Bartosz Szymczak
Bartosz Szymczak is a PhD student at the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences. In 2017, he completed his bachelor’s degree, two years later his master’s degree in biotechnology, and a year later, his master’s degree in molecular diagnostics. Both master’s theses took first places in the competitions for the best thesis of the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, and he himself was chosen the Best Graduate of the Faculty in the 2019/20 academic year. So far, he has carried out numerous independent and team research projects, both as a holder and a researcher, he also has one publication and seven conference presentations. In September 2020, he completed an internship at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in the “Antibody Engineering Platform” financed by the Erasmus + program. Since 2016, he has been active in the Biotechnology Thoruniensis Student Scientific Club. As part of his work for the Club, he organized many original workshops and lectures as part of organized events such as Night of Biologists, Fascinating Plant Day, Festival of Science and Art or Copernicon. From October 1, 2020 he is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences “Academia Scientarium Thoruniensis”, where he implements the project “Purinergic signaling in glioma – in vitro studies on pathological mechanisms and therapeutic potential” at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, under the supervision of prof. Katarzyna Roszek. Research interests focus on nucleotide signaling in biological processes of normal and cancer cells.
Daniel Szarmach
A graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In 2018, he completed his undergraduate studies in environmental protection. In 2020, he defended his master’s degree in biology, and his master’s thesis took second place in the competition for the best diploma thesis of the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences. He is currently implementing a doctoral project entitled: “Mechanisms and consequences of spread of thermophilic invasive alien molluscs to non-heated waters of Central Europe. A case study of Corbicula clams” at the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, NCU, under the supervision of dr hab. Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, prof. UMK. Since 2017, he has been developing his scientific interests by actively participating in the scientific and organizational activities of the Hydrobiology and Ichthyology Section of the Students’ Scientific Association of Biologists.
Main research interests: habitat preferences of invasive and native bivalve species, impact of invasive bivalve molluscs on native Unionidae molluscs, adaptation possibilities of invasive and native bivalve molluscs to extreme habitat conditions.
Dhiraj Kumar
I am Dhiraj Kumar and I am pursuing my career as a doctoral student on the project i.e. “Late Weichselian glacial mega floods in Poland and Lithuania: geomorphic records and paleogeography implications” in the Department of Quaternary Geomorphology and Paleogeography at Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland. As I belong to a small town from India and since my childhood I saw disastrous floods in my area. There are many reasons behind my interest in this field like why river change its direction? Why the rivers dumped the sediments at the side of the river bank etc. My interest is to carry forward my research in the field of OSL/TL Dating, Geomorphology, Paleo climatic Studies, Remote Sensing and Sedimentology. I was awarded the prestigious scholarship Innovation in Science Pursuit and Inspired Research Fellowship Grant from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2015-2020) admission to IISER for pursuing undergraduate studies. I am an earth science major completed my graduation with an Integrated MS degree last summer. I have been working in a research-oriented environment right after the completion of the first year of my undergraduate studies. I have received the prestigious AST Doctoral Scholarship from Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland. I have got selected in 36th International Geological Congress, 2020 (IGC) for volunteering in field. I had presented a poster “Palaeoflood studies of Anas River, Western India: Implication to climate reconstruction” on Department Convergence 2020. In addition to this, I am a two times gold medalist in sports i.e. in Cricket. I was also the General Secretary of IISER Kolkata Food, Health and Hygiene. I am passionate about other activities like football, athletics. I love to do singing and learning new languages.
Hubert Jóźwiak
My name is Hubert Jóźwiak, I am a PhD student at Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis, working in the group of prof. Piotr Wcisło. My research is concerned with various topics related to atomic, molecular and optical physics, mostly with subtle collisional effects that manifest themselves as the perturbations of the shapes of experimental spectra. I am a principal investigator in the project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science („Diamentowy Grant”) devoted to collisional effects in the hyperfine structure of molecular hydrogen – the simplest chemically neutral diatomic molecule. In my free time I play the guitar in the local klezmer band “Freygish Orchestra”.
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Jakub Szlachetka
I am Jakub Szlachetka, a PhD candidate at Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis, working in the group of dr Piotr Kolenderski. I have defended my master thesis entitled Quantum photon interference on non-unitary beam splitter at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University. My main scientific interests are quantum optics, in particular the issue of single photons. In addition, I am passionate about high-dimensional entangled states, quantum communication, and the study of fundamental problems. In my doctoral dissertation, I am working on Long-distance quantum communication. This project aims to perform quantum communication between the earth station and the satellite. My hobbies are water sports and the queen of motorsport F1.
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Joanna Trzcińska-Wencel
A graduate of biotechnology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where in the academic year 2020/2021 she received the third prize in the faculty competition for the best master’s thesis for the work titled “Biogenic silver nanoparticles – analysis of cytotoxicity towards bacterial cells and nanoparticle capping agents” written under the supervision of dr hab. Patrycja Golińska, NCU prof. Research interests include green synthesis of metal and non-metal nanoparticles, study of physico-chemical properties of bionanoparticles, mechanisms of action of these structures on living organisms and their application potential, e.g. in medicine or agriculture. The project implemented at the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences concernsthe use of biological nanoparticles of metals and non-metals for protection and promotion plant growth and development.
Justyna Gromowska
I was born in Toruń and I graduated with a master’s degree in chemistry at the NCU in 2015. Now I am a PhD student at Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences at the Faculty of Chemistry. My PhD project concerns novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters and their application in printed electronics. This project is strictly connected with my job at Noctiluca S.A., where we synthesize OLED emitters. In my free time I also learn Norwegian, read books or watch another Netflix series.
Katarzyna Adamiak
I am Katarzyna Adamiak, PhD student at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Biomaterials and Cosmetics Chemistry. Presently, I am combining my professional work with doctoral studies, I am conducting research and writing new articles. I am particularly interested in using the potential of collagen material in biomaterial engineering, and as a result, developing an invention to use in regenerative medicine and cosmetic industry. Collagen exhibits significant tissue recovering potential. Using collagen as a structural material and combination of peptides of appropriate origin it is possible to accelerate the tissue healing processes. I was born in Poland, where I received my Master’s degree in Pharmacy at Medical University of Gdansk. Aside from chemistry, I am passionate about art, music and literature.
Martyna Górska
A graduate of mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. She received her master’s degree at the basis of the work entitled “Automorphisms separate from ergodic automorphisms” written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Mariusz Lemańczyk. The doctoral project is a continuation and extension of her master’s thesis and concerns ergodic approaches to the Chowla and Sarnak hypotheses. Her research interests are focused on ergodic theory and dynamical systems.
Nikodem Stolarczyk
I am Nikodem Stolarczyk, a PhD candidate at Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis, working in the group of prof. Piotr Wcisło. My research is devoted to molecular spectroscopy, in particular, I focus on the molecular spectral line shapes. The most exciting part of research for me is when the observations meet the predictions, therefore I am active on both experimental and theoretical grounds. One of my scientific goals is to formulate a new theoretical model of the spectral line shape, based on realistic intermolecular interactions. Moreover, I have always participated in student-oriented organizations like SPIE and OSA. In addition to being a researcher, I am also a rum enthusiast and collector.
Sławomir Sulik
A graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in the field of environmental geoinformation (Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management). Currently a PhD student at the Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis doctoral school in the discipline of Exact and Natural Sciences (Earth and Environmental Sciences). He is currently conducting research on extreme weather phenomena, specifically storms and parameters in which these phenomena arise. This research involves reconstructing the conditions for the formation of strong storm systems in relation to the electrical activity generated by storm cells, and creating models to help predict similar phenomena in the future. Some aspects of the research will be included in the draft doctoral dissertation entitled “Influence of thermodynamic instability of the atmosphere on the variability of the cloud-to-ground lightning in Poland in the years 2002-2020” Research interests: storms, lightning discharges, meteorology, climatology.