CURRICULUM VITAE Barbara Palys University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre, and Faculty of Chemistry Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland Phone: +48 22 5526557; e-mail: [email protected] Position: Professor, leader of the group Materials for Biosensorsors Research interests: design and studies of surfaces, materials and nanostructures that can be used as matrices for deposition of enzymes or other substances used in biosensors; studies of the electrocatalytic properties of immobilized enzymes and the molecular structure of enzymes and the matrices; focus on graphene oxide, nanostructures of conductive polymers, supramolecular polymeric gels and metallic nanostructures; electrocatalytic and SERS applications of graphene oxide; development of applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy to study electrocatalytic reactions and material properties. Co-author of 66 publications (h =21, over 1300 citations). Degrees: MSc – 1988, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland PhD – 1993, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands Habilitation – 2008, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw Professional career: 1988-1993 PhD studies, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands Post-Doc 1993-1994, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1995-1999 adiunkt, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw Post-doc 1999-2000, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Interfacial Chemistry, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2000-2013 adiunkt (associate professor), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw 2014 to present: professor, Faculty of Chemistry, and Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw Main fields of activity as ISE Regional Representative for Poland:  enhancement of visibility of ISE in Poland,  involvement of Polish electrochemists in ISE conferences and workshops,  promotion of ISE prizes and grants for PhD students and young researchers,  promotion of ISE membership among scientists in Poland,  collaboration with ISE divisions on organization of workshops and conferences,  facilitation of the collaboration between ISE and Polish Chemical Society.