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Education:

University of Wroclaw                       1963-1968      M. Sci.

University of Wroclaw                       1969-1973      Ph. D.

University of Tokyo                           1974-1975      Postdoc.

University of Wroclaw                       1975-1977      D. Sci.

 

Career/Employment:

1969-1973                  Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw
1973-1979                  Adjunct, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw
1974-1975                  Postdoc, University of Tokyo
1979-1989                  Associate Professor, University of Wroclaw
1989- 2016                 Full Professor, University of Wroclaw
2010- 2016                 Member of the Council of the National Science Center (NCN): Head of the Commission for Physical Sciences and Engineering
2015- present             Proxy of the Board for International Scientific Cooperation, European Institute of Technology (EIT+), Wrocław
2016- present             Full Professor, Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole
2016- present             Emeritus Professor, University of Wroclaw

 

Honours and Awards: 

  • Medal of the name Bogusławy i Włodzimierza Trzebiatowskich, 2017

  • Ordinary Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2016

  • Gold Medal of University of Wroclaw, 2016

  • The prize of Rector of University of Wroclaw, 2015 Medal of PTCHem, 2014

  • Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Gdańsk, 2014

  • Honorary Professor of  Wroclaw University of Technology, 2013

  • Officer's Cross of the Order of the of Polish Rebirth, 2012

  • Gold Medal of Wroclaw University of Technology, 2011

  • Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2010

  • Member of the National Center for Science, 2009

  • Doctor Honoris Causa of the National Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev, Ukraine, 2009

  • Scientific Maria Skłodowska-Curie Award in Chemistry, 2002.

  • Medal of the National Education Committee, 2000

  • Ministry of Science Awards: 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982

  • Ministry of Education Awards: 1984, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2003

  • The prize of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1980

  • Year of Polish Science Award, 1973

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Scientific achievements:

  • Number of papers in refereed journals: 536

  • Number of communications to scientific meetings: over 500

  • Number of invited lectures: over 400

  • Number of books: 16 chapters and 2 book

  • The organizer (or co-organizer) of 45 international scientific conferences

  • Number of supervised PhD students: 36

  • Number of supervised master students: over 120

  • Around 10000 independent citations 1986-2017, Hirsch index: 49.

  • Very active collaboration with many  considered universities from Europe, e.g.  University of Ferrara (38 publications), Paris (13), Dunkerque (5), Leeds (40), Toulouse (4), London (2), Debrecen (48), Prague (2), Florence (8), Sassari (55), Vienna(3), Siena (60), Kiev (28), Lille (60).

 

 

Membership of Professional Societies:

  • Editor of scientific journals: Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Polish Journal of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, ChemPlusChem, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

  • Member of the Polish National Center of Science (NCN), 2009-2016

  • Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, since 2010

  • President of the Discussion Group in Chemistry for Life Sciences of European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences EuCheMS, 2009-2011

  • Member of the Management Committee of COST Actions: D8 (1996-2001), D20 (2000-2005), D21 (2001-2005), D34 (2005- 2009) and D39 (2006-2011)

  • Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, since 2006

  • Member of the Alberta Prion Research Institute, Canada, since 2005

  • An expert in the pilot project in the field of Foresight "Health and Life" Ministry of Science, since 2004

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Polish Journal of Chemistry, 2003-2005

  • Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre of Molecular Science, PAS Łódź, since 2003

  • Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of the New Journal of Chemistry, since 2003

  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS, 1999-2002

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Metal-Based Drugs, 1992-1996

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CSc,  FRSC), since 1999

  • Member of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC), since 1999

  • Coordinator of the International Research Project COST Action D8/ 0018 (1998-2001)

  • Member of the Central Commission for Academic Titles and Degrees, since 1997

  • Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of JCS Dalton Transactions, 1997-2003

  • V- Dean for Science and International Relations, Department of Chemistry UWr, 1996-1999

  • V-President of the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Commission, PAS Wroclaw, 1996-1998

  • Senator of the University of Wroclaw, 1995-1999

  • Member of the Polish Chemical Society, since 1993

  • V-President of the Molecular Biology Commission, PAS Wroclaw, since 1991

  • Member of the Scientific Council of Inorganica Chimica Acta Bioinorganic Section in the years 1982-1989

  • V- Director of the Institute of Chemistry UWr, 1982-1984 and 1993-1996

  • Member of the Polish Biophysical Society, since 1979 (1980-1983 V-President, 1983-1986 President of the Wrocław Department) Membership in the scientific committees of renowned international conferences

  • "Symposium on Inorganic Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics" (1985, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015)

  • "ESF Workshop on Non-platinum Metals as Drugs Chemotherapeutics and Related Compounds", 1996

  • 2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Science, Wrocław, 2007 – Discussion group Chemistry for Life Sciences (EuCheMS - European Association for Chemical and Molecular Science)

  • EUROBIC9 - 9th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Wrocław, 2008

  • International Symposium on Metal Complexes, ISMEC2015, Wrocław, 2015

 

 

Visiting professor:

  • University of Leeds, scientific research and lectures, 4 short-term in 1979-84.

  • Cardiff University, scientific research and lectures, 1 month in 1979.

  • University of Lille, scientific research and lectures, 20 short-term in 1981-1993.

  • University of Dunkirk, scientific research and lectures, 4 short-term in 1994-95.

  • University of Debrecen, scientific consultations and lectures, 7 short-term in 1981-1997.

  • University of Szeged, scientific consultations and lectures, 3 short-term in 1987-1999.

  • University of Saarbrücken, scientific research and lectures, 3 months in 1980,-83,-85.

  • University of Paris, scientific research and lectures, 15 short-term in 1989-2005.

  • University of Sassari, scientific research and lectures, 9 short-term in  1981-2001.

  • University of Cagliari, scientific research and lectures, 6 short-term in 1998-2016.

  • University of Florence, scientific research and lectures, 7 visits in 1979-2017.

  • INSERM, Toulouse, scientific research and lectures, 1 month in 1987 and 2000.

  • University of Siena, scientific research and lectures,9 short-term in 1995-2017.

  • University of Ferrara, scientific research and lectures, 9 short-term in 1999-2017 - Copernicus Visiting Scientist - 03/05/17 - 23/05/17 (11 lectures for students “Metals in Biology and Medicine”)

  • University of Strasbourg, scientific research and lectures, 6 long-terms in 2002-2011.

  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine - research activity and scientific consultations - 7 Frame Programme UE, People, Marie Curie Actions, International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) - CAGEDRUGS - Design and elaboration of novel topological drugs based on cage compounds, in total 2 months in 2011-2015

  • A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia - research activity and scientific consultations - 7 Frame Programme UE, People, Marie Curie Actions, International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) - CAGEDRUGS - Design and elaboration of novel topological drugs based on cage compounds, 1 month in 2013

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Invited lectures, 08-11.08.2014

  • Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Quimica, Centro de Ciencias Fisicas e Matematicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Invited lectures, scientific consultations, 15-19.08.2014

 

 

Scientific area is focused on the most important aspects of bioinorganic chemistry, mainly:

  • structure and function of biomolecules and their interaction with metal ions

  • thermodynamic, structure and biological properties of the systems containing metal ions

  • the effect of metal ions on the chemistry and biochemistry of drugs

  • electrochemistry of bioinorganic systems

  • bioinorganic chemistry of toxic metals (e.g. Ni, Cd, Cr, Al)

  • mechanisms of neurodegeneration

  • metal homeostasis in bacteria

  • the role of poly-histidine sequences in metal ion binding

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