The success of the Institute and its staff

• ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS [IF=24,4] Dubey, Prashant; Shrivastav, Vishal; Boruah, Tribani; Zoppellaro, Giorgio; Zboril, Radek; Bakandritsos, Aristides; Sundriyal, Shashank, Unveiling the Potential of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Storage: Developments, Challenges, and Future Prospects, 2024 14, 24
• ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS [IF=24,4] Feng, Jianpei; Mak, Chun Hong; Jia, Guohua; Han, Bin; Shen, Hsin-Hui; Santoso, Shella Permatasari; Kai, Ji-Jung; Yuan, Mingjian; Song, Haisheng; Colmenares, Juan Carlos; Hsu, Hsien-Yi, Unlocking Interfacial Interactions of In Situ Grown Multidimensional Bismuth-Based Perovskite Heterostructures for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, 2024, 14, 43
• COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS [IF=20,3] Mansi, Vishal; Shrivastav, Vishal; Dubey, Prashant; Sundriyal, Shashank; Tiwari, Umesh K.; Deep, Akash, Recent advances on core-shell metal-organic frameworks for energy storage applications: Controlled assemblies and design strategies, 2024, 499, 215497
• APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY [IF=20,2] Baluk, Mateusz A.; Pieczynska, Aleksandra; Mazierski, Pawel; Kroczewska, Malwina; Nikiforow, Kostiantyn; Mikolajczyk, Alicja; Dolzonek, Joanna; Luczak, Justyna; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana, Effect of copper and silver modification of NH2-MIL-125(Ti) on the photoreduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid over this framework under visible-light irradiation, 2024 354, 124107
• CHEM [IF=19,1] Abdurakhmanova, Esma R.; Mondal, Debashis; Drzejewska, Hanna Je; Cmoch, Piotr; Danylyuk, Oksana; Chmielewski, Michal J.; Szumna, Agnieszka, Supramolecular umpolung: Converting electron-rich resorcin[4]arenes into potent CH-bonding anion receptors and transporters, 2024 10, 6

• CHEMICAL REVIEWS [IF=62,1] Kondrat, Svyatoslav; Feng, Guang; Bresme, Fernando; Urbakh, Michael; Kornyshev, Alexei A., Theory and Simulations of Ionic Liquids in Nanoconfinement, 2023 123, 10, 6668-6715
• NATURE REVIEWS PHYSICS [IF=38,5] Hallatschek, Oskar; Datta, Sujit S.; Drescher, Knut; Dunkel, Joern; Elgeti, Jens; Wacław, Bartek; Wingreen, Ned S., Proliferating active matter, 2023 5, 7, 407-419
• ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE [IF=32,5] Akman, Erdi; Ozturk, Teoman; Xiang, Wanchun; Sadegh, Faranak; Prochowicz, Daniel; Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi; Yadav, Pankaj; Yilmaz, Mucahit; Akin, Seckin, The effect of B-site doping in all-inorganic CsPbIxBr3-x absorbers on the performance and stability of perovskite photovoltaics, 2023 16, 2, 372-403
• ADVANCED MATERIALS [IF=29,4] Tang, Yunqi; Mak, Chun Hong; Zhang, Jun; Jia, Guohua; Cheng, Kuan-Chen; Song, Haisheng; Yuan, Mingjian; Zhao, Shijun; Kai, Ji-Jung; Colmenares, Juan Carlos; Hsu, Hsien-Yi, Unravelling the Interfacial Dynamics of Bandgap Funneling in Bismuth-Based Halide Perovskites, 2023 35, 2
• ADVANCED MATERIALS [IF=29,4] Richter, Lars; Szalai, Alan M.; Manzanares-Palenzuela, C. Lorena; Kamińska, Izabela; Tinnefeld, Philip, Exploring the Synergies of Single-Molecule Fluorescence and 2D Materials Coupled by DNA202335, 41, -2303152
• APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL [IF=22,1] Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A.; Qayyum, Abdul; Barczak, Mariusz; Quintero, Ramon Fernando Colemenars; Borowski, Piotr; Triantafyllidis, Konstantinos; Colmenares, Juan Carlos; Mechanistic and kinetic studies of benzyl alcohol photocatalytic oxidation by nanostructured titanium (hydro)oxides: Do we know the entire story?, 2023 320, 121939

• CHEMICAL REVIEWS [IF=72,087], Rojek, Katarzyna O.; Ćwiklinska, Monika; Kuczak, Julia; Guzowski, Jan, Microfluidic Formulation of Topological Hydrogels for Microtissue Engineering, 2022, 122, 22
• ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH [IF=24,466] Postek, Witold; Garstecki, Piotr, Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Analysis of Antibiotic Susceptibility in Bacterial Cells and Populations, 2022, 55,5,1-11
• APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL [IF=24,319] Parnicka, Patrycja; Lisowski, Wojciech; Klimczuk, Tomasz; Mikolajczyk, Alicja; Zaleska-Medynska, AdrianaA novel (Ti/Ce)UiO-X MOFs@TiO2 heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic performance: Boosting via Ce4+/Ce3+ and Ti4+/Ti3+ redox mediators, 2022, 310,121349
• ACS ENERGY LETTERS [IF=23,991] Mishra, Aditya; Kubicki, Dominik J.; Boziki, Ariadni; Chavan, Rohit D.; Dankl, Mathias; Mladenovic, Marko; Prochowicz, Daniel; Grey, Clare P.; Rothlisberger, Ursula; Emsley, LyndonInterplay of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Reaction Control Explains Incorporation of Dimethylammonium Iodide into CsPbI3, 2022 7, 8, 2745-2752
• ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS [IF=19,924] Chavan, Rohit D.; Wolska-Pietkiewicz, Malgorzata; Prochowicz, Daniel; Jędrzejewska, Maria; Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi; Yadav, Pankaj; Hong, Chang Kook; Lewiński, Janusz, Organic Ligand-Free ZnO Quantum Dots for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, 2022, 32 49

• JOULE [IF=41,248 ]  Xie, Haibing; Wang, Zaiwei; Chen, Zehua; Pereyra, Carlos; Pols, Mike; Galkowski, Krzysztof; Anaya, Miguel; Fu, Shuai; Jia, Xiaoyu; Tang, Pengyi; Kubicki, Dominik Jozef; Agarwalla, Anand; Kim, Hui-Seon; Prochowicz, Daniel; Borrise, Xavier; Bonn, Mischa; Bao, Chunxiong; Sun, Xiaoxiao; Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed; Emsley, Lyndon; Arbiol, Jordi; Gao, Feng; Fu, Fan; Wang, Hai, I; Tielrooij, Klaas-Jan; Stranks, Samuel D.; Tao, Shuxia; Graetzel, Michael; Hagfeldt, Anders; Lira-Cantu, MonicaDecoupling the effects of defects on efficiency and stability through phosphonates in stable halide perovskite solar cells, 2021; 5; 5; s. 1246-1266
• NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY [IF= 39,213 ] Huang, Junyang; Foldes, Tamas; McCune, Jade A.; Xu, David D.; de Nijs, Bart; Chikkaraddy, Rohit; Collins, Sean M.; Rosta, Edina; Baumberg, Jeremy J.; Scherman, Oren A.; Sokolowski, KamilNanoparticle surfactants for kinetically arrested photoactive assemblies to track light-induced electron transfer, 2021; 16; 10; 1121
• ADVANCED MATERIALS [IF=30,849 ] Kamińska, I.; Bohlen, J.; Yaadav, R.; Schüler, P.; Raab, M.; Schröder, T.; Zähringer, J.; Zielonka, K.; Krause, S.; Tinnefeld, P.Graphene Energy Transfer for Single‐Molecule Biophysics, Biosensing, and Super‐Resolution Microscopy2021, 33, 2101099
• NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING [IF=25,671 ] Suh, Susie; Choi, Elliot H.; Leinonen, Henri; Foik, Andrzej T.; Newby, Gregory A.; Yeh, Wei-Hsi; Dong, Zhiqian; Kiser, Philip D.; Lyon, David C.; Liu, David R.; Palczewski, KrzysztofRestoration of visual function in adult mice with an inherited retinal disease via adenine base editing, 2021; 5; 2;
• APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL [IF=19,503 ] Parnicka, Patrycja; Lisowski, Wojciech; Klimczuk, Tomasz; Luczak, Justyna; Zak, Andrzej; Zaleska-Medynska, AdrianaVisible-light-driven lanthanide-organic-frameworks modified TiO2 & nbsp;photocatalysts utilizing up-conversion effect, 2021; 291; ; s. -120056

• NATURE MATERIALS [IF=38,663]  "Ultrafast hot-hole injection modifies hot-electron dynamics in Au/p-GaN heterostructures",  Tagliabue, Giulia; DuChene, Joseph S.; Abdellah, Mohamed; Habib, Adela; Gosztola, David J.; Hattori, Yocefu; Cheng, Wen-Hui; Zheng, Kaibo; Canton, Sophie E.; Sundararaman, Ravishankar; Sa, Jacinto; Atwater, Harry A., 2020;19; 1312–1318, DOI 1038/s41563-020-0737-1
• Advanced Energy Materials [IF=25,245] "Highly Efficient Sunlight-Driven Seawater Splitting in a Photoelectrochemical Cell with Chlorine Evolved at Nanostructured WO3 Photoanode and Hydrogen Stored as Hydride within Metallic Cathode", Jadwiszczak M., Jakubów-Piotrowska K., Kędzierzawski P., Bieńkowski K., Augustyński J. , 2020, 10, 1903213200, DOI 1002/aenm.201903213
• ACS ENERGY LETTERS [IF=19,003] "Cd-113 Solid-State NMR at 21.1 T Reveals the Local Structure and Passivation Mechanism of Cadmium in Hybrid and All-Inorganic Halide Perovskites" Kubicki, Dominik J.; Prochowicz, Daniel; Hofstetter, Albert; Walder, Brennan J.; Emsley, Lyndon, 2020;5;2964-2971, DOI 0110.1021/acsenergylett.0c01420

• NATURE [IF=43,07] "Superconductivity at 250 K in lanthanum hydride under high pressures" Drozdov, A. P.; Kong, P. P.; Minkov, V. S.; Besedin, S. P.; Kuzovnikov, M. A.; Mozaffari, S.; Balicas, L.; Balakirev, F. F.; Graf, D. E.; Prakapenka, V. B.; Greenberg, E.; Knyazev, D. A.; Tkacz, M.; Eremets, M. I. 2019; 569; 528-43,07, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1201-8
• NATURE [IF=43,07] "Dissolving without mixing" Hołyst, Robert; Garstecki, Piotr, 2019; 574; 181-182, DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02973-y
• SCIENCE [IF=41,037]  "Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals"  Piątkowski, Łukasz; Accanto, Nicolo; Calbris, Gaetan; Christodoulou, Sotirios; Moreels, Iwan; van Hulst, Niek F., 2019; 366; 1240.
• ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS  [IF=24,884] "Controllable Perovskite Crystallization via Antisolvent Technique Using Chloride Additives for Highly Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells", Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi; Yadav, Pankaj; Prochowicz, Daniel; Sponseller, Melany; Osherov, Anna; Bulovic, Vladimir; Kong, Jing, 2019; 9; -; 1803587, DOI 1002/aenm.201803587
• ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH [IF=21,661] "Mechanoperovskites for Photovoltaic Applications: Preparation, Characterization, and Device Fabrication", Prochowicz, Daniel; Saski, Marcin; Yadav, Pankaj; Gratzel, Michael; Lewiński, Janusz, 2019; 52; 3233-3243, DOI 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00454

• Rev. Modern Phys. [IF=36.4] A.Maciolek, S.Dietrich, Siegfried, "Collective behavior of colloids due to critical Casimir interactions" 2018, 90, UNSP 045001 50
• Materials Today [IF=24.5] Hattori, Y; Abdellah, M; Rocha, I; Pavliuk, MV; Fernandes, DLA; Sa, J; "Light-induced ultrafast proton-coupled electron transfer responsible for H-2 evolution on silver plasmonics", 2018, 21, 590-593, DOI 10.1016/j.mattod.2018.05.002
• JACS [IF=14.4], W.Bury, A.M.Walczak, M.K.Leszczynski, J.A.R.Navarro, "Rational Design of Noncovalent Diamondoid Microporous Materials for Low-Energy Separation of C-6-Hydrocarbons", 2018, 140, 15031-15037 45
• JACS [IF=14.4], Kubicki, Dominik J.; Prochowicz, Daniel; Hofstetter, Albert; Saski, Marcin; Yadav, Pankaj; Bi, Dongqin; Pellet, Norman; Lewinski, Janusz; Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.; Gratzel, Michael; Emsley, Lyndon "Formation of Stable Mixed GuanidiniumMethylammonium Phases with Exceptionally Long Carrier Lifetimes for High-Efficiency Lead Iodide-Based Perovskite Photovoltaics" 2018, 140, 3345-3351 45
• JACS [IF=14.4], Kubicki, Dominik J.; Prochowicz, Daniel; Hofstetter, Albert; Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.; Graetzel, Michael;Emsley, Lyndon, "Phase Segregation in Potassium-Doped Lead Halide Perovskites from K-39 Solid-State NMR at 21.1 T", 2018, 140, 7232- 7238 45
• ACS NANO [IF=13.7] Breitsprecher, Konrad; Holm, Christian; Kondrat, Svyatoslav, "Charge Me Slowly, I Am in a Hurry: Optimizing Charge-Discharge Cycles in Nanoporous Supercapacitors", 2018, 12, 9733-9741 45
• Adv. Functional Materials [IF=13.3] Boguslawski, J; Wang, YD; Xue, H; Yang, XX; Mao, D; Gan, XT; Ren, ZY; Zhao, JL; Dai, Q; Sobon, G; Sotor, J; Sun, ZP; "Graphene Actively Mode-Locked Lasers", 2018, 28, - , DOI 10.1002/adfm.201801539
• Materials Horizons [IF=13.2] Szlachetko, J; Kubas, A; Cieslak, AM; Sokolowski, K; Makolski, L; Czapla-Masztafiak, J; Sa, J; Lewinski, J, "Hidden gapless states during thermal transformations of preorganized zinc alkoxides to zinc oxide nanocrystals", 2018, 5, 905-911, DOI 10.1039/c8mh00106e
• Adv. Funct. Materials [IF 13.3] Costantini, M; Guzowski, J; Zuk, PJ; Mozetic, P; De Panfilis, S; Jaroszewicz, J; Heljak, M; Massimi, M; Pierron, M; Trombetta, M; Dentini, M; Swieszkowski, W; Rainer, A; Garstecki, P; Barbetta, A; "Electric Field Assisted Microfluidic Platform for Generation of Tailorable Porous Microbeads as Cell Carriers for Tissue Engineering"; 2018, 28, -
• Nano Energy [IF 13.1] Prochowicz, D; Yadav, P; Saliba, M; Kubicki, DJ; Tavakoli, MM; Zakeeruddin, SM; Lewinski, J; Emsley, L; Gratzel, M; "One-step mechanochemical incorporation of an insoluble cesium additive for high performance planar heterojunction solar cells"; 2018, 49, 523-528;
• NANO Letters [IF=12.1], Boeckmann, Hannes; Gawinkowski, Sylwester; Waluk, Jacek; Raschke, Markus B.; Wolf, Martin; Kumagai, Takashi, "Near-Field Enhanced Photochemistry of Single Molecules in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Junction", 2018, 18, 152-157 45
• Appl. Cat. B Environm. [IF=11.7], Krukowska, Anna; Winiarski, Michal Jerzy; Strychalska-Nowak, Judyta; Klimczuk, Tomasz; Lisowski, Wojciech; Mikolajczyk, Alicja; Pinto, Henry P.; Puzyn, Tomasz; Grzyb, Tomasz; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana, "Rare earth ions doped K2Ta2O6 photocatalysts with enhanced UV-vis light activity", 2018, 224, 451-468 45
• Appl. Cat. B Environm. [IF=11.7], Czelej, Kamil; Cwieka, Karol; Colmenares, Juan C.; Kurzydlowski, Krzysztof J., "Catalytic activity of NiO cathode in molten carbonate fuel cells", 2018, 222, 73-75 45
• ACS Catalysis [IF=11.4], Jelinska, Aldona; Bienkowski, Krzysztof; Jadwiszczak, Michal; Pisarek, Marcin; Strawski, Marcin; Kurzydlowski, Dominik; Solarska, Renata; Augustynski, Jan, "Enhanced Photocatalytic Water Splitting on Very Thin WO3 Films Activated by High-Temperature Annealing", 2018, 8, 10573-10580 45
• ACS Catalysis [IF 11.4] Szewczyk, M; Sobczak, G; Sashuk, V; "Photoswitchable Catalysis by a Small Swinging Molecule Confined on the Surface of a Colloidal Particle"; 2018, 8, 2810-2814

• Chem. Soc. Revs. [IF=38.6] Kaminski, T. S.; Garstecki, P.; "Controlled droplet microfluidic systems for multistep chemical and biological assays", 2017, 46 (20), 6210-6226
• J.Am.Chem.Soc. [IF=13,8] Koch, Matthias; Pagan, Mark; Persson, Mats; Gawinkowski, Sylwester; Waluk, Jacek; Kumagai, Takashi; "Direct Observation of Double Hydrogen Transfer via Quantum Tunneling in a Single Porphycene Molecule on a Ag(110) Surface", 2017, 139 (36), 12681-12687
• Coord. Chem. Revs. [IF=13,3] Soltys-Brzostek, Katarzyna; Terlecki, Michal; Sokolowski, Kamil; Lewinski, Janusz, "Chemical fixation and conversion of CO2 into cyclic and cage-type metal carbonates", 2017, 334, 199-231
• Nature Comm. [IF=12,1] Rozynek, Zbigniew; Han, Ming; Dutka, Filip; Garstecki, Piotr; Jozefczak, Arkadiusz; Luijten, Erik, "Formation of printable granular and colloidal chains through capillary effects and dielectrophoresis", 2017, 8
• Nature Comm. [IF=12,1] Yang, Zhijie; Wei, Jingjing; Gizynski, Konrad; Song, Myung-Geun; Grzybowski, Bartosz A., "Interference-like patterns of static magnetic fields imprinted into polymer/nanoparticle composites", 2017, 8
• ACS Catal. [IF=10,6] Mazierski, Pawel; Malankowska, Anna; Kobylanski, Marek; Diak, Magdalena; Kozak, Magda; Winiarski, Michal J.; Klimczuk, Tomasz; Lisowski, Wojciech; Nowaczyk, Grzegorz; Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana, "Photocatalytically Active TiO2/Ag2O Nanotube Arrays Interlaced with Silver Nanoparticles Obtained from the One-Step Anodic Oxidation of Ti-Ag Alloys", 2017, 7 (4), 2753-2764
• Chem. Revs [IF = 47.9] D.Prochowicz, A.Kornowicz, J.Lewiński, "Interactions of Native Cyclodextrins with Metal Ions and Inorganic Nanoparticles: Fertile Landscape for Chemistry and Materials Science", DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00231
• Chem Revs [IF-47.9] J.Waluk, "Spectroscopy and Tautomerization, Studies of Porphycenes", 2017, 117 (4), 2447-2480
• Nature Chem, [IF=27.9] A.Kubas, i in., "Mechanism of O-2 diffusion and reduction in FeFe hydrogenases", 2017, 9 (1), 88-95
• Nature Com.,[IF=12,1] Z.Rozynek, F.Dutka, P.Garstecki, i in., "Formation of printable granular and colloidal chains through capillary effects and dielectrophoresis", 2017, 8, 15255
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• Chem. Soc. Revs, [IF=38.6] J.C.Colmenares, R.S.Varma, V.Nair, "Selective photocatalysis of lignin-inspired chemicals by integrating hybrid nanocatalysis in microfluidic reactors", 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00257B

• J. Phototochem. Photobiol. C-Photochem Revs, [IF=12,2] A.J.Stasyuk, P.Cywinski, D.T.Gryko, "Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer in 2 '-(2 '-hydroxyphenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines", 2016, 28, 116-137
• Nano Energy [IF=11.6] A.M.Cieślak i in., "Ultra long-lived electron-hole separation within water-soluble colloidal ZnO nanocrystals: Prospective applications for solar energy production", 2016, 30, 187-192
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• Maciej Wojtkowski, Chair of ICTER (International Centre for Translational Eye Research), has been awarded a MAESTRO grant from the National Science Centre (NCN) for his project, "Optical Measurements of Retinal Neuronal Responses".
• The application for MSCA COFUND 2024 entitled “Basic Sciences 4 Society needs: postdoctoral training” (BS4S) was approved by the EU Commission for funding (ca. EUR 3.4 mln).
• Agnieszka Michota-Kamińska received funding within the TEAM NET FENG program (around 12M PLN). The Foundation for Polish Science reassessed the proposal, which has received the highest mark among all the projects submitted within the call.
• Marco Costantini obtained around 4M PLN for his research proposal in the call under the FIRST TEAM programme, funded by the European Funds for a Modern Economy (FENG), organized by The Foundation for Polish Science.
• Jan Guzowski was selected as a laureate of the Prime Project, receiving funding for the „Precise droplet bioprinter for combinatorial, high-throughput functional screening of 3D tissue models in preclinical drug development”.
• The project submitted within the OPUS 27 call by Dr. Tomasz Ratajczyk has been awarded funding following a successful appeal.
• Katarzyna Krupa has received two mobility grants from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), which will enable her to establish collaboration with researchers from France (under the PHC Polonium program) and from Italy (under the Canaletto program).
• The National Science Centre (NCN) has announced the results of the OPUS 28 and SONATA 20 calls. IChF PAN received 5 OPUS grants from 14 submissions (4 as leaders: Agnieszka Kamińska, Daniel Prochowicz, Marcin Tabaka, and Jan Paczesny; and 1 as a partner: Marco Costantini). In SONATA 20, IChF PAN achieved a 10% success rate, with 1 awarded project out of 10 submissions (Samrat Das Adhikari).
• The joint bilateral exchange project, implemented under agreements between the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council of Italy, has been approved for funding. The project will be led by Daniel Prochowicz (IChF PAN) and Elisa Carignani (ICCOM-CNR).

• The team from the International Centre for Eye Research (ICTER) secured funds in the prestigious "Teaming for Excellence" competition within Horizon Europe (HE). As a result, the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN), under the Translational Research and Innovation in Ophthalmology Vision - Centre of Excellence (TRIO-VI CoE), will elevate the existing sub-unit, the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER), to a Centre of Scientific Excellence (CoE).
• International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) - a subunit of the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF PAN), was awarded funding in the call International Research Agendas (IRAP) by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) for the second time. The European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 Program (FENG) finances the grant. The focus of ICTER's research agenda, supported by this grant, is to contribute to technological advancements that support vision care.
• The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) became one of two Polish winners of the latest edition of the prestigious ERA Chairs grant awarded by the European Commission, receiving support of 2.5M €. As part of the project - “In search of PERFECTION: unnatural amino acids in chemical biology for biological and medical applications”, the Institute will establish a new unit - the Department of Chemical Biology for Biological and Medical Applications. It will be headed by Marcin Drąg, a respected chemical biologist, Foundation for Polish Science Award laureate (Polish “Nobel”), and inventor of a technology platform that uses natural and unnatural amino acids to monitor the activity of proteolytic enzymes (proteases).
• The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced the results of the "Proof of Concept" competition. Out of 28 projects that obtained funding, three will be implemented at IChF: Katarzyna Krupa, Katarzyna Komar, and Aneta Karpińska.
• Konrad Giżyński successfully secured ~1M PLN of funding from JTC 2022 Water4All Partnership, co-funded by the European Union within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme. The "Ultra-sensitive optical sensor system for simultaneous, in-situ detection of multiple pesticides in surface and ground waters" project will be realized with partners from Denmark, Ireland, and Romania.
• The list regarding financial resources allocated in 2023 under the program “Science for Society II” was announced on May 10, 2024, and published by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW). Marcin Tabaka (ICTER) obtained ~1.6 mil PLN for a project related to a method for profiling individual cells for cancer research.
• Adam Kowalski is among the 100 distinguished young scientists in the START 2024 competition organized by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).
• Green Horizon on Organic Semiconductor Technologies (GHOST) project received funding under Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchange 2023 programme. The IChF group, led by Adam Kubas, will be part of the consortium led by Prof. Przemysław Data (Technical University of Łódź). The grant amounts to ~1.5M EUR for 4 years.
• Emilia Witkowska-Nery and Sylwester Gawinkowski obtained funding within the SONATA BIS 13 program from the National Science Centre (NCN).
• Natalia Ochocka-Lewicka (ICTER) received funding for the research project submitted under the SONATINA 8 competition.
• Krzysztof Noworyta received funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) through the DAINA program.
• Maciej Cieplak secured funding through the OPUS 26+LAP/Weave program. This bilateral project will be conducted in collaboration with a German partner.
• OPUS grant recipients are: Karina Kwapiszewska, Agata Błaziak, Martin Jonsson-Niedziółka, Katarzyna Komar, Marcin Opałło, Piyush Sharma, and Arkadiusz Kornowicz.
• PRELUDIUM grant recipients are: Wiktor Kulesza, Marek Czarnota, Leon Jurkiewicz, and Maria Celeste Tirelli.

• Three projects obtained funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) through the OPUS 24 program:
  • Andrzej Foik – “A new approach for gene delivery into retinal bipolar cells“;
  • Piotr Pięta – “High-Performance Nano-Structural Electrode Materials for Li-S battery“;
  • Maciej Cieplak – “Redox polymers combined with electrochemically assisted SPR – mechanism of response and sensitive sensing“.
• The following scientists were awarded grants in the SONATA 18 competition driven by the National Science Centre (NCN):
  • Sylwester Gawinkowski, in the consortium – PI dr Jakub Ostapko (Ensemble3 Sp. z o.o.) – “Crystalline organic porous polymers upconverting light energy”;
  • Dariusz Piekarski – “Induced reactivity of triazole derivatives: theoretical and laser control of reverse "click" reaction”;
  • Mateusz Urbańczyk – “Novel insight into complex reactions. A portable setup for Time-resolved Non-uniform sampling and Laplace NMR”;
  • Paweł Żuk – “Shrinking, cracking and flowing of porous media undergoing thermal conversion. Design and implementation of the novel OpenFOAM library”.
• Adam Kowalski was awarded a PRELUDIUM 22 grant for the project “Biochemical reactions in crowded environment: separating the influence of depletion interactions and ion complexation on the example of DNA hybridization”.
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will finance the Research Group Linkage Programme in which Tomasz Ratajczyk participates.
• The following scientists received funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) through the OPUS 25 program:
  • Krzysztof Noworyta – „Chemosensors with molecularly imprinted polymers for determination of antiviral active drug substances in body fluids - towards personalized medicine”;
  • Joanna Niedziółka-Jönsson – „Plasmonic nanoparticles decorated with fluorescently-labelled mRNA: using single-pair FRET effect for investigating enzymes active in mRNA metabolism”;
  • Volodymyr Sashuk – „Photoswitching under double confinement: a new strategy for the light regulation of functional host-guest systems”;
  • Katarzyna Krupa – „NovEl laser Sources by exploiTing nonlinEar compLexity in opticaL fibErs (ESTELLE)”;
  • Piyush Sharma – „Hit and grow: An approach to synthesize core-shell nanomaterials for sensing, electrosynthesis and electrocatalysis”;
  • Anna Śrębowata – „Single-atom catalysts on functional carbon materials for the continuous-flow selective hydrogenation processes (SUCCESS)”.
• Samrat Das Adhikari won the POLONEZ BIS fellowship from the National Science Centre for the project “Perovskite-based van der Waals heterostructures for photodetector applications”.
• Four researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF) received funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) through the SONATA BIS 12 program:
  • Dawid Borycki – “Parallel interferometric near-infrared spectroscopy for noninvasive monitoring of the cerebral blood flow in humans in vivo”;
  • Marco Costantini – “Empowering microfluidic-assisted bioprinting with artificial intelligence tools: towards an atlas for modelling in vitro human biology”;
  • Wojciech Nogala – “Towards electrochemistry of single molecules: Nanoscale studies of redox processes”;
  • Marcin Tabaka – “Comprehensive, multimodal profiling of chromatin states and gene expression in single cells“.
• Katarzyna Krupa secured funding for the project “MEditerranean sea Laser Instrumentation for Tectonic dynamics Exploration (MELITE)”, which will be implemented under the NATO call Science for Peace and Security.
• Nehar Celikkin (project: “Combining microfluidic-assisted biofabrication with high throughput proteomics to unravel skeletal muscle plasticity under active physical stimulation”) and Joanna Płaczkiewicz (project: “Chimeric rhodopsin as a novel optogenetic tool”) became award winners of the SONATINA 7 program from the National Science Centre (NCN).
• Marcin Tabaka received funding under the Weave-UNISONO Polish-Swiss project. The successful project will be focused on the spatial determinants of immunotherapy resistance in cancer. Dr Tabaka’s partner will be Prof. Alfred Zippelius of the University of Basel.
• Magdalena Banach-Orłowska, Marcin Tabaka, and Natalia Ochocka from the Computational Genomics Group at ICTER secured 1.6 mln PLN of funding from the Ministry of Education and Science program Science for Society II for the project "Breakthrough single cell profiling method for cancer research".

• The HERO project "Horizon of Excellence in mRNA Applications in Immuno-Oncology", under the leadership of Professor Robert Hołyst, was awarded funding by the Polish Science Fund, administered by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, for the implementation period 2022–2027.
• Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) announced the winners of the second call of the PASIFIC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. Three of the 15 fellowships will be implemented at The Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF): Manvar Nilesh, Vishal Shrivastav, and Vineeta Kaushik.
• The following projects from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) got funded within the OPUS 23 scheme:
  • Jan Guzowski - “Vascular tissue engineering on granular scaffolds: experiments and modelling”;
  • Janusz Lewiński - “Activation of Dinitrogen by Multinuclear Iron and Vanadium Complexes Supported by Linked Sterically Demanding N,N’-subunits”;
  • Adam Kubas (project in a consortium – leader: Institute of Organic Chemistry, PI: M. Lindner) - “Ambipolar, bowl-shaped polyaromatic compounds with manifold, precisely arranged, nitrogen dopants. Unprecedented class of efficient OLED emitters (BOwLEDs)”;
  • Aanna Maciołek - “Interactions mediated by fluctuating medium in and out-of equilibrium”;
  • Robert Nowakowski (project in a consortium – leader: Warsaw University of Technology, PI: A. Proń) - “New organic and inorganic semiconductors of controlled supramolecular organization exhibiting tunable luminescent, electrochromic and photocatalytic properties and biological activity”;
  • Jan Paczesny - “Antiviral nanoparticles and polymers to selectively fight phage infections without harming bacteria and eukaryotic cells”.
• Piotr Rutkowski obtained funding within the PRELUDIUM 21 program for the project “Topic modelling for multimodal single-cell data”.
• Karol Makuch received funding within the SONATA BIS 11 grant program to develop the project “Diffusion of rods and flexible polymers in complex fluids”.
• Bartłomiej Wacław obtained funding under the OPUS 22 scheme for the project entitled “Transition from genetic to phenotypic antibiotic resistance in de novo bacterial mutants”.
• Kamila Łępicka received funding within the SONATA 17 scheme for the development of the project “Structurally tuned and nanostructured polymers conducting in both the positive and negative potential range as electrode materials for supercapacitors and molecular interconnections”.
• Silver Hamill Turren Cruz received funding under the POLONEZ BIS 1 postdoctoral research project focused on “Environmental-friendly and highly efficient perovskite solar cells”.
• Gonzalo Manuel Angulo Núñez secured the funding under the Opus 22+LAP/WEAVE scheme for his grant proposal on “Photophysics and Bimolecular Reactions of Metal Nanoclusters”. He will implement the project in cooperation with Dr. Arnulf Rosspeintner from the University of Geneva.
• The following scientists obtained funding from the MINIATURA 6 program: Bren Mark Balane Felisilda, Steven Linfield, Michał Kochman, Marcin Filipiak, Julita Machlowska, Stefania Robakiewicz, and Michał Bogdan.
• Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka was successful in applying for increased funds allocation in his project “Microfluidic cells for high-throughput multiple response analyses (UpTurn)” via the National Centre for Research and Development (NAWA) - funded action Support for Ukrainian researchers under the Bilateral Fund of “Applied Research” Programme. This enables Dr. Veronika Poltavets to be appointed to work on topics related to the UpTurn project.
• Hanggara Sudrajat is among the laureates of the ULAM program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange with the project PLASMOPORE: “Porous Plasmonic Nanoparticles on Multi-Dimensional Organic Porous Polymers for Selective Sonophotocatalytic Valorization of Lignin Model Compounds”.

• Daniel Prochowicz received funding under the SONATA BIS 10 program for his project "Development of strategies for improving stability of perovskite solar cells".
• The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) was awarded a grant under the SPINAKER programme of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) for the implementation of the project "Intensive International Education Programmes in connection with increased allocation".
• Maciej Wojtkowski received approximately PLN 2.4M funding under DAINA 2 call for the Polish-Lithuanian research project entitled "Volumetric image reconstruction with filtration of excessive phase information".
• The following projects obtained funding under the OPUS 20 program:

1. Juan Carlos Colmenares Quintero - "Nanoengineering of multicomponent metal-free carbonaceous materials for bio-oil upgrading through ultrasound-assisted selective redox photo-catalysis in continuous-flow reactors";
2. Sylwester Gawinkowski - "Fast molecular dynamics in plasmonic nanocavities";
3. Aleksander Górski - "On demand generation of singlet oxygen in organic solutions and water";
4. Adam Kubas - "Combined experimental and theoretical studies of the catalytic activity of RPE65 enzyme using biomimetic active centre models (CatVis)";
5. Daniel Prochowicz - "Probing the structure–property relationships in single-crystalline lead halide perovskites for photodetector applications".

• The following scientists received funding within the SONATA 16 program:

1. Andrzej Foik – "The role of the basal forebrain in visual processing";
2. Dawid Lichosyt – "Controlling regioselectivity of catalytic transfer hydrofunctionalization reactions by non-covalent interactions";
3. Emilia Witkowska-Nery – "Electrochemical analysis of neurobiologically relevant analytes".

In the PRELUDIUM BIS 2 program, the funding was granted to:

1. Robert Hołyst – "High throughput microfluidic system for fast determination of the equilibrium constant for biomolecular complexes: application to RNA-DNA interactions"; 
2. Maciej Wojtkowski – "Development of a comprehensive bacteria detection procedure: the creation of a sensor and development of new protocols for sample preparation and deposition".

• Magdalena Wiloch is among the laureates of the SONATINA 5 call. She will implement the project "Spectroelectrochemistry of Alzheimer's disease - a study of a new potential therapeutic molecule".
• Daniel Prochowicz was selected for funding within the V4-Japan Joint Research Program. His project entitled "Perovskites Quantum Dots based Broadband Detectors – from a quantum dot to a functional detector", in which he is a co-investigator, was submitted to the recent V4-Japan Joint Call on "Advanced Materials".
• PhD School (Waw4PhD) of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) received funds under the STER program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).
• Svyatoslav Kondrat from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) received an OPUS 20 + LAP grant from the National Science Centre for the development of the project "Ionic liquid mixtures for supercapacitor applications: Synergy of electrochemistry, NMR, and simulations", which will be implemented in collaboration with Prof. Volker Presser from the Leibniz Institute for New Materials.
• In the MINIATURA 5 program, the funding was granted to Adam Tulewicz, Agnieszka Jamrozik, and Karol Karnowski.
• Svyatoslav Kondrat secured funds under the SHENG 2 program of the National Science Centre for the project "Physical insights into charging mechanisms and performance optimisation of nanoporous supercapacitors: From a single pore to porous networks" in cooperation with Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
• Arun Kumar Paulraj, Ilyas Djafer-Cherif, and Shashank Sundriyal were granted a postdoctoral fellowship within the PASIFIC program.
• The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) announced the outcomes of the PHC Polonium call for Polish-French exchange projects. From the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN), two projects secured funds in this prestigious competition:

1. Katarzyna Krupa – "New light sources for biomedical nonlinear imaging" – in collaboration with researchers from the University of Limoges;
2. Robert Kołos – "Synthesis and spectroscopic description of exotic nitriles and of the related, astrophysically-relevant molecules" – in collaboration with the scientists from the University of Paris-Saclay.

• Jan Guzowski received funding within the SONATA BIS 9 program for the project "Printing of self-assembling droplet arrays: from basic physics to applications in cell encapsulation and high-throughput screening".
• Janusz Lewiński obtained funding under the MAESTRO 11 program for the project "Elaboration of unconventional nanostructured perovskites and zinc oxide through compositional and morphological engineering for game-changing improvements in light harvesting devices".
• Martin Jönsson-Niedziolka won the NCBiR POLNOR programme with the "UPTURN: Microfluidic cells for high-throughput multiple response analyses" project.
• Katarzyna Rojek obtained funding under the SONATINA 4 program for the project "In vitro modeling of human vasculogenesis using droplet-microfluidics and organ-on-chip technologies".
• Magdalena Wiloch was among the laureates of the competition SONATINA 5 for the project "Spectroelectrochemistry of Alzheimer's disease - a study of a new potential therapeutic molecule".
• The OPUS 18 grants were awarded to:

1. Volodymyr Sashuk – "Suprazymes: nanoparticle supported supramolecular catalysts";
2. Jan Paczesny – "Dynamic and Responsive Langmuir-Blodgett Films";
3. Jacek Waluch – "Chemistry and photochemistry in photonic cavities".

• The following scientists received funding within the SONATA 15 project:

1. Konrad Giżyński – "Assembly of particle chains based on dielectrophoretic, magnetic and capillary effects";
2. Izabela Kamińska – "Graphene biosensing and biophysics".

• Oksana Danylyuk received funding under the PRELUDIUM BIS 1 program for the "Ion permeation in the molecular crystals" project.
• Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange announced the outcome of the 2020 ULAM Programme. Among 76 laureates, three will come to IPC PAS for long-term research stays: Dr Baiju Pazhamkalathil Krishnan, Dr Pankaj Yadav, and Andrea Curatolo.

The following scientists were awarded grants in the NCN MINIATURA 3 competition:

• Marcin Hołdyński – "Electrochemical Detection of Non-Conductive Objects at the Nano- and Microscale under Forced Convection Conditions";
• Nazar Rad – "The Nature of the Catalytic Activity of Cucurbiturils."

The following scientists were awarded grants in the NCN OPUS 17 competition:

• Gonzalo Manuel Angulo Núñez – "Fast Chemical Reactions in Gels";
• Karina Kwapiszewska – "Changes in Intracellular Transport During Cell Death";
• Anna Ewa Śrębowata – "Novel Nanocatalysts for Selective Hydrogenation under Flow Conditions Toward the Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Intermediates".

Emil Kowalewski was awarded a grant in the NCN PRELUDIUM 16 competition for the project: "Novel Nanomaterials for the Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Nitrocyclohexane to Cyclohexanone Oxime under Flow Conditions".

Awardees of the NCN SONATA 14 competition:

• Maciej Cieplak – "Application of Paper and Other Fibrous Materials as Micro/Nanomatrices for the Deposition of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Layers with High Surface Area on Electrode Surfaces";
• Marco Costantini – "Design of Vascularized Tissues via 3D Bioprinting Using Bioinks with Innovative Additives".

In the 27th edition of the START programme by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), a scholarship for the most promising young researchers was awarded to Emilia Witkowska-Nery.

In the NCN SHENG 1 competition, Wojciech Góźdź was among the 30 awarded researchers.

Among the NCN MINIATURA 2 competition recipients were Karolina Kędra-Królik and Dimitrios Giannakoudakis.

TEAM-NET competition by the Foundation for Polish Science: a grant of 26 million PLN was awarded to a project coordinated by the University of Warsaw titled "A Platform for Rapid, Label-Free Imaging, Identification, and Sorting of Leukemia Cell Subtypes". Among the four research teams involved in the project are those led by Yuriy Stepanenko and Piotr Garstecki.

Piotr Garstecki was awarded a grant in the NCN MAESTRO competition.

Adam Kubas received an NCN SONATA BIS 8 grant for the project "CoopCat: Advancing Concepts and Theoretical Methods to Understand Cooperative Effects in Chemical Catalysis".

The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) received a €1.4 million grant under the MSCA-COFUND-2018 programme (Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes) to support the employment (including research costs) of 15 postdoctoral researchers for a total of 450 researcher-months.

• Maciej Wojtkowski was awarded in the Foundation for Polish Science nationwide competition under the International Research Agendas programme. The awarded project was the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER).
• Grants awarded in the NCBiR 6 competition (Polish-Taiwanese Research Cooperation): Project DFAFC – "Fuel Cell-Based Power Supply Using Formic Acid for Portable Electrical Devices" (led by Andrzej Borodziński); Project SensIPF – "Detection of Biomarkers of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Using Matrices of Field-Effect Transistors Modified with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers" (led by Włodzimierz Kutner).
• Within the framework of the European competition entitled "Photonics Based Sensing ERA-NET Cofund", the NCBiR has granted funding for the project, entitled "Portable integrated microfluidic optoelectronic measuring device for the determination of trace pollutants in sewage and waters, acronym "SAFE WATER". The project is implemented by a European consortium comprising six entities from Italy, Portugal, and Poland. The group of Prof. Włodzimierz Kutner represents the Polish side, and the Scope Fluidics company also participates in the implementation of the project. About 1 million PLN is granted to the group headed by Prof. Kutner.
• Awardees of the NCN PRELUDIUM 15 competition were Marcin Saski and Maciej Zieliński.
• Awardees of the NCN OPUS 15 competition were Sylwester Gawinkowski, Mateusz Śmietana, Martin Jönsson-Niedziólka, Zbigniew Kaszkur, and Piyush Sharma.
• Daniel Prochowicz was awarded in the Homing programme by the Foundation for Polish Science.
• Karina Kwapiszewska and Emilia Witkowska-Nery were recipients of the Lider programme by the National Centre for Research and Development.
• Piotr Garstecki, partner in the project "EVOdrops," received funding exceeding €300,000 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks programme. The consortium leader, consisting of 12 partners, is the University of Glasgow.
• Katarzyna Szot-Karpińska was awarded in the NCN SONATA 13 competition for the project "New Receptors Binding C-Reactive Protein: Production, Characterization, and Application for Differentiating Viral from Bacterial Infections".
• Jan Paczesny was awarded in the NCN SONATA BIS 7 competition for the project "Modification of Virion Stability – Stabilization and Deactivation of Viruses".
• Jacek Waluk was awarded in the NCN HARMONIA 9 competition for the project "Rare Tautomeric Forms of Porphyrin Isomers."
• Evelin Witkowska was awarded in the Foundation for Polish Science START 2018 competition.
• Agata Kołodziejczyk, Kamila Łępicka, and Witold Postek were awarded in the NCN ETIUDA competition.

• Grant recipients in the NCN OPUS 13 competition were Agnieszka Michota-Kamińska, Juan Carlos Colmenares, Yuriy Stepanenko, Rafał Szmigielski, Piyush Sindhu Sharma, and Svyatoslav Kondrat.
• Awardees of the NCN OPUS 12 competition were Piotr Pięta, Marcin Fiałkowski, Volodymyr Sashuk, and Wojciech Nogala.
• Jan Guzowski received a FNP FIRST TEAM competition grant for the project "New Applications of Droplet Microfluidics: from Bio-Mimetics to Tissue Engineering."
• Awardees of the NCN MAESTRO 8 competition were Maciej Wojtkowski, Jacek Waluk, and Robert Hołyst.
• Awardees of the NCN SONATA BIS 6 competition were Anna Ochab-Marcinek, Joanna Niedziółka-Jönsson, Piotr Zarzycki, and Jan Guzowski.

• Janusz Lewiński received a TEAM FNP grant for the project "Functional Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Materials: FUNMAT-FACE."
• Piotr Garstecki received a TEAM-TECH FNP grant for the project "BacterOMIC – Development of Systems Offering Comprehensive Diagnostics of Bacterial Drug Susceptibility".
• Aleksandra Kapuścińska-Bernatek and Roman Luboradzki received a grant within the Ministry of Education and Science’s Young Discoverer University programme for the project "Sparks at the Interface of Science".
• Awardees of the NCN PRELUDIUM 11 competition were Ewelina Kuna, Evelin Witkowska, and Magdalena Michalak. The total funding amounted to PLN 0.3 million.
• Awardees of the NCN OPUS 11 competition were Tomasz Ratajczyk and Joanna Niedziółka-Jönsson. The total funding amounted to PLN 1.5 million.
• Karol Makuch received a grant in the NCN SONATA 11 competition. The total funding amounted to PLN 0.5 million.
• The Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF) received a grant exceeding €600,000 under the HORIZON 2020 MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION STAFF EXCHANGE (RISE) programme. The project supports researcher exchanges between the EU and third countries. The CONIN project ("Effects of confinement on inhomogeneous systems") was awarded for 48 months and will be coordinated by Alina Ciach. It involves three EU institutions (from Poland, France, and Spain), one from Ukraine (an associated country), and partners from Argentina and Belarus.
• IChF received a European Commission grant under the COFUND programme (Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes; part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) to establish an international, interdisciplinary doctoral school, "Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS" (acronym: NaMeS), hosting 22 PhD candidates.
• Grants in the NCN SONATA BIS competition were awarded to Juan Carlos Colmenares and Martin Niedziółka-Jönsson. The total funding amounted to PLN 3.1 million.
• Anna Maciołek was awarded a grant in the NCN HARMONIA competition. The total funding amounted to PLN 0.4 million.

• Mateusz Grotek, a MSc student in Team 2, received a scholarship from the Minister of National Defence for his scientific achievements.
• Patrycja Łach has been awarded the prize of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the best PhD thesis in electrochemistry. Her dissertation (2024) is entitled „Molecularly imprinted polymers in chemical sensors electrochemically recognizing chosen toxins using a 'gate effect’".
• Karolina Skala, PhD received the prize for the best poster presentation last week in the ChemSession'25 (XXI Warszawskie Seminarium Doktorantów Chemików). The poster titled "Are atomically precise gold nanoclusters SERS platforms?" shows her experimental results of stimulated Raman, in which an enhancement of solvent lines is observed in the presence of gold nanoclusters.

• Aneta Karpińska was qualified for the Female Founders Fundraising Academy, a program supported by the Visa Foundation. This free educational initiative aims to support female entrepreneurs and researchers from Poland and Ukraine.
• Aneta Karpińska was invited to attend the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 30.06 to 05.07.2024. She was selected as one of 650 Young Scientists worldwide.
• Maria Celeste Tirelli and Katarzyna Dusiło were approved for NAWA's "1-month research visits" within the STER program for PhD students.
• Aneta Karpińska was awarded the "Young Researchers in Vienna" program as one of five Ph.D. students from PAS's doctoral schools. The program includes a short-term research stay in Vienna, enabling young scientists to present their results in an international scientific environment.
• Mateusz Pielach received an award for the best presentation during the Doctoral Seminar in Jena (Dornburg Seminar), where PhD students from the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF) met colleagues from Leibniz-IPHT.
• Aneta Karpińska won Falling Walls Lab Wroclaw, which invited her to the global final (Emerging Talents category of the Falling Walls Science Summit) in Berlin.
• As part of the strategic partnership established between the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT, Jena, Germany), a group of PhD students participated in the Dornburg Seminar held on March 18–21, 2024. During the four-day training, our delegation had the opportunity to present their research to a broad, multidisciplinary audience, practice one-minute presentations, participate in poster sessions, engage in discussions with scientific directors, attend lectures delivered by external experts, and network with fellow students from various departments.

• Tomasz Bednarek got second prize in the Rudolf Ortvay Problem Solving Contest in Physics, organized, among others, by the Hungarian Association of Physics Students. The contest aims to develop the physical way of thinking of young talents.
• Tomasz Skóra was honoured by the Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH in the competition for the best doctoral thesis showing results obtained utilising the Centre's computing resources. The thesis "Diffusion and reactions under crowding: Theory and simulations" was written under the supervision of Dr. hab. Svyatoslav Kondrat.
• Aneta Karpińska and Magda Ziółkowska were selected to participate in the prestigious program “The Excellerator 2023 - Advancing Leaders in the Healthcare & Biotech Ecosystem”. The program, co-organized by the University of Cambridge, aims to develop leadership skills in young scientific talent through engagement with current change-makers and influential leaders in the global bio-economy.
• Dariusz Piekarski is among the recipients of the Fellowship for the Outstanding Young Researchers awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland.
• Tomasz Bednarek received the “Jacek Rychlewski Prize” for the best master's thesis in the field of quantum chemistry for his work titled “Predicting electron charge distribution in the presence of molecular charges at the metal surface: Green’s function vs DFT within the framework of perturbation theory with some important generalisations”.
• Kamila Łępicka received SNH - High Level Research Stay from the French Government for the second time.
• Emil Kowalewski received the Best PhD Thesis Award of the Polish Catalysis Club. The awarded thesis title is “Catalytic hydrogenation for technological applications and environmental protection”.
• Aneta Karpińska received a prestigious START 2023 fellowship from the Foundation for Polish Science (NCN).

• Sada Raza and Bartłomiej Bończak were among 20 Falling Walls Lab Warsaw finalists. Moreover, Sada Raza won the second prize in this contest.
• Shreyas Vasantham received the main prize, an internship in Celon Pharma, in the “BioTalents Awards 2022” competition. 
• Ronald Terrazas Mallea won the best poster presentation award at the ACCORD 2022 “Interdisciplinary Conference on Drug Sciences” conference.
• Bartłomiej Bałamut, PhD student and member of the ICTER@IChF Ophthalmic Biology Group won with his team "Fluofibers" the 2nd prize in the "MedTech-Athon competition - Engineers for Medicine", organized by CEZAMAT and Warsaw University of Technology.
• Jeffrey Everts is among the recipients of the 2022 fellowship for young and outstanding researchers in chemical sciences granted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland.

• Kamil Sokołowski published his first article in the Nature Nanotechnology paper, titled "Nanoparticle surfactants for kinetically arrested photoactive assemblies to track light-induced electron transfer".
• The article "Transport of nanoprobes in multicellular spheroids" by Marta Pilz and co-workers was selected by the "Nanoscale" editor to be featured in an Editor's Choice web collection focusing on recent breakthroughs in nanobiotechnology. 

• Marco Constantini and Maciej Cieplak are among the laureates of the fellowship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland for young and outstanding scientists.
• Sebastian Machera was among the laureates of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) - Polish Edition.
• Patryk Pyrcz is a laureate of the Diamond grant programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The program supports the career development of exceptionally talented students enrolled in long-cycle Master's studies or graduates of first-cycle studies who conduct high-level scientific research and have an outstanding academic record.

• Awardees of the "Mobility of Young Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences" competition were Patrycja Łach, Krzysztof Kupiec, Marcin Saski, Paulina Materska-Wilczyńska, Natalia Olejnik-Feher, and Rashmi Runjun.

• Awardees of the "Mobility of Young Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences" competition included PhD holders Emilia Witkowska-Nery and Marco Constantini, as well as PhD candidates Agata Kołodziejczyk, Marta Podrażka, Paulina Jeleń, and Jyoti.
• Marcin Dąbrowski was one of the recipients of the award granted by the Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) for the best doctoral theses of 2017 for his work titled "Macroporous Layers of Molecularly Imprinted Conducting Polymers (MIPs) as Recognition Elements in Chemosensors for Selective Detection of Selected Biologically Relevant Substances".

• Łukasz Piątkowski was awarded a scholarship in this year’s Ministry of Education and Science (MNiSW) competition.
• In the Mobility Plus V MNiSW competition, funding for research visits to foreign scientific institutions was awarded to 73 young researchers. Among the recipients are Magda Czekalska and Jakub Pękalski.
• ETIUDA 5 grants were awarded to Magdalena Czekalska and Maciej Zieliński.
• NCN Preludium 12 grants were awarded to Magdalena Kundys, Adam Opalski, and Ewelina Magoś-Palasyuk.
• START scholarships from the Foundation for Polish Science were awarded to Anna Cieślak and Zofia Iskierko.

• Krzysztof Kupiec won second place in the “Doctoral Students” category at the 4th Young Scientists Conference "Knowledge and Innovation" (wiWAT).
• In this year’s competition for scholarships for outstanding young scientists awarded by the Minister of Education and Science, the recipients were Adam Maciej Kubas and Daniel Prochowicz.
• Kinga Matuła, Michał Horka, and Artur Ruszczak received first prize in the Lecturer of the Year 2015/16 poll organized by the Children’s University, awarded to the best among several hundred lecturers and specialists for inspiring children’s passion for knowledge and explaining science through experimental workshops.
• Mateusz Gocyła, who is preparing his master’s thesis in the team of Prof. Marcin Opałło, was awarded in the 5th edition of the Diamond Grant competition.

• The best student inventors were selected and awarded in the 6th edition of the National Competition "Student Inventor." Recognition was given to an invention from the Institute of Physical Chemistry entitled "Method of Applying Analyte from Solution onto a Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopy in an Electric Field," co-authored by Łukasz Richter.
• Jan Paczesny, Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd, Kamil Sokołowski, Krzysztof Sozański, Adam Leśniewski, Tomasz Kamiński, Tomasz Kalwarczyk, and Karina Kwapiszewska received scientific scholarships in the 10th edition of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education competition for outstanding young scientists. The scholarships were awarded to researchers conducting high-quality research with an impressive international scientific record. A total of 255 scientists were awarded scholarships, including 31 from institutes and university faculties with chemistry in their name.
• Kamil Sokołowski was among the 65 recipients of the 4th edition of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Mobility Plus" competition for foreign research visits by young scientists.

• The TRIO-VI Centre of Excellence, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to advancing excellence in vision research and innovation, was launched. This ambitious project, led by the ICTER Centre at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in collaboration with University College London (Institute of Ophthalmology) and Institut de la Vision at Sorbonne Université, aims to revolutionize ophthalmic diagnostics and treatments while improving patient care worldwide.
• From March 20–22, 2025, the 5th National Inorganic Chemistry Forum was held in Warsaw, jointly organized by IChF PAN and Warsaw University of Technology. The Forum meetings aim to present the latest results in the fields of inorganic, coordination, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry and materials chemistry in nanotechnology.

The director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN), established an International Advisory Board (IAB), whose tasks include advising the IChF director on strategic decisions related to the Institute's activities, in particular on the long-term development strategy and recruitment of research team leaders. For the term running from 01.10.2024 to 30.09.2028, the members of the IAB are:

• Prof. Stefan Brase, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany;
• Prof. Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany;
• Prof. Elena Ferapontova, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;
• Prof. Cristina Flors, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanoscience), Madrid, Spain;
• Prof. Lars Jeuken, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands;
• Prof. Krzysztof Palczewski, University of California, lrvine, USA.

• The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) has joined the BERSTIC project. The signed Memorandum of Understanding enables the submission of consortium proposals for joint EU projects in collaboration with partners from Latin America.
• The Doctoral Students` Council at IChF PAN was honored in the Panorama competition as one of the top three most active councils among the PAN Institutes.

• One more time, the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) was granted the highest A+ grade in the rating carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland.
• The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) was distinguished in the PROPAN competition for the good working and learning conditions of its PhD students. The Institute was the second among all institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Polish Association of Doctoral Candidates (KRD) organises the competition.
• A delegation from the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) represented the Institute of Psychical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) at the "IRAP – Fostering Excellence and Innovation Conference", organized by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). During the conference, researchers presented their scientific findings and ongoing technological developments through a series of scientific posters, showcasing progress and expertise in optical instrumentation, electrophysiological data analysis, structural biology, bioinformatics, and the design of imaging devices.

The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IChF PAN) was invited to participate in the first official networking event organised by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) Office in Brussels, in collaboration with Business & Science Poland, titled "Back2Business: Polish Research and Innovation," which took place on November 9, 2021. IChF was represented by Maciej Wojtkowski, Anna Pawlus, and Andrea Curatolo. The meeting focused on presenting the Polish research and innovation funding system to the international community in Brussels and facilitating informal discussions among Polish and foreign experts in research and innovation.

• The IPC PAS was one of the 47 research units (out of almost 1000) to receive the  "A +"  category as a result of the parametric evaluation for 2013-2016.

• The IPC took first place in the 2016 competition for the most pro-doctoral institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences - PROPAN.
• The IPC was among the five best Polish research institutes distinguished for their activity in the EU Framework Programme 'Horizon 2020' – and was nominated for the 2016 Crystal Brussel Sprout Award. This award has been awarded since 2001 for successes in EU research and innovation framework programmes. It is a distinction for activity in the international arena and contribution to the development of Polish science and the economy. The crystal Brussel sprout will be presented for the seventh time.