MARIUSZ BARCZAK

ADDRESS: Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Maria Curie-Sklodowska Sq. 3/536, 20-031 Lublin POLAND

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EMPLOYMENT .

 from 2007 adjunct in Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland).  2004-2007 assistant in Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland).

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS .

 2017 7-month Fulbright fellowship (Fulbright Senior Award for the project Adsorptive, photocatalytic and supercapacitive behavior of functionalized carbon fibers, City University of New York (USA).  2015 2-month fellowship founded by the Foundation for Polish Science at Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin (Ireland).  2013 2-month fellowship founded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Top 500 Innovators:Science-Management-Commercialization at Stanford Centre for Professional Development, Stanford University (USA).  2011 – 2012 Postgraduate studies "Manager of research projects", Higher School of Economy & Innovation in Lublin (Poland).

 2009 – 2010 Postgraduate studies "Management of research & development projects", Higher School of Economy & Innovation in Lublin (Poland).  2007 Dr. of chemical sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland).  1998 – 2003 MSc. of chemistry, specialization: Basic and applied chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland).  2002 – 2003 9-month Erasmus fellowship in Faculty of Science, University of Granada (Spain).  1993 – 1998 Technician of chemical analysis, Chemical Technical School in Lublin (Poland).

COURSES, WORKSHOPS & PLACEMENTS .

 2014 – 2015 Laureate of the Mentoring programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, University of Granada (Spain).  2014 4-days Entrepreneurship training organized by the Foundation for Polish Science and Fuentek company, Warsaw (Poland).  2013 1-month stay in NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View (USA).  2010 Finished course "Advisor for renewable energy sources" organized by Managerial Initiatives Foundation, Lublin (Poland).  2010 Finished course "Starting with spin-off and spin-out company", KTI Consulting, Lublin (Poland)  2008 Participation in "ISGS Summer School: Sol-gel in small dimensions: nanoparticles and thin films", Sardinia (Italy).  2008 Participation in “European Course on Carbon Materials” organized by DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt (Germany).  2007 Participation in the course "Fundamentals of Sol-Gel Technology" organized by International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS), Montpellier (France).  2007 Participation in NATO workshop: "Sol-Gel Approaches to Materials for Pollution Control, Water Purification & Soil Remediation", Kiev (Ukraine).  2007 Finished course "European Union Funds – practical aspects of drawing up a project", Foundation of Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland).  2005 2-month stay in Institute of Surface Chemistry of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev (Ukraine).  2002 – 2003 9-month stay in the frame of Erasmus program. Realization of the experimental part of master thesis, Granada (Spain).  2001 – 2002 5-month course „A Sustainable Baltic Region” organized by Uppsala University (Sweden) & Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Poland).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & MAIN RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS .

 Publications Co-author of over 40 publications with summary impact factor over 90. Number of citations: over 700. Reviewer of >30 papers submitted to highly ranked scientific journals.  Conferences Participation in over 60 international conferences and congresses. Co- organization of several national and international conferences: ISSHAC 2007, 2009, 2012, PTChem 2003, 2011). Three invited lectures.

 Research  Coordinator of international research project co-founded by ASTRIUM projects SAS (actually part of the AIRBUS company)“Improvement of carbon fiber-acrylate matrix interactions in electron beam-cured composites” (2010-2013).  Coordinator of many national projects founded by Polish National Science Center (no. 2012/05/D/ST5/03488, 2013-2016), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (no. N N204 272639, 2009-2012) and Vice-rector of UMCS (2008 and 2010).  Participation in the project COMPOSITUM: Hybrid Nanocomposites and Their Applications founded from FP7 funds (Marie Curie IRSES, PIRSESGA-2008-230790) and NANOBIOMAT: Nanostructured Biocompatible/Bioactive Materials (Marie Curie IRSES, PIRSES-GA- 2013-612484).  Leading scientist/scientist in three projects founded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education: (no. N204 172 31/3815, 2006-2008, no. N N204 111135, 2008-2011, and no. IP2012 061472, 2013-2015), one project founded by Polish National Science Center (2013/08/M/ST4/00286, 2013- 2016) and one project founded by Vice-rector of UMCS (2010).

 International  Cooperation in the frame of the research project founded by ASTRIUM cooperation SAS (actually part of the AIRBUS company) “Improvement of carbon fiber-acrylate matrix interactions in electron beam-cured composites” (2010-2013).  Collaboration with Institute of Surface Chemistry of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (Kiev, Ukraine), Université de Reims Champagne- Ardenne (Reims, France), Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain), National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland).  Collaboration  Collaboration with ASTRIUM SAS company (France) in the field of with industry improvement of carbon fiber-acrylate matrix interactions for demanding composites (project founded by ASTRIUM SAS).  Collaboration with ECOBENZ Company (Lublin, Poland) in the field of zeolite-based catalysts for production of biofuels from bioethanol by ETG process. TEACHING & TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES .

 Classes with Delivering classes in Polish and/or English, including: Theory of chemical students bond (seminar), Quantum chemistry (seminar), Theoretical chemistry (seminar and lab), General Chemistry (lectures), Adsorption on solid surfaces (lectures), Statistics (seminar), Analytical chemistry (seminar).  Supervising Supervisor of 5 master theses and 20 bachelor theses. Auxiliary supervisor of 2 PhD theses.  Lectures Three series of lectures delivered to the students of Universidad de Granada abroad (Spain) devoted to surface phenomena and adsorption in the frame of Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility (4-8.02.2013, 9-13.06.2014, 5-9.09.2016).

Participation in "Second Residential Summer School for Newly Appointed University Chemistry Teaching Staff" organized by European Chemistry Thematic Network, Sliema (Malta).  Erasmus Faculty coordinator of Erasmus (2008-2016). Giving assistance to incoming and outgoing Erasmus students. Supervision of research projects realized by incoming Erasmus students (up-to-day, 8 research projects).  Norwegian The originator and one of the coordinators of the project "English courses project for material chemistry" in the frame of Norway and EAA grants (agreement no. FSS/2008/X/D5/W/0032/U/001). Seven chemistry courses were implemented and are actually taught in English at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. The coordination team was distinguished by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) and the project is being presented as an example of good practice among all the projects administered by the Scholarship and Training Fund (FFS).

AWARDS .

 2016 Fulbright Senior Award (fellowship to be realized in 2017 at the City University of New York, USA).  2016 Team II° Award given by Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University for scientific achievements.  2013 Ministerial Award for distinguished young scientist, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland.  2013 Team I° Award given by Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University for scientific achievements.  2012 Individual I° Award given by Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University for scientific achievements.  2010, 2011 Two Individual II° Awards given by Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University for scientific achievements.  2008 3rd place for the best PhD thesis in annual contest organized by Faculty of Chemistry of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.  2007 Distinction of the PhD thesis by Scientific Council of the Faculty of Chemistry of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.  2003 "Bests of the bests" contest laureate for competition in science and students’ activity, 2002/2003.

MISCELLANEOUS .

 Functions  Erasmus & International programs Coordinator (2008-2016), Member of the Faculty Committee for the Quality of Education (2010-2014), Member of the Recruitment Commission, Organization of the Open Days of UMCS. All the functions listed above were served for the Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland).  Memberships  Member of the Polish Chemical Society (including following functions: Vice-president of Student Section of PTCh (2001-2003), Member of the Audit Committee of Lublin branch of PTCh (2009-2012), Vice-president of Lublin branch of PTCh (2013-2016), Member of the board (from 2016)).  Member of The Association of TOP 500 Innovators.  Member of European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN).  Member of International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS).  Member of National Geographic Society.  Computer  Experienced user of Windows, Microsoft Office, and many programs skills & courses including: HyperChem, PQS, Origin, ISIS Draw, CorelDraw  Several courses finished including Computer graphic designer (2004), Flash developer – basic course (2009), Basics of STATISTICA software package (2010), STATISTICA – modeling of correlations (2010).

LANGUAGES .

 Polish Native language.  English Fluent written and spoken.  Spanish Fluent written and spoken.  Russian Good written and spoken.  French Basic knowledge.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS .

 M. Barczak, J. Dobrzyńska, M. Oszust, E. Skwarek, J. Ostrowski, E. Zięba, P. Borowski, R. Dobrowolski, Synthesis and application of thiolated mesoporous silicas for sorption, preconcentration and determination of platinum, Materials Chemistry & Physics 181 (2016) 126-135. IF=2.357  M. Barczak, D. Wencel. C. McDonagh. Micro- and nanostructured sol-gel-based materials for optical chemical sensing (2005-2015), Microchimica Acta 183 (2016) 2085-2109 IF=3.741  K. Tyszczuk-Rotko, I. Sadok, M. Barczak, M. Jabłońska-Czapla. A new voltammetric sensor based on thiol-functionalized polysiloxane film modified by lead nanoparticles for detection of Bi(III) ions, Electrochimica Acta 208 (2016) 102-108. IF=4.504  M. Barczak, K. Michalak-Zwierz, K. Gdula, K. Tyszczuk-Rotko, R. Dobrowolski, A. Dąbrowski. Ordered mesoporous carbons as effective sorbents for removal of heavy metal ions, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 211 (2015) 162-173. IF=3.209  D. Wencel, C. Dolan, M. Barczak, T.E. Keyes, C. McDonagh. Synthesis, tailoring and characterization of silica nanoparticles containing a highly stable ruthenium complex, Nanotechnology 24 (36) (2013), art. no. 365705. IF=3.672  D. Wencel, M. Barczak, P. Borowski, C. McDonagh.The development and characterization of novel hybrid sol-gel-derived material for optical pH sensing, Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 11720-11729. IF=6.626  M. Barczak, E. Skwarek, W. Janusz, A. Dąbrowski, S. Pikus. Functionalized SBA-15 organosilicas as sorbents of zinc(II) ions, Applied Surface Science 256 (2010) 5370-5375. IF=2.538  M. Barczak, P. Borowski, A. Dąbrowski. Structure-adsorption properties of ethylene bridged polysilsesquioxanes functionalized with different groups, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical Aspects 347 (2009) 114-120. IF=2.354  Y.L. Zub, I.V. Melnyk, N.V. Stolyarchuk, H.I. Dobryans'ka, M. Barczak, A. Dąbrowski. Comparative characteristic of texture and properties of hybrid organic-inorganic adsorbents functionalized by amine and thiol groups, Progress in Solid State Chemistry 33 (2005) 179-186. IF=8.182  A. Dąbrowski, P. Podkościelny, Z. Hubicki, M. Barczak. Adsorption of phenolic compounds by activated carbon – a critical review, Chemosphere 58 (2005) 1049-1070. IF=3.137