Studies in Chemistry, JU Faculty in Chemistry – 1992-1997

Doctoral studies in Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg – 1997-2000

Master’s degree in Chemistry – 1997, JU

PhD in Chemical Sciences (dr rer. nat.) – 2000, FAU

Habilitated Doctor of Chemical Sciences – 2009, JU

Professor of Chemical Sciences – 2016, JU

Post-doc (FAU Erlangen) – 2001-2002

Assistant (JU Faculty of Chemistry) – 2003-2004

Assistant Professor (JU Faculty of Chemistry) – 2004-2011

Associate Professor (JU Faculty of Chemistry) – 2011-2019

Visiting Professor: Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo (Aug – Sep 2014); School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Sydney ( Dec 2015)

Full Professor (JU Faculty of Chemistry) – since 2019

2020-2024 – Dean of the JU Faculty of Chemistry

2019-2020 – Chair of Chemical Sciences research discipline council, JU

2016-2020 – Vice-Dean for Research and Cooperation at the JU Faculty of Chemistry

2013-2021 – Head of the Department of Non-organic Chemistry

since 2023 – member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences

since 2012 – Head of the Photocatalysis Group at the JU Faculty of Chemistry

2010-2015 – coordinator of the project: Interdisciplinary PhD Studies ‘Molecular Science for Medicine’ (MOL-MED) at the JU Faculty of Chemistry

since 2011 – work as part of the Ministry of Science and HE groups: head of the Interdisciplinary Group for ‘Iuventus Plus’ Projects Evaluation (2011-2016);  member of the Interdisciplinary Group for ‘Diamond Grant’ Projects  (2012-2016); deputy head of the Interdisciplinary Group for ‘Diamond Grant’ and ‘Iuventus Plus’ (2017-2024)

International Advisory Board of the ChemPlusChem journal (Wiley, since 2020)

Editorial Board of the Journal of Photocatalysis (Bentham, since 2020)

European Photochemistry Association (EPA)

International Scientific Committee of International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC) – elected in 2015

International Scientific Committee of the European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA) – elected in 2012

Polish Chemical Society

Polish Catalysis Club

Association of the Foundation for Polish Science Scholars

2017      Minister of Science and Higher Education Award for research achievements that provide the basis for obtaining an academic title

2010      Prime Minister’s award for habilitation thesis 

2007      Polityka weekly scholarship ‘Zostańcie z nami’ (‘stay with us’)

2004, 2005         Foundation for Polish Science scholarship for young researchers

2001      Prof. Albert Weller award for a PhD thesis in photohemistry awarded by the Division of Photochemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh – Fachgruppe Photochemie)

1992      silver medal at  the 24th International Chemistry Olympiad, Pittsburgh-Washington, USA

Photochemistry, photocatalysis, photocatalytic reaction mechanisms, photosensibilisation, photoelectrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of semiconductors, oxidising and reducing properties of photocatalysers, environmental and medical aspects of using photocatalytic materials, photoinduced processes of chargé transfer and Energy transfer, solar to chemical energy conversion, photocatalytic binding of carbon dioxide, photo(electro)catalytic water splitting, organic synthesis with the use of photocatalytic methods

supervision of 17 completed PhD procedures

about 150 publications in JCR journals, cited about 10,000 times, H-index: 43

7 patents, 3 patent applications, 3 technology implementations

leader of research projects funded by the National Science Centre (including OPUS, SHENG, SOLAR-DRIVEN CHEMISTRY), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IDEAS PLUS), Foundation for Polish Science (TEAM- twice), and 7PR