Dr hab. Bartosz Szyszko with Włodzimierz Kołos Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Award
Dr hab. Bartosz Szyszko (Group of Organic Supramolecular Chemistry) was awarded the Włodzimierz Kołos scientific award of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of chemistry for:
11 works constituting the achievement entitled hybrids of acaenas and porphyrins: from unusual ligands to molecular switches.
Polish Academy of Sciences scientific Awards are granted annually to Polish researchers as well as foreigners working in Poland for outstanding and creative scientific works. Applications shall be submitted by the members of the Polish Academy of Sciences as well as by the members of Science and Problem Committees which are afiliated to a particular faculty. The winners are chosen by each of the five departments of Polish Academy of Sciences. Division III of Science and Earth Sciences honours the following awards:
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Scientific Award in the field of chemistry
- Stanisław Staszic Scientific Awards in the field of Earth sciences
- Włodzimierz Kołos Scientific Award in the field of chemistry
- Stefan Pieńkowski Scientific Award in the field of physics
- Wacław Sierpiński Scientific Award in the field of mathematics
- Ignacy Domeyka Scientific Award in the field of Earth sciences
Dr hab. Bartosz Szyszko completed his master studies in 2010, pursuing an individual course of study with a specialisation in biological chemistry and a specialisation in organic chemistry. In 2014, with the supervision of Professor Lechosław Latos-Grażyński, he completed his PhD with distinction on the topic of synthesis, reactivity and coordination chemistry of acenoporphyrins. In 2015, dr hab. Szyszko completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Professor’s Jonathan Nitschke at the Faculty of Chemistry of Cambridge University. During this fellowship he worked on synthesis of supramolecular cages using the selfassociation of subcomponents method.
From 2015, dr hab. Szyszko has been employed as an assistant professor of the Faculty of Chemistry and since 2017 he has been managing, created by himself, students Laboratory of Advanced Synthesis Methods. In 2020, dr hab. Szyszko was appointed to the position of Deputy Dean of General Affairs of the Faculty of Chemistry.
After habilitation in 2021, dr hab. Szyszko initiated new subject line focusing on synthesis and structure of blocked mechanically systems. Currently, dr hab. Szyszko manages the Group of Organic Supramolecular Chemistry which was established thanks to funds collected from the SONATA BIS grant of the National Science Centre. His research interests are part of macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry. The research topics in the group are related to the synthesis, investigating the properties, structures, dynamics of macrocyclic compounds and supramolecular architectures, such as molecular cages and mechanically locked systems (knots, tangles, rotaxanes.
For his scientific work, dr hab. Szyszko has been rewarded with prestigious and environmental awards, including the Iuvenes Wratislaviae Award (Polish Academy of Sciences Wrocław), START scholarship (Foundation for Polish Science), Scholarship for young scientists (Ministry of Science and Higher Education) and Max Born scholarship.
Sincere congratulations!
Translated by Martyna Sobczyk (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
