Curriculum Vitae Professor Halina Abramczyk, e-mail: [email protected] Technical University of Lodz, http://www.p.lodz.pl Faculty of Chemistry, http://www.chemia.p.lodz.pl Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry http://mitr.p.lodz.pl Laboratory of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, http://mitr.p.lodz.pl/raman, http://mitr.p.lodz.pl/evu Dr. Sc. Habilitation (Chemistry, Molecular spectroscopy), Technical University of Łódź, Poland, 1989 Fellowship, International Federation of University Women, Consejo EDUCATION Superior de Investigationes Cientificas, Madrid, Spain, 1989 TRAINING Post doctoral fellowship, Zentrum fur Interdisciplinare Forschung, Bielefeld University, Germany, 1985-1986 Ph. D. (Chemistry), Technical University of Łódź Poland, 1982 M. Sc. (Physics, First Class Honors), University of Łódź, Poland 2007-2009 Marie Curie Chair, Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany 15/10/2002-15/07/2003 Visiting professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 19/05/1999-present Full professor, Technical University of Łódź, Poland CAREER 01/09/1998-31/10/1998 Visiting professor, M.-Luther Univ., Halle, Germany EMPLOYMENT 01/01/1994-18/05/1999 Professor of Chemistry, Tech.University of Lodz, Poland 10/01/1989-31/12/1993 Associate Professor, Tech. University of Lodz, Poland 30/03/1982-09/01/1989 Assistant Professor, Tech. University of Lodz, Poland 2006-2009 Marie Curie Excellence Chair, EU 2002-2003: Fulbright Award, USA 2001: Gold Cross for scientific achievements from the President of Poland 1998: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Award, Germany FELLOWSHIPS 1994-present: Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Molecular Liquids AND ACADEMIC 1992: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Award, Germany HONORS 1991-present: Member of the International Committee of the European Molecular Liquids Group 1990: Prize of the Minister of Education for the Habilitation Thesis 1989: International Federation of University Women Award, Spain The main coordinator of the KBN* scientific projects (11): MEN/NSF-98-334, Polish-American project between Polish Ministry of MANAGING Education and National Science Foundation – finished 06.2002 RESEARCH PROJECTS Marie Curie Chair Excellence Grant, 2007-2009 KBN* – Committee for Scientific Research has been the main government agency in Poland to finance research 1 Lectures 1. Chemical physics 2. Molecular spectroscopy 3. Instrumental analysis 4. Lasers in diagnostics and therapy 5. Fibers in optical communication Books (7 books) TEACHING including EXPERIENCE CLICK WEB- 1. H. Abramczyk, Wstep do spektroskopii laserowej, PWN, 2000, isbn SITE: 83-01-13141-1 http://mitr.p.lodz.pl 2. H. Abramczyk, Introduction to the laser spectroscopy, Elsevier, /raman 2005, isbn 044451662X Recent invited and plenary lectures: 35 invited, plenary, keynote talks including International conferences, 2011-1984 Max Born Institute, Germany, 2007, 2008 Stanford University, USA, 2003 University of California, Irvine, USA, 2003 University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 2002 Supervising M.Sc thesis (25) Supervising Ph.D thesis (9) 2 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, CLEO Europe-EQEC 2011, Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics, European Quantum Electronics Conference, 14-19 June 2011, Munich, Germany Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, XIV European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Coimbra, August 28-September 2 2011, Portugal Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, POLFEL (Polish Free Electron Laser) Seminar, Ryn, 14-17 February 2010, Poland Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, XIII European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Palermo, August 28-September 2 2009, Italy Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, CLEO Europe-EQEC 2009, Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics, European Quantum Electronics Conference, 14-19 June 2009, Munich, Germany Organizer, Marie Curie Excellence Chair, Summer School 2009, Ultrafast Dynamics and Structure. Towards Biological and Biomedical Applications, Rhodes, Greece, 29 September- 4 October 2009 Organizer of the conference Marie Curie Chair, Recent advances in medical diagnostics by optical methods, Berlin, Germany 2008 Editor, Special Issue of Journal of Molecular Liquids, Recent advances in laser spectroscopy and laser technology, vol. 141, 2008 Organizer of the conference Marie Curie Chair, Recent advances in laser spectroscopy and laser technology, Lodz, Poland, 2007 MAIN Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, XXVII European Congress on PROFESSIONAL Molecular Spectroscopy, Poland, 2004 RECENT Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, European Molecular Liquids ACTIVITIES Group (EMLG) Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, 3rd-7th September 2004 Scientific Expert, Independent Expert of European Union (Lasers and Nanotechnologies), 2003 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Euresco Conferences, European Science Foundation, Water at New Millennium, 7-12 September, 2001, Obernai, France Coordinator, and Polish principal investigator, US-Poland Research Cooperation, M. Sklodowska-Curie Joint Fund II Co-editor, Special Issue on Laser Spectroscopy of Very Fast Chemical Processes, dedicated to Nobel Prize 1999 laureate in Chemistry Ahmed Zewail, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, vol. 47, 1999 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Vth International Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy, 26-30 September, 1999, Wrocław, Lądek Zdrój, Poland Co-editor, Special Issue of Journal of Molecular Liquids, Ultrafast Phenomena in Liquids and Glasses, vol. 64, 1995 Organizer, the European Molecular Liquids Group Annual Meeting, Ultrafast phenomena in Liquids and Glasses, 1994, Zakopane, Poland Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Molecular Liquids (since 1994) Member, International Committee of the European Molecular Liquids Group, since 1991 3 PUBLICATIONS TRACK RECORD RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (conference proceedings are not included) 1. H. Abramczyk, Mechanisms of energy dissipation and ultrafast primary events in photostable systems: H- bond, excess electron, biological photoreceptors. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2012 in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2011.10.008 2. H. Abramczyk, B. Brozek-Pluska, J. Surmacki, J. Jablonska-Gajewicz, R. Kordek, Raman 'optical biopsy' of human breast cancer, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2012, in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.10.004 3. H. Abramczyk, B. Brozek-Pluska, J. Surmacki, J. Jablonska-Gajewicz, R. Kordek, Hydrogen bonds of interfacial water in human breast cancer tissue compared to lipid and DNA interfaces. Journal of Biophysical Chemistry, 2011, 2, 158-169. 4. B. Brozek-Pluska, J. Jablonska-Gajewicz, R. Kordek, H. Abramczyk Phase transitions in oleic acid and in human breast tissue as studied by Raman spectroscopy and Raman imaging. J. Med. Chem. 2011, 54, 3386-3392 5. H. Abramczyk, B. Brozek-Pluska, J. Surmacki, J. Jablonska, R. Kordek The label-free Raman imaging of human breast cancer. J. Mol. Liq. Vol. 164, Issues 1–2, 1 November 2011, Pages 123–131 6. H. Abramczyk, J. Surmacki, B. Brożek-Płuska, Z. Morawiec, M. Tazbir, The Hallmarks of Breast Cancer by Raman Spectroscopy, J. Mol. Struc. 924-926, 2009, 175-182 7. B. Brożek – Płuska, A. Jarota, K. Kurczewski, H. Abramczyk, Photochemistry of Tetrasulphonated Zinc Phthalocyanine in Water and DMSO solutions by absorption, emission, Raman spectroscopy and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, J. Mol. Struc. 924-926, 2009, 338-34 8. H. Abramczyk, B. Brożek-Płuska, K.Kurczewski, Z. Morawiec, M.Tazbir, Breast tissue Diagnostics by Raman Spectroscopy, J. Mol. Liquids, 2008, 141,145-148 9. H. Abramczyk, I. Placek, B. Brożek-Płuska, J. Surmacki, K.Kurczewski, Z. Morawiec, M.Tazbir, Human breast tissue cancer diagnosis by Raman spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, 2008, Vol. 22, No 2-3 10. B. Brożek-Płuska, W. Czajkowski, M. Kurczewska, H. Abramczyk, Photochemistry of Tetrasulphonated Magnesium Phthalocyanine in Water and DMSO solutions by Raman, femtosecond transient absorption, and stationary absorption spectroscopies, J. Mol. Liquids, 2008, 141, 140-144 11. H. Abramczyk, Brożek-Płuska, K.Kurczewski, Z. Morawiec, M.Tazbir, From femtosecond dynamics to breast tissue diagnosis by Raman spectroscopy and Raman imaging, Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Science ISRAPS Bulletin, January, 2008, vol.20, no.1, p. 16-20 12. H. Abramczyk, B. Brożek-Płuska, K. Kurczewski, M. Kurczewska, I. Szymczyk, P. Krzyczmonik, T. Błaszczyk, H. Scholl, W.Czajkowski, Femtosecond Transient Absorption, Raman and Electrochemistry Studies of Tetrasulphonated Copper Phthalocyanine in Water Solutions J. Phys. Chem. A, 2006, 110 (28), 8627-8636 13. Brożek-Płuska, K. Kurczewski, W. Czajkowski, H. Abramczyk, Raman spectroscopy of cobalt and zinc phthalocyanines and their sulfonated derivatives, Annals of Polish Chemical Society, 2005, vol. 1, 532. 14. G. Waliszewska, B. Brożek-Płuska, H. Abramczyk, Primary events in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle and its retinal modified analogues, Annals of Polish Chemical Society, 2005, vol.1, p. 693-696 15. B. Brożek-Płuska, G. Waliszewska, M. Jackowicz, H. Abramczyk, S. Kuberski, R. Zarzycki, G. Janowska, Low Temperature Raman Study of Stable and Metastable Structures of Phenylacetylene in Benzene. Vibrational Dynamics in Liquid, Solutions, Crystals and Glasses, J. Mol. Liquids 121(2005) 80-87 16. B. Brożek-Płuska, I. Szymczyk, H. Abramczyk, Raman spectroscopy of phthalocyanines and their sulfonated derivatives, J. Mol. Struc. 744-747 (2005) 481-485 17. A. Terentis, L. Uji, H.