dr hab. Dominik Kurzydłowski
Associate Professor
E-mail: d.kurzydlowski (@uksw.edu.pl)
Profiles: ORCID / Google Scholar / Publons / Scopus
Publications: see here
Lectures and conferences: see here
Scientific interests
- High pressure (p > 1GPa) chemistry and physics – in particular compression driven structural transitions and reactions in fluoine-rich inorganic systems
- Relationship between structure and magnetism in compounds of copper, silver and gold; low-dimensional magnetic interactions
- Experimental tools: XRD, IR/Raman spectroscopy, magnetometry; theoretical modelling: solid-state DFT
Carrier
2019 Habilitation (D.Sc.) from the Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
2013 Ph. D. in chemistry from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
2008 M. Sc. in chemistry (specialty: physical chemistry) from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
Employment
2019 – Associate professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
2014 – 2019 Assistant professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
2013 – 2017 Scientific assistant at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw
Scientific visits
2013–2014 Post-doctoral research stay in the group of dr. Mikhail Eremets at the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry
2010 Non-degree graduate student at Cornell University (2 month) with Noble laurate prof. Roald Hoffmann
2007, 2008 Research scholar at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington working with dr. Viktor Struzhkin
Prizes and scholarships
2018 Scholarship for outstanding young researchers from the Minister of Science and Higher Education
2017 Award from the Rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
2017 Santander Universidades scholarship for outstanding researchers of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
2009 Scholarship for the best Ph. D. students of the Mazovian Voivodeship
2009 2nd prize for the best poster presentation at the 19th International Symposium of Fluorine Chemistry
2008–2012 Research scholarship within the TEAM Project awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science
2008 Best poster award at the E-MRS 2008 Fall Meeting
2008 The Rychlewski Award for the best M. Sc. thesis in Quantum Chemistry in Poland in 2008
Research projects
2020–2024 “SONATA BIS” grant from the National Science Centre (Poland) – principal investigator (460 000 €)
2017–2021 “OPUS” grant from the National Science Centre (Poland) – principal investigator (160 000 €)
2015–2018 “Sonata” grant from the National Science Centre (Poland) – principal investigator (120 000 €)
2014–2016 “Harmonia” grant from the National Science Centre (Poland) – co-investigator
2013–2014 Research grant within the “Mobility Plus” programme from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) – principal investigator (90 000 €)
2011–2013 “Opus” grant from the National Science Centre (Poland) – co-investigator
2008–2013 "TEAM" grant from the Foundation for Polish Science (Poland) – Ph. D. student
2007–2011 Grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) – M. Sc. student
Teaching experience
- Number of undergraduate students promoted: 5
- Undergraduate courses in: Inorganic chemistry (lecture), General chemistry (exercises), Physical chemistry and spectroscopy (laboratory exercises)
Other professional activities
2019-2021 Vice-director of the Institute of Chemical Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
2019 Co-editor of the special issue of the journal Crystals: "First-Principles Prediction of Structures and Properties in Crystals"
2019 Member of the organizing committee of the 19th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (Warsaw, Poland)
2014 – Referee for Dalton Transactions, Scientific Reports, the Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2014 – Dean’s representative for scientific affairs at the the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
2014 – Member of the faculty council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
2010–2011 Member of the faculty council of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
2009–2011 Member of the graduate student council at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw (chair in the 2010/2011 academic year)
