Scientific work​

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• IV.2022 - habilitation (DSc)

• I.2020 - PI at the IPC PAS.

• V.2016 - III.2018 - post doc fellow at the Institute for Basic Science, Center for Soft and Living Matter, Ulsan, South Korea (group of Professor Bartosz A. Grzybowski).

• since XI.2012- adjunct assistant professor (adiunkt), leader of “Bio-inspired functional nanomaterials” unit within Soft Condensed Matter  group (leader Professor Robert Hołyst), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

• V.2016- III.2018 research fellow in Professor Bartosz Grzybowski group in IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter, Ulsan, South Korea

• X.2013-XII.2013 visiting scholar within TOP500 Innovators program, internship in Professor Sanjay Kumar group, UC Berkeley, CA, USA

• VII.2009-X.2012 PhD with Professor Robert Holyst in the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

• I.2005-V.2009 research work in Professor Bernard Juskowiak group, Laboratory of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

• I.2008-IX.2008 “Researcher from abroad” position in Professor Bo Akerstrom group, Biomedical Centrum, Section for Infection Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

• I.2008-VI.2008 research work in dr Jan Pallon group, Department of Nuclear Physics, Lund University, Sweden

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• VII.2013 “Challenges for Leadership in Teams”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

• VII.2012 “Ignite”, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

• IV.2012 “Enterprisers” Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Wyboston Lakes, UK

 

• IV.2013 – Lund University, Sweden (two weeks)

• XII.2010 – Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bucharest, Romania (one week)

• VIII.2009 – Department of Molecular Biology, Gdańsk University, Poland (one week)

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Reviewer for National Science Centre, Langmuir, Chemistry – A European Journal, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,  Applied Surface Science, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Reactive and Functional Polymers, Current Smart Materials, Colloid and Polymer Science and others.

 

Grants

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• 2020-2023 leader of OPUS 2019/35/B/ST5/03229 grant, founded by National Science Center (Poland) around 300 000 $

• IV.2018-I.2023 leader of SONATA BIS DEC 2017/26/E/ST4/00041 grant, founded by National Science Center (Poland) around 400 000 $

• XII.2014-XII.2015 leader of INTER 74/UD/SKILLS/2014 grant founded by Foundation for Polish Science

• VIII.2014-VII.2015 contractor within IMPULS grant founded by Foundation for Polish Science (leader dr Wybrańska) around 30 000 $

• VII.2013-VII.2016 leader of SONATA DEC-2012/07/D/ST5/02240 grant, founded by National Science Center (Poland) around 160 000 $

• VII.2013-II.2015 leader of Iuventus Plus IP2012 046572 founded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) around 80 000 $

• VII.2013-VII.2016 main contractor within OPUS grant founded by National Science Centre (leader Prof. Gregorowicz) around 250 000 $

• VII.2013 travel grant from MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, for short course “Challenges in Leadership in Teams”

• X.2009-X.2013 contractor „Quantum semiconductor nanostructures for applications in biology and medicine” POIG.01.01.02-00-008/08 around 5 000 000 $

• I.2012-VI.2013 leader of PRELUDIUM DEC-2011/01/N/ST5/02917 grant founded by National Science Centre around 40 000 $

• XII.2009-X.2012 scholarship within Foundation for Polish Science TEAM/2008-2/2 grant (leader professor Robert Hołyst)

• XII.2010-X.2012 personal grant within Sub-measure 8.2.2 Regional Innovation Strategies for PhD students from Lubuskie District DFS.VI.3361-4-37-033/10

• V.2012 and VII.2012 travel grant within SKILLS program by Foundation for Polish Science (participation in workshops on intellectual properties rights in Cambridge, UK)

• X.2011 travel grant British Council grant for participation in KORANET (Seoul, South Korea)

• III.2011 travel grant Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker travel grant 13th JCF Frühjahrssymposium (Erlangen, Germany)

• III.2010 travel grant Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker travel grant 12th JCF Frühjahrssymposium (Gottingen, Germany)

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Achievements and awards

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• 2020 Beneficiary of Matsumae International Foundation scholarship

• VI.2016 Laureate of „Young Researchers of IPC PAS 2016” competition

• IV.2016 Gold medal and special prize by Korea Invention Promotion Association 44th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneve

• IX.2015 Awarded three years scholarship for Outstanding Young Researchers by Ministry of Science and Higher Education

• V.2015 Recipient of START 2015 scholarship awarded by Foundation for Polish Science

• V.2015 Laureate of „Young Researchers of IPC PAS 2015” competition

• IV.2015 Finalist of FameLab 2015 Poland

• XI.2014 3rd Award INTER 2014 by Foundation for Polish Science

• X.2014 Four medals (Glory Medal, Gold Medal and two Silver Medals) during 8th International Warsaw Invention Show IWIS 2014

• VII.2014 3rd degree Wojciech Swiętosławski Award by Polish Chemical Society

• VI.2014 Laureate of „Young Chemists of IPC PAS 2014” competition

• VI.2014 Recipient of START 2014 scholarship awarded by Foundation for Polish Science

• IV.2014 Silver Medal during 42nd International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland

• III.2014 Winner of “Student – Inventor” competition organized by Kielce University of Technology

• 20.X.2013 Winner of Scientific Award 2013 competition of the Polityka magazine

• V.2013 Laureate of „Young Chemists of IPC PAS 2013” competition

• IV.2013 TOP500 Innovators programme (by Ministery of Science and Higher Education) participant

• X.2012 Winner of EDUinspiracje 2012 contest

• 5.XII.2009 Honorary member of Scientific Association of Chemists at Adam Mickiewicz University

• 1.X.2009 Adam Mickiewicz University Award for the best grad student

• 30.IX.2009 Magna Cum Laude medal, Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University

• IX.2008 – VI.2009 Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland Scholarship

• I.2008 – X.2008 Kulczyk Family Foundation Scholarship

• VI.2008 – IX.2008 Scholarship for researchers from abroad, Lund (Sweden)

• IX.2007 – VI.2008 Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland Scholarship

• IX.2005 – VI.2009 Scientific Scholarship founded by Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University

 

Conferences

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Participant of over 40 conferences, among others:

• 09-13.VII.2018 Viruses of Microbes, Wrocław, Poland

• 15-18.IX.2015 European Materials Research Society Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, invited talk

• 17.V.2014 Symbioza symposium, Warsaw, Poland, plenary lecture

• 15-19.IX.2013 International Soft Matter Conference 2013, Rome (Italy)

• 12.IX.2013 Taiwan-Poland Workshop on Material Research, Warsaw, Poland, invited talk

• 23.VI-27.VI.2013 87th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA, (USA) (oral presentation)

• 16.VI-19.VI.2013 3rd Summer Symposium on Nanomaterials and their application in Biology and Medicine, Poznań (Poland), invited talk

• 28.II-1.III.2013 ERC meeting, Vienna (Austria)

• 10th-14th.VII.2012 ICOMF14, Paris (France)

• 24th-29th.VI.2012 NanoSEA, Cagliari (Italy) (oral presentation)

• 19th.X.2011, KORANET, Seoul (South Korea)

• 22nd-26th.III.2011, 13th JCF Frühjahrssymposium”, Erlangen (Germany) (oral presentation)

• 5th-10th.IX.2010, 24th European Colloid and Surface Science Conference, Prague (Czech Republic)

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