President 

Prof. Dr hab. Izabela Nowak
prezes@ptchem.pl

Tel. +48 61 8291580

Prof. Dr hab. Izabela Nowak graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, in 1993. She wrote her master’s degree thesis at the University of Reading (UK), where she stayed from September 1992 to July 1993. The master’s project was promoted by Prof. David A. Rice, who introduced her to the area of niobium compounds and infected her with the passion for the search for new solutions to scientific problems. The promoter of doctoral dissertation of Ms Izabela Nowak was Prof. Dr hab. Maria Ziółek (UAM), whose deep knowledge and personality had great effect on crystallization of Ms Izabela Nowak’s research interests. She was conferred a doctor’s degree in chemistry in 1997, and then in 2006 a postdoctoral degree of habilitation, at the Faculty of Chemistry, AMU. Working to her doctoral dissertation she was concerned with the introduction of niobium at out-of-skeleton positions of zeolites and later with synthesis of new porous materials. Her habilitation dissertation (for which she won the Prime Minister Award in 2008) concerned the synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties of nanoporous materials for liquid phase oxidation. After receiving a degree of habilitation, she started her own research group. In 2014 she was bestowed with the title of professor. In the years 2006-2016, she was responsible for running the university course in Cosmetic Chemistry, at the direction of chemistry, and starting from 2009 she has been in charge of the Applied Chemistry Laboratory, at the Faculty of Chemistry, AMU. These two research areas have recently attracted her interests which is developed in the two lines: synthesis of new nanoporous materials, determination of their structure, texture, modification of their surface properties and catalytic synthesis of fine chemicals, analytical methods for cosmetic industry along with the potential use of nanomaterials in adsorption processes, including medical applications. Prof. Izabela Nowak paid a number of scientific visits; in 2001 she stayed for a year at the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis, University of Liverpool, UK (Rohm&Haas stipend), in 2003 she stayed as a Fulbright Stipend holder at the Kent State University (KSU), in 2007 she stayed at KSU as a Kościuszko Foundation Stipend holder. She was a chief manager (8) or investigator (13) in many research projects (KBN/MNiSW /NCN/ NCBiR, FNNP and others). Since 2006 she has been organizing seminars with persons representing cosmetic industry and she has been involved in organization of many scientific conferences, including Group 5 Conference, Baltsilica-2014, COST Action CM1104, Certification Meetings Chemlab-II. She was invited to be a member of many scientific committees at many conferences (e.g. the Nanoporous Materials conference, NANO, in Canada). Among many awards she has received are those of the Polish Club of Catalysis for young scientists (1995); Young Scientists Award from the City of Poznań (1998); S. Batory Foundation (1999), Foundation for Polish Science (1999), Warsaw Scientific Society(2005); American Chemical Society/IUPAC “Distinguished Women in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering” (2011), Commemorative Medal of PCS (2015), HM Rector of UAM. In the years 2008-2012 she was a Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, AMU, for organization matters. From February 2019 she has been a member of the Adam Mickiewicz University Council. Also since 2019 she has been a member of the Presidium of the Chemistry Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the years 2013-2018 Prof. Izabela Nowak was a treasurer of the General Board of and has served as President since 2019 (terms 2019-2021 and 2022-2024).

Deputy Presidents  

Prime Deputy President

Prof. Dr hab. Robert Pietrzak 

Prof. Dr hab. Robert Pietrzak graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan in 1998 and he has been developing his carrier at this university. In 2002 he received a doctor’s degree, in 2010 a postdoctoral habilitation degree and in 2017 – the title of professor. Prof. Pietrzak heads his own research group in the Laboratory of Applied Chemistry.  The area of his interest includes chemical technology, chemistry and technology of carbon and carbonaceous materials, adsorption and the natural environment protection. He is the author or a co-author of over 280 research papers, over 120 of them published in the journals on the JCR list. Prof. Pietrzak delivered 24 lectures, including 17 invited ones, is the author or a co-author of 62 oral and 361 poster conference presentations. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Polish Chemical Society, in the years 2013-2018 he was the chairman of the Poznań Branch of PCS, since 2009 he has been a member of the Polish Carbon Society and in the period 2015-2018 he was the chairman of the Commission for Chemical Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań.  In 2015 he was the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 59th General Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society. In 2017 Prof. R. Pietrzak received the Award of the City of Poznań in recognition of the cycle of papers on the use of carbon materials and polymers for protection of the natural environment and in appreciation of promotion of the achievements of Poznań chemists in Poland and abroad. The Award is given once a year to a person of outstanding scientific achievements evaluated by the Panel of the Award of the City of Poznań.

Deputy President

Prof. Dr hab. Artur Michalak

Prof. Dr hab. Artur Michalak (born in 1968) graduated from the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, in 1992. Five years later in 1997, he received doctor’s degree upon presentation of a thesis promoted by Prof. Dr hab. Roman Nalewajski. In the years 1994-1995 he completed an internship at the Fritz Haber Institute (MPG) in Berlin, in the group of Prof. Klaus Hermann. In 1998-2000 he stayed at a postdoc position at the University of Calgary, where he worked in the group of Prof. Tom Ziegler, later he paid a number of shorter visits to this university (including NATO Advanced Fellowship in 2002). He received the postdoctoral degree of habilitation in 2005, while the title of professor in 2009. Mr Michalak has been affiliated with the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, from 1992, at present he holds the position of professor (since 2012). 

Prof. Artur Michalak is the author of over 90 research papers (over 3800 citations, Hirsh index h = 32). His area of expertise encompasses theoretical chemistry and quantum chemistry, for instance the theory of chemical bonds and molecular modelling of catalytical processes.  His achievements include development of an original methodology for description of chemical bonds in terms of natural orbitals for chemical valence (NOCV), theoretical investigation of mechanisms of polymerization and copolymerization processes, theoretical studies of electronic structure and molecular properties of polymers for application in fuel cells. Since  2005 he has been the head of Theoretical Chemistry Division, Jagiellonian University. Prof. Michalak has been chief manager of many Polish and international projects, including a cooperation with research institutions from South Korea (KIST) and South Korean industry (SK Corp.).  

In the years 2005-5008 and 2008-2012 Prof. Artur Michalak was a Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry JU, for students affairs. He has been also engaged in the problems of teaching, including evaluation of the quality of teaching. In the years 2010-2012 and 2012-2014 he was a member of the accreditation commission of ECTN Label Committee, a member of visiting groups at accreditations for  Eurobachelor, Euromaster, a member of ECTN Administrative Council for in the years 2013-2015, 2015-2018, a member (2008) and chairman (2013) of the group of experts of the University Accreditation Committee (UAC) for establishment of accreditation standards for chemistry, a member and chairman of the visiting groups at UAC accreditations, a member of UAC Council (2016-2017) and at present he is an expert of the State Accreditation Committee PKA (2016-2019). 

Deputy President

Dr hab. Dagmara Jacewicz

Dr hab. Dagmara Elżbieta Jacewicz, Prof. UG (born in  1976), in 2001 graduated with MSc degree in chemistry from the Faculty of Chemistry,  Mikołaj Kopernik University, Toruń. In the same year she started doctoral studies at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk (UG), completed in 2005, then in 2015 she was conferred a postdoctoral degree at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk. Since 2004 she has been working at the Faculty of Chemistry of the same university, as an assistant, adjunct and professor (2016). The area of her research interest encompasses chemistry of complex compounds, kinetics of reactions and molecular biosensors, in particular molecular biosensors and their use for determination of nitrogen(IV) oxide and carbon(IV) oxide in biological materials. She is the author or a co-author of 92 research papers, of which 77 have been published in journals of international circulation. She is a co-author of over 100 conference communications. She has promoted one doctor of science. In appreciation of her research and teaching achievements she has twice received the HM Rector of UG Awards (2005 and 2012), the PCS (Gdańsk Branch) Award for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry presented in 2006 at UG, and Group Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education (2006). She won a stipend from the Foundation for Development of Gdańsk University in 2007, a stipend from the Foundation for Polish Science  (program START, 2007-2008) and a stipend form the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists (2011-2014). Since 2006 she has been working in the Selection Board of the Faculty of Chemistry, UG, in 2006 – 2008 she was a secretary, in  2008 a chairwoman. Since 2011 she has been a member of PCS, in 2012 -2015 she was a treasurer at the Gdańsk Branch of PCS, in 2015-2018 a vice-chairwoman of this Branch. 

Treasurer 

Prof. Dr hab. Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska

Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska began studies at the Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in 1994, specializing in chemistry, graduating in 1999. She began her scientific work as an assistant in the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis at the Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin with the beginning of the 1999/2000 academic year. After defending her PhD thesis in 2006, she was promoted to the position of assistant professor. She defended her habilitation thesis in 2015, and from 01.10. 2017 to March 2021 she was employed as a professor at the UMCS. In a decision dated 22 March 2021, the President of the Republic of Poland awarded her with the title of full professor of Science and Life Sciences in the discipline of chemical sciences. Research interests of Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska include studies of electrode mechanisms of selected depolarizers, the cap-pair effect and adsorption phenomena occurring at the phase boundary: electrode - solution, solid - solution. She is the author and co-author of about 120 scientific papers, including more than 80 from the Philadelphian list, whose citations allowed her to appear in the prestigious ranking of the most influential people of science in the world - the World's Top 2% Scientists. Cooperation with numerous research centres both at home and abroad (the University of Łódź, Poznań University of Technology, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University-Turkey, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Charles University-Czech Republic), in which she had numerous internships, has contributed significantly to her scientific and didactic development. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska is co-founder and Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Golden Age University in Biecz; vice-chairman of the Electroanalysis Panel of the Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Chairman of the Commission for Development and Promotion of the Achievements of Young Scientists, Lublin Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Section of the Engineering and Technical Sciences Committee, Lublin Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences; member: Committee on Fundamentals and Applications of Physics and Chemistry in Technology, Agriculture and Medicine Branch of PAS Lublin, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), editorial committee of Journal of Scientific Perspectives and Turkish Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Program Council of Lublin Business Club, Polish Chemical Society and presidium of Polish Chemical Society Lublin Branch (secretary), Lublin Scientific Society, Polish Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis of W. Świętosławski; co-organizer of national conferences such as: "Physicochemistry of phase boundaries - instrumental methods" or "Innovations in Practice". From 2019, Professor Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska serves as faculty coordinator of the Croatian Network "Colloids and nanomaterials in education and research" CIII-HR-1108-03-1920, within the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS). In recognition of her achievements, she has received numerous awards, including the Rector's Award of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, the Medal of the National Education Commission, and the Mayor of Biecz Award. - "Meritorious for the city" (2018) - for supporting and promoting the city and municipality of Biecz as part of the Biecz Golden Age University.

Secretary

Dr hab. Paweł Rodziewicz

Members of Presidium of PCS 

Prof. Dr hab. Zbigniew Galus

Honorary Chairman of Polish Chemical Society 

Prof. Dr hab. Rafał Latajka

Dr hab. Rafał Latajka, Prof. PW (born in 1972). Having graduated from the XIV General High School, he studied chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, at the University of Wrocław. He graduated in 1996, with a master’s degree in chemistry presenting a thesis written under promotion of Prof. Dr hab. Henryk Kozłowski. In 1997 he started working towards doctorate at the Faculty of Chemistry of Wrocław Polytechnics, under promotion of Prof. Dr hab. Eng. Paweł Kafarski. In 2001 he received a doctor’s degree in chemistry upon presentation of the distinguished thesis on “Structure and conformation of amino acids mimetics and their short peptides investigated by NMR spectroscopy”. In the same year he was employed at the Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław Polytechnics, where he continued working with Prof. Paweł Kafarski in the areas of NMR spectroscopy in investigation of structure and conformation of peptide mimetics (dehydropeptides and phosphonates) and their correlation with biological activity of these molecules. He paid two postdoc scientific visits: in 2002 to the group of Prof. Dr hab. Henryk Koroniak, AMU, then for one year to the Universita di Napoli “Federico II”, Dipartamento di Chimica Bioinorganica (Italy), as a Maria Skłodowska-Curie stipend holder. The research work completed in this period was the basis for the postdoctoral habilitation  degree, which he received in 2009. In 2013 he was employed as a professor of Wrocław Polytechnics. Apart from working on peptidemimetics: glycopeptides, dehydropeptides and peptidetriazolamers, he is also engaged in design, synthesis and activity of tyrosinase, the enzyme important in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Mr Latajka is the author of 48 papers and promoted 3 doctors. Twice he received the Award of HM Rector of Wrocław Polytechnics, for scientific and teaching achievements (2010 and 2015) and once the Award of the Dean of Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław Polytechnics (2002). In 2013 he received the Brown Medal of the President of Polish Republic. 

Starting from 1992 he has been a member of the Polish Chemical Society, from 2002 – a member of the European Peptide Society. In 2013 he was a chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 22nd Polish Peptide Symposium. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of this cyclic conference and a member of the Scientific Committee of the annual Seminar for Doctoral Students “On the border of chemistry and biology”. In 2017 he was a chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 60th PCS Meeting. In the years 2016-2018 he was a member of the Presidium of General Board of PCS.

Dr hab. Jacek Lipok

Dr hab. Jacek Lipok, Prof. UO, graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Pedagogical University in Opole, majoring in the unique specialization of Agrobiochemistry, direction of chemistry, in 1988. He developed interest in the natural and synthetic compounds applied as regulators of insects activity. His doctoral dissertation defended in 1995 was devoted to the relations between the insects dwelling in carrots agrocenoses and plants growing there. In subsequent years, in cooperation with the group of Prof. Giuseppe Forlani from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ferrara and Zschimmer & Schwarz company (Mohsdorf, Niemcy)- a main European producer of popyphosphonic compounds, Prof. Lipok investigated transformations of phosphono-organic  compounds in ecosystems, concentrating on designing procedures for following these processes. The results on biotransformation of phosphono-organic xenobiotics by microorganisms made the basis of his postdoctoral degree thesis upon presentation of which he was conferred a postdoctoral habilitation degree in 2011.  His present scientific interests concern the evaluation of biological activity of natural and synthetic compounds, targeted biosynthesis of metabolism modulators and analysis of analysis of processes catalysed by microorganisms with the use of spectroscopic methods, in particular nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS) and FT-IR and UV-Vis spectrometry combined with chromatographic methods. Prof. Lipok is the author or co-author of nearly 80 research papers, 5 approved patents and over 180 conference presentations, including over 30 lectures. He won a stipend from the Landwirtschaftskammern Rheinland-Pfalz (Bonn University) and Erasmus (University of Ferrara, Catholic University of Ghent). In the years 2009-2015 he was four times honoured with the Award of the HM Rector of the Opole University, (three times for scientific achievements). He was also awarded with a Commemorative medal of PCS. Prof. Lipok has promoted four doctors, currently supervises three doctor’s degree students, he promoted 63 experimental diploma dissertations, including 41 master’s degree theses and 22 licentiate/ engineer theses. He is the author of 12 interdisciplinary courses taught to students of the I, II and III degree studies of chemistry. Prof. Lipok is also engaged in the science popularization activity, he delivered nearly 30 lectures at all kinds of science festivals and within the program “Ask the lecturer”. For many years he has been working for the PCS, Opole Branch, in the years 2007-2012 he was the chairman of this Branch. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Presidium of the General Board of  PCS and a supervisor of the Student Section of PCS.

Prof. Dr hab. Ing. Janusz Zachara