ. Warsaw, Warsaw Poland, 19 Apr 2013
•
“The chemical stew: noble gases, strong oxidizers, hydrides and fluorides in
one pot and at high pressure”, Meetings of the Fullerene Student Organization
(chemistry) “Mam ochotę na chemię”, 18 Apr 2013
•
“Chemical inertness of helium and neon: The great challenge”, Wroclaw Univ.,
Wroclaw Poland, 9 Apr 2013
•
“Fluorine chemistry enabling some unusual oxo- chemistry”, Jagiellonian Univ.,
Cracow Poland, 1 Mar 2013 (for advanced materials and nanotechnology students)
•
“Challenges and achievements of the TEAM project”, press conference @ Univ.
Warsaw, Poland, 22 Jan 2013
•
“Properties of fluorinated materials from quantum chemical methods”, Freie
Univ., Berlin Germany, 23 Nov 2012 (graduate school on F chemistry)
•
“Fluorine chemistry enabling some unusual oxo- chemistry”, Humboldt Univ.,
Berlin Germany, 22 Nov 2012 (graduate school on F chemistry)
•
“Unusual compounds of Ag(2+) – why they are excellent candidates for new
high-TC SCs” E-Free talk @ Geophys. Lab, Carnegie Inst. of Washington,
Washington DC, USA, 26 Sep 2012
•
“Higher oxidation states of silver - and their physico-chemical peculiarities”
Univ. of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, 27 Jul 2012
•
“Compounds of Ag(2+) and Ag(3+) - their physicochemical peculiarities and first
experiments at high pressure” Univ. of Mainz, Mainz, 1 Jul 2012
•
“Compounds of Ag(2+) and Ag(3+) - a cornucopia of unusual chemical and physical
phenomena” Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, 20 Jun 2012
•
“High-pressure – what it can do to electronic, magnetic and energy storage
materials” Univ. of Leipzig, Leipzig, 24 Apr 2012
•
“silverAge – Siarkopol & Univ. of Warsaw – potential for cooperation”
SIARKOPOL, Osiek, 5 Apr 2011
•
“Silver(2+) – a short thriller about an unusual electron thieve” IBB PAN,
Warsaw, 3 Mar 2011 (KFnrD workshop)
•
„From vibrational spectroscopy to chemistry of noble gases a.k.a. one’s
fascination in chemistry” ICM, The Univ. of Warsaw, 15 Oct
2010 lecture_in_Polish
•
„You love diamonds? You will love expanded diamonds even more!” ICM, The Univ.
of Warsaw, 23 Apr 2010
•
„Modeling and experiment – two approaches of modern inorganic chemistry.
Profile of LTNMF ICM UW in a pill.” ICM, The Univ. of Warsaw, 12 Feb 2010 &
21 May 2010
• "Idź złoto do złota, a my Polacy kochamy się w … srebrze – słów kilka o niezwykłych własnościach związków dwuwartościowego srebra", Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 10 Feb 2010 (Pol. Soc. Chem. colloquium)
•
"Przez fonony do trwałych struktur: przykłady zastosowań nowego algorytmu
poszukiwania minimów energii w chemii nieorganicznej", Inst. Nuclear Physics PAN,
Cracow, 9 Feb 2010
•
"Quo vadis noble gas chemistry?", Universita de la Tuscia, Viterbo, 9
Jun 2009
•
"Quest for superconductivity in compounds of divalent silver: 8 years
after the prediction ", Jozef Stefan Institute Seminar, Ljubljana, 5 Jun
2009 see video
•
"Copper, silver and gold - different, different, different!",
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 3 Jun
2009
•
"Use of powder XRD for investigations carried out in the LTNFM UW",
LBS, Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw, 26 Nov 2008
•
"Unusual oxidation states, unusual bonds and The Realm of High
Pressure", Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, 2 Jun
2008
•
"Between Zero and Infinity", MKTI conference, Warsaw, 22 Feb
2008
•
"Putting the squeeze on AgF2", Winter Grant Session of KDM@ICM,
Jadwisin, 10 Mar 2007
•
“At Non–Stochastic Paths of the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional
Materials, ICM”, ICM, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 7 Sep 2006
•
“Cs2AgF4 - ferromagnetic analogue of oxocuprate superconductors, Department of
Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 19 May 2006
•
"New kind of molecular memory based on intramolecular 2e– redox
reaction", Winter Grant Session of KDM@ICM, Piecki, 18 Feb 2006
•
"Investigations of the electronic and phononic structure of novel
fluorides of Ag(II), multinary hydrides and derivatives of MgB2", Winter
Grant Session of KDM@ICM, Piecki, 18 Feb 2006
•
"Dawn of the new chemistry - on the atypical compounds of gases, which
once have been called 'noble' ", Winter School of Student Section of The
Polish Chemical Society, Warsaw, 10 Dec 2005
•
"Titanium–Substituted Hydrocarbons", Department of Chemistry, The
University of Warsaw (Poland), 4 Nov 2005
•
"Hydrogen Wars i.e. the fall of the fossil fuels era", Inauguration
of the Academic Year at the Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw
(Poland), 30 Sep 2005
•
"When I am Squeezing Molecules ... i.e. Chemistry at Ultra-High Pressures",
ChemSession II, Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 13
May 2005,
•
"When I am Squeezing Molecules ... i.e. Chemistry at Ultra-High
Pressures", Department of Chemistry, The Nicolaus Copernicus
University of Torun (Poland), 27 Apr 2005
•
"When I am Squeezing Molecules ... i.e. Chemistry at Ultra-High
Pressures", the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Chemistry,
University of Warsaw, 28 Oct 2005
•
"From generic 2e– electromerism towards a novel mnemonic device",
Geophysical Laboratory, The Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington DC,
US), 3 Feb 2005
•
"Possibility of Metallizing Silane at High Pressure - a DFT Study",
Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 5 Nov 2004
•
"Hunt for the Novel Families of High-Tc Superconductors: Fluorides and
Hydrides", Chemistry Department, McMaster University (Hamilton ON,
Canada), 20 Jul 2004
•
"Hydrogen storage for transportation; Challenges and tasks of
chemistry", Geophysical Laboratory, The Carnegie Institution of Washington
(Washington DC, US), 7 Jul 2004
•
"Hunt for the Novel Families of High-Tc Superconductors: Fluorides and
Hydrides", Geophysical Laboratory, The Carnegie Institution of Washington
(Washington DC, US), 6 Jul 2004
•
"Everything you would like to know on use of the ultra-high pressures in
chemistry, but are afraid to ask", Department of Chemistry, The University
of Warsaw (Poland), 3 Mar 2004
•
"Dawn of the new chemistry - on the atypical compounds of gases, which
once have been called 'noble' ", Department of Chemistry, The University
of Warsaw (Poland), 27 Feb 2004
•
"Vehicles fueled with hydrogen - the near future or a fiction?",
Thursday Meetings of the Polish Society of Chemistry, Warsaw (Poland), 26 Feb
2004
•
"Deliberate choice of the chemical elements of the Mendeleyev's Grand
Periodic Table as crucial factor in the construction of new materials",
Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 17 Jan 2004
•
"On the common yet desperately–avoided bond lengths in a 'magic state' of
solid matter", Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland),
13 Jan 2004
•
"The low-barrier H2 absorption and molecular memory – what do they have in
common?", Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 21
Nov 2003
•
"How to earn billion dollars? The issue of hydrogen storage for
transportation", Jozef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia), 9 Sept
2003
•
"Unusual fluorides of silver at high oxidation states", Jozef Stefan
Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia), 8 Sept 2003
•
"Theoretical Quest for the Titanium–Substituted Hydrocarbons (TSHs). A
simple play on electronegativity", Department of Chemistry, The University
of Warsaw (Poland), 7 May 2003
•
"Unusual fluorides of silver at high oxidation states", Department of
Chemistry, The University of Gdansk (Poland), 4 Dec 2002
•
"Problems of Hydrogen Storage for Transportation. How Theory Can
Help?" as above, 5 Dec 2002
•
"Applied Quantum Chemistry" Laboratory of Quantum Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw (Poland), 11 April 2002
•
"Chemistry of Vibronic Coupling" Department of Chemistry, The
University of Warsaw (Poland), 1 March 2002
Professional
Funding:
Between
2005 and 2020 WG’s laboratory attracted funding equivalent of +10.25 mln
euro
•
2020: Preludium project of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by M.
Domański tutored by WG /40,000 euro/
•
2020: CYCLO OPUS project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by P. J.
Leszczynski /200,000 euro/
•
2019: SONATA BIS project of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by K.
Fijalkowski /646,000 euro/
•
2018: Two Preludium projects of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by W.
Wegner & J. Gawraczyński tutored by WG /100,000 euro/
•
2018: MAESTRO project of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by WG
/800,000 euro/
•
up to 2017: BST funds @ CeNT since 2012 (Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education), headed by WG /50,000 euro/
•
2017: Territorial contract project from the Mazovian Voivodship (PL), headed by
WG /450,000 euro/ - part of the larger project @ CeNT – participation of Univ.
Warsaw cancelled
•
2017: Two Preludium projects of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by A.
Grzelak & R. Owarzany tutored by WG /83,000 euro/
•
2017: BEETHOVEN project from the NCN headed by WG /260,000 euro/
•
2017: TANGO project from the NCBiR/NCN headed by K. Fijalkowski /150,000 euro/
•
2017: HOMING Plus project from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) headed
by T. Jaron /150,000 euro/
•
2016: SONATA BIS project from NCN headed by A. Szczurek /350,000 euro/
•
2016: TANGO project from NCN & NCBiR headed by K. Fijalkowski /150,000
euro/
•
2016: HiOx OPUS project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by P.
Szarek /150,000 euro/
•
2016: SONATA project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by T. Jaron
/155,000 euro/
•
2016: Diamond project from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
headed by P. Orłowski & tutored by WG /50,000 euro/
•
2014: MOBILITY PLUS project from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education, headed by K. Fijalkowski /80,000 euro/
•
2016: HOMING Plus project from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) headed
by P. Malinowski /175,000 euro/
•
2016: BIS-TRIS OPUS project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed
by P. Szarek /130,000 euro/
•
2016: ACTIVE-OX OPUS project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by
P. J. Leszczynski /100,000 euro/
•
2015: SONATA8 project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by P.
Malinowski /145,000 euro/
•
2015: Hydra OPUS project from the National Science Centre (NCN) /300,000 euro/
•
2015: SONATA7 project from the National Science Centre (NCN) headed by D.
Kurzydlowski /125,000 euro/
•
2014: MOBILITY PLUS project from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education, headed by T. Jaron /130,000 euro/
•
2014: Diamond project from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
headed by W. Wegner & tutored by WG /50,000 euro/
•
2014: UOTT (University Technology Transfer Office) Project LOOP /5,000 euro/
•
up to 2013: BST funds @ ICM & Faculty of Chemistry since 2006 (Polish
Ministry of Science and Higher Education), headed by WG /200,000 euro/
•
2013: MOBILITY PLUS projects from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education, headed by D. Kurzydlowski & P. Malinowski /150,000 euro/
•
2013: FUGA project from the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by P. Szarek
tutored by WG /50,000 euro/
•
2013: One Preludium project of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by T.
Michalowski tutored by WG /23,000 euro/
•
2013: High Pressure HARMONY project of the National Science Centre (NCN)
/202,000 euro/
•
2012: Two Preludium projects of the National Science Centre (NCN), headed by K.
Fijalkowski & T. Jaron tutored by WG /72,400 euro/
•
2011: Two Iuventus Plus projects from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher
Education, headed by K. Fijalkowski & T. Jaron tutored by WG /153,000 euro/
•
2011: AgCENT: novel unique magnetic and electronic materials based on Ag(II)
compounds /217,000 euro/
•
2010: Annex to SPUB grant from Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
/147,300 euro/
•
2010: Annex to TEAM grant from the Foundation for Polish Science, FNP /80,000
euro/
•
2009: Grant for LTNMF’s research within the Center for Pre-clinical Research
and Technology (CEPT) /2.2 mln euro/
•
2008: The TEAM grant from the Foundation for Polish Science, FNP /440,000
euro/
•
2008: EC 6th FP, Annex to Marie Curie Research Training Network ‘Hydrogen’ 3,54
mln euro /147,300 euro/
•
2007: Search for superconductivity in fluorides of Ag and Au, oxocuprates and
compounds of noble gases – three small grants (2xBST + KBN) of the Polish State
Committee for Scientific Research /50,000 euro/
•
2006: SPUB grant from Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education /270,000
euro/
•
2006: EC 6th FP, Marie Curie Research Training Network ‘Hydrogen’ 3,54 mln euro
/270,000 euro/
•
up to 2005: BST funds @ Faculty of Chemistry since 2003 (Polish Ministry of
Science and Higher Education), headed by WG /50,000 euro/
•
2005: structural grant for the Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional
Materials /225,000 USD/
•
2002: Hydrogen storage in the solid state – two grants (BW & KBN) of the
Polish State Committee for Scientific Research /36,000 USD/
•
2001: Search for superconductivity in doped fluorides of Ag(II) – grant of the
Crescendum est Polonia Foundation /61,500 USD/
•
2001: informal participant of the EC Project Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Store for
Integration into Automobiles (FUCHSIA) /€ 3 mln/ (ENK6-CT-2000-00318) @
the University of Birmingham, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
•
2000, May. – 2000, Sept.: Single molecule detection with SERRS project in
cooperation with Prof. Dwayne Miller, at the Photonics Research Ontario and the
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto (Canada)
•
1998 – Mnemon project with Prof. Lucjan Piela, at the Dept. of Chemistry,
University of Warsaw, Quantum Chemistry Laboratory, Warsaw (Poland)
Present
occupation (permanent):
Full
(tenured) Professor at the University of Warsaw and Head of the Laboratory of
Technology of Novel Functional Materials at the Center for New Technologies
(CENT), The University of Warsaw.
This
occupation involves research, teaching and supervision of bachelor,
undergraduate and graduate students, and postdocs.
Other
professional activities:
•
2023: serving as a member of International Advisory Board of the 23rd International
Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry – 9th International
Symposium on Fluorous Technologies (Quebec City, Canada, July 18-23, 2021) upcoming,
moved from 2021 to 2023
•
2023: serving as a member of International Advisory Board of the 20th European Symposium
on Fluorine Chemistry (Berlin, Germany, Aug 14-19, 2022) upcoming
•
2021: serving for Scientific Board of the EMRS Fall Meeting 2020, Symposium G
(Warsaw, Poland, 14-17 Sep 2020) upcoming,
moved from 2020 to 2021
•
2021- voted to be a member of the Warsaw Scientific Society (TNW), section III
•
2021-4 serving for Council of Scientific Discipline (in the field of chemistry)
of the University of Warsaw
•
2021- serving for Expert Workgroup of the Ministry of Climate and Environment
(Hydrogen economy)
•
2021 serving for Evaluation Commission of CeNT UW employees (chairman)
• 2020: serving for Advisory Board of the 3rd Symposium on Ab Initio Calculations (Cracow, Poland, 26-27 May 2020) cancelled due to coronavirus pandemia
•
2019-: serving for Advisory Board of the Journal of the European Society of
Mathematical Chemistry
•
2019: serving as an Organizing Committee Member for symposium “Magnetic Materials
2019” (Barcelona, Spain, Oct 16-17, 2019)
•
2019-2002: serving for Scientific Board of Polish edition of EUCYS (managed by
Polish Children's Fund)
•
2019: serving as a Chairman of the Symposium “150 years of The Periodic Table of
Chemical Elements” (Warsaw, Poland, 30 Sep 2019)
•
2019: serving (with B. Becker) as a Chairman of Inorganic chemistry section of
the 62nd Polish Chemical Society Meeting, celebrating
100th anniv. of The Society (Warsaw, Poland, 2-6 Sep
2019)
•
2019: serving as a Chairman of the 19th European Symposium on
Fluorine Chemistry (Warsaw, Poland, 25-31 Aug 2019)
•
2018-: serving for Advisory Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
(Elsevier)
•
2018-: serving as a Chairman of Expert Panel for mobility programs of NAWA
agency (Bekker, Polish Returns)
•
2018: serving for Advisory Board of the 2nd Symposium on Ab
Initio Calculations (Cracow, Poland, 12-13 Mar 2018)
•
2017: serving for Organizing Board of 3rd FunMat 2017 (Cracow,
Poland, 8-10 Nov 2017)
•
2017: organizer (with Eva Zurek) of the Roald Hoffmann Festschrift Symposium,
254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Washington DC, USA, 20-24 Aug
2017)
•
2016-: member of the European Society of Mathematical Chemistry
•
2016: serving for International Advisory Board of the 18th European Fluorine
Symposium (Kiev, Ukraine, 7-12 Aug 2016)
•
2015-2019: member of the Interdisciplinary Panel of the ‘Mobility Plus’ program
of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (second term)
•
2015-: member of AIRAPT
•
2015-: member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference 2nd
FUNMAT 2015 (Cracow, 18-20 Nov 2015)
•
2014-: member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference
NANOFUNMAT 2014 (Pultusk, 15-18 Jun 2014)
•
2014-: serving for the Expert Panel of the Foundation for Polish Science
(‘Praxis’ program)
•
2014: serving for Scientific Board of Sci. Rep. (open access journal, Nature
Group, UK)
•
2013-: serving as a member of the voting body for the International Henri
Moissan Award
•
2013-: serving for the Expert Panel of the National Science Center NCN
(‘Synthesis/Materials’)
•
2013-: member of the Polish Chemical Society PTCh
•
2013: serving for International Advisory Board of the 17th European Fluorine
Symposium (Paris, France, 21-25 Jul 2013)
•
2011-: serving for the Expert Panel of the Foundation for Polish Science (‘Ventures’
program)
•
2011: member of the Interdisciplinary Panel of the ‘Mobility Plus’ program of
the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
•
2011-2015: serving for the Expert Panel of the Foundation for Polish Science (‘Columbus’
program)
•
2010-11: ACS member (division of Fluorine chemistry)
•
2010: serving for Scientific Board of the International Conference ‘Nano and
Surface Science Approaches to Production and Storage of Hydrogen’, (Noordwijkerhout,
The Netherlands, 14-19 November 2010)
•
2009: organizer of the International Conference ‘Hydrogen for the future’ (the
3rd RTN Meeting, Warsaw 21-25 Oct 2009)
•
2009- member of the steering committee of the International and European
Symposia on Fluorine Chemistry
•
2007- : member of the Scientific Council of the Crescendum-Est Polonia
Foundation (Poland)
•
2007-2010: member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal
of Materials Chemistry (RSC, UK)
•
2006-2013: member of the Scientific Council of ICM, The University of Warsaw
(Poland)
•
2006: scientific advisor to The Kosciuszko Foundation (USA/PL), Polish Academic
Commission
•
2004: featured in the 2004 calendar ‘People and Passions’ commemorating
Poland’s accession to the EU
•
2003: seminar on management consulting organized by McKinsey & Company,
Poland
•
2002: review of the concept of FIRE foundation for the Polish Federation of
Private Enterpreneurs
•
2002: establishing contacts with 3TS Venture Partners (an European venture
capital company)
•
2002: meetings on successful shift from R&D to running own spin-off, at the
residence of Science Attache of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw, Dr.
K. Buschbeck
•
2001: consulting for the Capital Conceptions company (Texas)
•
1998- : cooperation with National Fund for Talented Children
Sci-pop
and related activities:
•
2020: interview for naukovo.pl about Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-OqdAXWsMc)
•
2019: volume of chemical limercs ‘Chimeryki’ (with A. Pron) commemorating the
150th anniversary of Mendeleyev’s Periodic Table of Elements
•
2018: article for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on 2D AgF2 antiferromagnet,
analogue of oxocuprates(II)
•
2017: article for UW/CeNT www on new unusual type of nanotubes
•
2017: article for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on record strong magnetic superexchange and
other recent discoveries
•
2016: article for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on magnetic properties of double perovskite M2AgF4 phases
•
2014-: teaching science to students of humanities (Artes Liberales college @
the Univ. of Warsaw)
•
2014: article in Orbital (Pol. Chem. Soc.) about most cited papers of chemists
with Polish affiliation
•
2014: biography of Prof. Lucjan Piela (article in Orbital, Pol. Chem. Soc.)
•
2013: article for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on magnetic properties of KAgF3 (published in
Jul/Aug 2013 issue)
•
2013: article for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on goals and achievements of the TEAM
projects (published in Mar/Apr 2013 issue)
•
2013: interview for “Voice of Polish Science” bulletin of the “Warsaw Voice”
•
2012: two articles for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on water vapour sponge material, and on
HeO molecule trapped between LiF dipoles (published in Oct & Nov 2012
issues)
•
2012: book review for Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.
•
2012: pop-sci article with K. Fijalkowski about superconductivity
(Georgian-Polish collab.)
•
2012: interview for POLSAT TV on Center for Novel Technologies (‘Copernicus’
program)
•
2011: two articles for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on thermal decomposition of AgSO4, and
on unusual crystal structure by accident (published in Sep 2011 issue)
•
2011: article in CIECH newsletter (www.ciech.com) on ‘Polish discoverer of the
year in the field of chemistry 2010’ (March issue)
•
2011: article by L. Piela et al. for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on the mission of
University
•
2010: interview, with Mr. A. J. Churchard, for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ on catalysts for
H2 storage (published in Dec 2010 issue)
•
2010: interview, with Mr. A. J. Churchard, for Polish Radio on catalysts for H2
storage (12 Oct 2010)
•
2010: participation in the 14th Scientific Picknick of the Polish Radio, Warsaw
(12 Jun 2010)
•
2010: interview for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ about the first synthesis and unusual
properties of AgSO4 (Mar 2010)
•
2008: interview for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ about design of novel molecules containing
chemically bound helium (Dec 2008)
•
2008: interview for ‘Kaleidoscope’ – a monthly in-flight magazine of LOT Polish
Airlines (Mar 2008)
•
2007: interview for ‘Kwartalnik UW’ about research conducted by LTNFM (Oct
2007)
•
2006: interview for Sparing web portal (www.sparing.pl)
•
2006: interview for ‘The Warsaw Voice’ on the future of H2–fueled vehicles (Feb
2006)
•
2005: interview for Polish TV1 on current status of hydrogen storage
technologies ('Symulator Faktu' 28 Oct 2005)
•
2003: interview for the Department of Environment Protection of IKEA on novel
environmentally benign technologies, and couple of interviews for Polish
radio
•
2003: website review for Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.
Publications:
Ca.
180 papers in international journals, including 12 reviews/features/history
papers (two in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. and Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., one in
Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Funct. Mater., J. Mater. Chem., Phil. Trans.
A, Crystals, J. Fluor. Chem., J. Supercond. Novel Magnet.), 4 book chapters and
2 ACS conference abstracts. Click here for the list of
recent representative papers.
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