Group leader

2021 Profesor of the Warsaw University
2019/2020 Visiting Professor in the group of Professor Mircea Dincă at MIT
(7 months)
2019 Tenure (‘Habilitacja’) at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
2013 – now Head of the Supramolecular Chemistry Laboratory at the Biological and Chemical Research Centre of the University of Warsaw
2010 – now Adjunct at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw and the Head (since 2013) of the Supramolecular Chemistry Laboratory of the Biological and Chemical Research Centre of the University of Warsaw
2007-2009 Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Professor J.-M. Lehn (Nobel Laureate) at the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
2006-2007 Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Professor P. D. Beer at the Chemistry Department, University of Oxford
2005 Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Professor L. Latos-Grażyński at the Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University (3 months)
2003 Ph.D. graduation with honours at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Ph. D. supervisor: Professor Janusz Jurczak
1999 M. Sc. (Summa Cum Laude) at the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University

Honors & awards:

2020 Wiktor Kemula Scientific Prize from the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University
2019 Bekker Fellowship from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
2018
Rector of the University of Warsaw award for employees who contributed the most to the prestige and development of the University
2016
Member of the Committee of Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2012 Fellowship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young researchers
2011 Member of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2009 “Homing” grant and fellowship from The Foundation for Polish Science
2009 Honourable mention in the „Polityka” competition for young scientists „Zostańcie z nami”
2007 Marie Curie Intra-European Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005 Honourable Mention, Białkowski Award of the Society for the Advancement of Sciences and Arts for the best Ph.D. thesis in chemistry

Research interests:

  • Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) – post-synthetic modifications, applications in catalysis and in the construction of supercapacitors and batteries
  • Dynamic combinatorial chemistry inside MOFs
  • Supramolecular chemistry of anions – molecular receptors, sensors and transporters for anions
  • Rotaxanes and catenanes – anion templated synthesis, applications in anion sensing
  • Photoswitchable receptors and catalysts
  • Self-organisation of bioactive multivalent structures
  • Conducting polymers – synthesis of new monomers
  • Self-assembled monolayers – synthesis and applications for the construction of anion sensors