Katarzyna Matras-Postołek

Ph.D. D.Sc Eng.,
Associate Professor,
Vice-Dean for Evaluation and International Cooperation,
Member of the Research Excellence Council of CUT,
Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Physical Chemistry

Prof. Katarzyna Matras-Postołek, chemist by education, graduate of Cracow University of Technology (CUT). In 2006-2012, she worked as a scientist at Münster University of Applied Sciences in the Institute for Optical Technologies in Germany. In 2010 she completed Ph.D. at CUT. In 2013, after almost 7 years of work in Germany, she returned to Poland to CUT. In 2019 she obtained her habilitation in chemistry. Currently, Katarzyna Matras-Postołek works as professor at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, CUT. Since 2019 she is Vice-Dean for Evaluation and International Cooperation at Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology and Member of the Research Excellence Council of CUT. Katarzyna Matras-Postołek’s research interests focus on broadly-defined subjects related to functional nanomaterials including semiconductor nanocrystals and their potential application in optoelectronics and photocatalysis. Katarzyna Matras-Postołek has received a number of scholarships, e.g. for outstanding young scientists in Poland (2016). In 2015, she was awarded the TOP 500 Innovators program in Poland within she took part in a 9-week internship at University of California, Berkeley, USA. Since 2014, she was a visiting professor at University of Jinan, China. Since 2019 she is a scientific member of international AMPERE organization. Author about 70 publications from the Philadelphia list, principal investigator of projects funded by the Foundation for Polish Science (Homing Plus), the National Science Centre (Opus Lap, Sonata Bis, Polonez Bis) and the National Centre for Research and Development (Project Lider) in Poland, as well as EU founds (Erazmus Project).