Professional title and degrees

Title of professor of science and natural sciences

Doctoral degree in chemical sciences, Habilitation dissertation: “Stable N-triazinylammonium salts – synthesis, properties and applications” Faculty of Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz

Doctoral degree in chemistry, habilitation thesis: “Stable N-triazinammonium salts – synthesis, properties and applications” Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz.

Master’s degree in chemical engineering, Master’s thesis: “Diastereoselective synthesis of peptides using triazine condensing reagents” carried out under the supervision of Prof. Z. J. Kaminski, Ph.D., Eng.

Education

Medical University of Lodz, postgraduate studies “Medical Biotechnology”

Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, full-time doctoral studies

Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, full-time master’s degree, majoring in chemistry and organic technology

Ks. Adam Jerzy Czartoryskigow Puławy High School, profile: biological and chemical.

Supplementary education

Training on “Communication, negotiation and conflict resolution”, Łódź

Training on Risk Manager in ISO 31000 compliant risk management system, PBSG Education Center, Lodz, Poland.

Medical University of Lodz, postgraduate studies “Medical Biotechnology”

Training course mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography of proteins, Florence, Italy

A series of training courses on GMP organized by GMProject Co and Polfa Warszawa Pharmaceutical Plant

Full-time doctoral studies, Technical University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry

Career progression

Technical University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, position: full professor, responsibilities: teaching, scientific, organizational activities

Technical University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, position: associate professor, responsibilities: teaching, scientific, organizational activities

Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, position: assistant professor, responsibilities: teaching, scientific, organizational activities

Technical University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, position: assistant, responsibilities: teaching, scientific, organizational activities

Agropharm SA, technologist, responsibilities: implementation of new solutions and technologies in the field of pharmacologically active substances

Scientific interests

Biologically active peptides and their use in medicine, conjugates of peptides with drugs/tags.

Peptide and peptide/protein-based hybrid materials.

Spatial structures of peptides and their susceptibility to form stable conformers.

Internships and scientific collaborations

ETH Zurich, Switzerland (17 months)

Institute of Serum and Vaccine Biotechnology BIOMED, Krakow, Poland (3 months)

University of Florence, Italy (13 months)

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) (short-term) (4 weeks)

Chem-Quest Co (USA) (short-term) (4 weeks)

Agropharm SA (Poland) (short-term) (4 weeks)

Foreign scientific cooperation

Sao Paulo State University, Brazil

Sanger Institute, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Strategic Research Initiative, University of Cambridge, UK

Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Institute for Research in Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Spain

Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, Italy

Scientific cooperation in Poland

Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland

Institute of Textiles, Łódź

Medical University, Łódź

Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Development, Zabrze

AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków

University of Silesia, Katowice

Collegium Medicum UJ, Kraków

Medical University of Bialystok

Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław

Participation in research projects

Contractor in the project “Antimicrobial sol-gel layers containing carbon nanoparticles (AnBaCo)” under the M-ERA.NET Call 2019 programme, grant agreement number M-ERA.NET2/2019/3/2020

Contractor in the project Virtual platform for medical data and modern diagnostics “MDB-MEDICAL DATA BANK”” within the framework of the Operational Programme Digital Poland 2014-2020

Head of project UMO-2018/31/B/ST8/02760 entitled. “Innovative hybrid materials useful in the manufacture of dressings for the treatment of diabetic foot”.

Contractor in project UMO-2018/31/B/ST8/02418 entitled. “Influence of hybrid carbon structures on cartilage/bone tissue regeneration”.

Head of the project No. POIR.04.01.02-00-0007/17 entitled “Haemostatic, resorbable dual-use dressings”.

Project leader UMO-2015/19/B/ST8/02594: entitled” Innovative hybrid materials for tissue regeneration derived exclusively from natural compounds”.

Contractor in the project BIOSTRATEG2/296369/5/NCBR/2016 entitled. “Processing of waste biomass in combined biological-chemical processes”.

Wykonawca w projekcie “Wsparcie i partnerstwo dla rozwoju wielu zrównoważonych i gotowych na rynek łańcuchów wartości w gospodarce opartej na produktach pochodzenia biologicznego”, SUPERBIO 691555-1

Contractor in project PBS/B7/13/2013, entitled. “Development of an innovative method for the synthesis of Boceprevir”.

Contractor in NCBIR research and development project No. PBS1/B8/0/2012 entitled. “Sugar pulp biomass as a new raw material for the production of fermentation media”.

Contractor in NCBIR research and development project No. INNOTECH-K1/IN1/61/150409/NCBR/12 entitled. “Development of technology for production of sugar syrups from sugar beet as a substitute for white sugar for selected applications in the food industry”.

Contractor for the research and development part of the research and development project POIG.01.04.00-10-023/10-00, “Testing of the biofuel synthesis installation and the method of combustion of fuel mixtures”.

Contractor in research project no. N N 405 669 540 entitled “Artificial Receptor Microarrays for Non-invasive Cancer Diagnostics”. “Artificial Receptor Microarrays for Non-invasive Cancer Diagnostics”.

Contractor in research project N N405 355537 entitled. “Synthesis and Study of Biological Activity of Hybrid Alkylating Pro-drugs”.

Contractor in research project no. N N204 326737 entitled. “Chemzymes Design, Synthesis and Study of Properties of Artificial Enzyme Libraries”.

Project Manager No. 6/PMPP/U/30-09.08/E-370/2009 Patent-Plus entitled “Method to obtain Enantiomerically Enriched Condensation Products of Racemic Acids or Acids of Low Enantiomeric Purity”. “Method for the Preparation of Enantiomerically Enriched Condensation Products from Racemic Acids or Acids of Low Enantiomeric Purity”.

Head of research project No. N N204 228734 entitled “Synthesis, Study of Properties and Application of Quaternary Phosphonium Salts as a New Family of Condensing Reagents”.

Project leader “Synthesis, Properties and Application of Stable Chiral Quaternary N-Triazinylammonium Salts as Enantiomeric Differentiation Reagents”. – research project carried out within the framework of the PBZ-KBN-126/T09/15 commissioned project “DEVELOPMENT OF STEREOSELECTIVE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS” coordinated by Prof. Marek Chmielewski, Ph.

Distinctions and awards

Distinguished with the 5th Intelligent Development Forum Jubilee Award “Distinguished for Intelligent Development” for outstanding activity in the field of chemical sciences – in particular in the design and synthesis of biologically active peptides and their use in medicine.

Nomination for the nationwide economic award AMBASADOR INNOVATION for contributions to the development of innovation in Poland, for forward-looking, out-of-the-box thinking, pioneering projects, new ideas and unusual solutions. Above all, for building a positive image of Polish innovations, which are at a very high level and often ahead of global trends. Nomination awarded by the European Centre for the Development of the Economy.

Polish Intelligent Development Award 2019 in the category: Scientist of the Future. The award was granted for the implementation of the NCN project Innovative hybrid materials for tissue regeneration derived exclusively from natural compounds and the project Haemostatic, resorbable dual-use dressings financed with European funds under PO Intelligent Development 2014-2020. The initiator and organiser of the award is the Centre for Intelligent Development and the patron of honour is the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland.

Gold Medal The 3rd International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2018, Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills (TISIAS) for “Catalytic Method of Fuel Biocomponent Producing from Bioethanol”

Gold Medal Inventica 2018 na XXII-th International Salon of Research, Innovation and Technological Transfer, Iasi, Romania, for “Catalytical Method of Producing a Fuel Biocomponent from Bioethanol”.

Distinction Łódzkie Eureka 2018 in the “Technology” category for waste-free technology for converting biomass into fuels and economically important chemical products.

Rector’s Award of the Technical University of Lodz for scientific achievements for work on new teaching activities.

Rector’s Award of the Technical University of Lodz of the year for scientific achievements in synthesis and structural studies of peptides.

Rector’s Award of the Technical University of Lodz of the year for scientific achievements in synthesis and structural studies of peptides

Lodz University of Technology Rector’s Award of the Year for scientific achievements in the field of peptide and protein chemistry.

Sigma-Aldrich and PTChem award for doctoral thesis in 2002 in organic chemistry.

Membership and functions held

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th International Forum on Innovative Technologies for Medicine (11TH ITMED 2018)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference, 24th Polish Peptide Symposium

Chairman of the Organising Committee of the 23rd Polish Peptide Symposium

Member of the European Peptide Society (EPS)

International Editorial Advisory Board Member of the journal Helvetica Chimica Acta, published as part of the Wiley Online Library.

Member of Faculty Committees: Chemistry Faculty Promotion Committee, Doctoral Conduct Committee, Industry Cooperation Committee.

Member of the Polish Chemical Society (PTChem).

Plenipotentiary of the Rector for the Polish Institute of Technology, Plenipotentiary of the Rector for the Cluster of Industrial Biotechnology CLIB2021

Member of Faculty Commissions: Strategy and Development Committee, Doctoral Programme Committee, Doctoral Conduct Committee.

Member of the Polish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (PTChM).

Member of the Faculty Promotion Committee of the Faculty of Chemistry.

Editorial output

International Editorial Advisory Board Member of the journal Chemistry and Biodiversity, published as part of the Wiley Online Library.

Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board Members of the journal Helvetica Chmica Acta, published as part of the Wiley Online Library.

Scientific achievements

95 scientific publications from the JCR list, including publications in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nanomedicine, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, European Journal of Organic Chemistry

29 publications in peer-reviewed foreign journals outside the JCR list

17 chapters in books, including CELLULOSE – MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS Edited by Theo van de Ven and Louis Godbout, InTech Rijeka, Croatia (2013), Synthetic molecular receptors, Synthesis strategies, Research methods” collective work edited by Prof. G. Schroeder, Betagraf PUH, Poznań, 2007

18 patent applications and 16 patents granted