Degrees and Titles:
PhD. in Chemistry - Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, 1977
Habilitation (D.Sc.) - Technical University of Wroclaw, 1985
Professor of Chemical Sciences – title awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, 2007
Scientific Community Service:
Member of the Council of the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) for 2018-2022
Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Knowledge
Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASC)
Research Interests and Expertise:
- Nonlinear optical materials and effects: Nonlinear absorption and refraction; second-order nonlinear optical effects and materials; third-order nonlinear optical effects and materials; nonlinear chirooptic effects.
- Nanophotonics and biophotonics: Nanoconfined structures and metamaterials; colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals; upconverting nanoparticles; plasmonic nanostructures; markers for nonlinear microscopy; light-activated theranostic systems.
- Electrical and related properties of organic solids: Photoconduction, photovoltaics and charge carrier mobility; photorefractive effect.
Membership of Learned Societies: SPIE, Optical Society of America, Polish Chemical Society.
Track Record: ~380 publications, >10000 citations, h-index=58.
Major Awards:
- Foundation for Polish Science “Welcome” award (2009)
- Poland Prime Minister Science Prize for outstanding achievements in scientific research (2015)
- City of Wroclaw Science Prize (2016)
- Foundation for Polish Science Prize (2016)
- Polish Chemical Society Jan Zawidzki Medal (2017)
- Sapienti Sat Medal from J. Sniadecki, K. Olszewski and Z. Wroblewski Association (2018)
- French-Polish Award in Chemistry awarded by the French Chemical Society (2019)
- Polish Chemical Society Jędrzej Śniadecki Medal (2020)