Committee
Honorary chairs
Alicja BACHMATIUK
Director of the Institute, Łukasiewicz – PORT
She defended her master’s thesis in chemical technology at the Szczecin University of Technology in 2005, in 2009 she obtained her Ph.D. degree at the same university. She obtained a postdoctoral degree in chemical sciences at the Warsaw University of Technology in 2017. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at IFW Dresden, Germany, as a scholarship holder of RTN Marie Curie and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2009-2012).
She worked as a Research Professor (2013-2015) at Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea. Since 2013 she has been conducting research on the production and characterization of two-dimensional materials, including graphene in cooperation with Polish and foreign research units. From 2015 she is a visiting professor at Soochow University, Suzhou, China. Winner of the Ministry of Education’s scholarship for outstanding young scientists (2016), implemented 4 research grants (Alexander von Humboldt, FNP Homing Plus, FNP TEAM-NET, NCN Sonata).
Currently, the manager of two research grants from the National Science Center and National Center for Research and Development.
Interests:
- two-dimensional materials chemistry & technology
- graphene
- carbon nanotubes
- chalcogenides
- catalysis
- photonic systems
- ceramic and polymer materials
Joanna CYBIŃSKA
Director of Materials Science & Engineering Center, Łukasiewicz – PORT; University of Wrocław
Joanna Cybińska, DSc is the Leader Advanced Materials Synthesis Group (AdMat Group) in Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development. Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wroclaw, her reseach activitiy is mainly concentrated on the on synthesis and optical investigations of inorganic luminophors, including crystals, but also nanomaterials, doped with lanthanide ions as luminescent centers.
She has been one of the Handling Editors of Optical Materials (Elsevier). She was secretary of many International conferences including: Excited States of Transition Elements and Workshop on Luminescence (ESTE2010 and ESTE2016), International Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Solids (ICL14), International Conference on Rare Earth Materials (REMAT) Advances in Synthesis, Studies and Applications, REMAT2013 and IS-OM8th.
Interests:
- lanthanide complexes
- ionic liquids
- synthesis of nanomaterials
- luminescent materials
- optical materials
- functional materials
Jarosław MYŚLIWIEC
Chairman of Materials Engineering Committee at the Wrocław branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Wrocław University of Science and Technology
PhD in Chemistry, Full Professor in Materials Science, employed at the Wroclaw Universityof Science and Technology. Head of the Soft Matter Optics Group. Chairman of Materials engineering committee at the Wrocław branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
His research activity is focused on micro- and nano photonics, non-linear optical effects in push-pull type of molecules, photochromic polymers and biopolymers, liquid crystal line systems and on the investigation of the light amplification properties (amplified spontaneous emission, lasing and random lasing) of organic systems.
Interests:
- disordered photonics
- nonlinear optics
- light amplification
- liquid crystals
- polymers an biopolymers
- luminescent dyes
- photochromic molecules
Scientific Secretaries
Maciej CZAJKOWSKI
Senior Research Engineer, Łukasiewicz – PORT
He completed master’s studies (2009) in Chemistry and doctoral studies (2014) at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. He participated in 9 research projects financed by the National Science Center, NCBR, FNP and POIG, including managing a project under the NCN SONATA 11 competition entitled “Production and characterization of new liquid crystal materials containing chiral ionic compounds for use in light modulators“.
Currently manages a project as part of the NCBiR LIDER XII competition entitled “Application of photonic crystals in originality security“.
Interests:
- photonic crystals
- liquid crystal materials
- luminescent dyes
- polymers
- ionic liquids
- holographic and thermochromic materials
Agnieszka BASZCZUK
Research Associate Professor, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Agnieszka Baszczuk is a researcher (associate professor) in the Department of Mechanics, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Her current scientific activity concerns the production of oxide materials using the sol-gel method, their morphological modification and chemical functionalization.
Interests:
- sol-gel materials
- surface functionalization
- photocatalytic materials
- photocatalytic coatings deposition
- structural and chemical characterization of inorganic materials (Raman spectroscopy, XRD)
Young Scientists Section
Franz STEPPELER
Research Engineer, Łukasiewicz – PORT
Franz completed his bachelor studies in Chemistry in 2016 at the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, followed by his master’s (2018) and doctoral studies (2023) at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. His interests lay in the production of chiral compounds by multi-step synthesis and the use of complementary analytical methods to identify and characterize them, alongside with optimization of the steps. His other scientific focus is the production and utilization of chiral materials for various applications.
Interests:
- synthetic chemistry
- chirality
- application, development and improvement of synthetic and productional protocols
Weronika ZAJĄC
Scientific and Technical Assistant, Łukasiewicz – PORT
Graduate of master’s studies in the field of Instrumental Analysis at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław. She is a PhD candidate in the field of natural sciences in the discipline of chemical sciences at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Wroclaw, as part of the Implementation Doctorate Program. She participated in the 3 research projects financed by the National Science Center, National Center for Research and Development.
Since 2021, she has been working at the Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development. Her main research interests are photonic crystals that change their properties under the influence of a specific analyte and photonic crystals doped with luminescent dyes.
Interests:
- photonic crystals
- luminescent dyes
- synthetic chemistry
- polymers
Local Scientific Committee
| Artur BEDNARKIEWICZ | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Andrzej BIAŁOWIEC | Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| Jacek ĆWIK | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Małgorzata GUZIK | University of Wrocław; Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development |
| Mariusz HASIAK | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Dariusz HRENIAK | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Irena JACUKOWICZ-SOBALA | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business |
| Marek JASIORSKI | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Robert KUDRAWIEC | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Anna ŁUKOWIAK | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Katarzyna MATCZYSZYN | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Marcin NYK | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Joanna OLESIAK-BAŃSKA | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Paweł SCHAROCH | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Jarosław SERAFIŃCZUK | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Wiesław STRĘK | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Lech SZNITKO | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Dominika WAWRZYŃCZYK | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| Eugeniusz ZYCH | University of Wrocław |
| Andrzej ŻAK | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
National Scientific Committee
| Bartłomiej CICHY | Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research (INTiBS), Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław |
| Dominik DOROSZ | AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków |
| Przemysław KULA | Military University of Technology (WAT), Warsaw |
| Antoni MORAWSKI | West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin |
| Wiktor PIECEK | Military University of Technology (WAT), Warsaw |
| Urszula STACHEWICZ | AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków |
| Konrad ŚWIERCZEK | AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków |
| Krzysztof WOJCIECHOWSKI | AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków |
International Scientific Committee
Wilfried BLANC
French National Centre for Scientific Research − CNRS, France
University Côte d’Azur, France
Doctor of physics, CNRS Research Director working at Fibre Optics and Applications Team of Institut of Physiquein Nice, France. He received the PhD degree at University Claude Bernard in Lyon. His main interests are the design and analysis of rare-earth-doped silica optical fibers for applications as transmission fibers and amplifying fibers for telecommunications, high-power fiber lasers, silica-based fibers containing nanoparticles of composition adapted to the intended application.
In 2019 he was one of Co-chair of 8th International Workshop on Photoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE) organized in Nice.
Georges BOULON
Claude Bernard University Lyon1, France
Emeritus Professor at Institut Lumière Matière (ILM), UMR5306 Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 (UCBLyon1) and CNRS in France. Doctor honoris causa of the Autonomous University of Madrid and University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona in Spain as well as University of Wrocław, Poland. An honorary member of the Academy of Sciences, Literature and Art in Lyon, a visiting Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai in Japan and Oklahoma City University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison in USA and Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China. He has been awarded by ICL’2011 International Prize from “Journal of Luminescence” Elsevier, in Ann Arbor, USA and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
He is physicist specializing in atomic and molecular spectroscopy of luminescent inorganic materials. His main interests are focused in structural and spectroscopic studies of d-and f-elements-doped inorganic optical materials in the form of single crystals, polycrystalline transparent ceramics and glasses with potential applications for lasers, phosphors, scintillators.
Luís CARLOS
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Aveiro and correspondent member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Physics) and Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Chemistry). Since 2009 he has been the vice-director of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials at Aveiro, Portugal.
His scientific work is focused on inorganic hybrids, silicates, nanocrystals and metal organic frameworks; applications of organic–inorganic hybrids in solid-state lighting and integrated optics, and nanoparticles as new probes for multimodal imaging.
Agata KAMIŃSKA
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, College of Science, Poland
Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Associate Professor at Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences and at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, College of Science, where since 2017 she is the Head of Physics Department. She is involved in a spectroscopic study of semiconductors (especially nitride and oxide layers or heterostructures), and rare earth ions doped materials (both dielectrics and semiconductors).
As a main research tool she use high-pressure technique, i.e. high-pressure spectroscopy in diamond anvil cell.
Gerd MEYER
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Universität zu Köln, Germany
Professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Most of his life he spent as a Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Cologne. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2009 and a member of the American and German Chemical Societies.
His scientific achievements are rich in transition and rare earth metals halide coordination chemistry. The interests of Prof. Meyer include evaluation of properties of solids, their optical and magnetic properties as well as structure determination.
Anja-Verena MUDRING
Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.Her main scientific interests focus on green chemistry and rear earth metals research. The thorough development of new environment friendly synthesis and luminescence materials stays in great agreement with her research motto.
She strongly believes that fusing theory with practice truly allows to understand the fundamental structure-property relationships with the aim to design new materials for energy related applications.
prof. Mark RÜMMELI
Soochow Univeristy, USA
Wuhan University, China
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Professor of chemistry, he spent several years working in the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Science, Dresden, in Germany, where he was responsible for founding the Molecular Nanostructures Group. Currently he works as a full professor at the College of Energy & at the Soochow Institute for Energy & Materials Innovations (SIEMIS), at Soochow University, in China. Professor Mark H. Rümmeli has published many papers appearing in leading journals such as Science and Nature Nanotechnology. His areas of interest are the synthesis of nano-materials and electron beam materials science.
Huy Q. TA
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW-Dresden), Germany
Postodoctoral research fellow under the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW-Dresden), Germany. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland in 2017. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of 2D materials as well as their in-situ interaction with electron beams at the atomic level in the high resolution electron microscopes.
Bruno VIANA
PSL Research University,
Chimie ParisTech − CNRS, France
Doctor of Materials Science, CNRS Research Director, currently a Senior Scientist in the Material Sciences Department (IRCP Laboratory) and Associate Professor at Chimie-ParisTech – PSL in Paris, France. Visiting professor at Kyoto University and the South China University of Technology. He specializes in materials for laser, scintillation and bioimaging using persistent luminescence nanomaterials.
Author of several scientific papers as well as book chapters on materials for photonic. Since 2014 he is responsible of the renowned CNRS research network CMDO+. He organized and co-chaired many international conferences like ICOM devoted to physics of optical materials and devices, or other workshops and symposia.