Krzysztof Łyczko - Curriculum Vitae

Name: Krzysztof Łyczko
Born: 26.07.1976 Radomsko, Poland

Education and Work:

1995-2000 – Studies – Chemistry at Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Pedagogical University, Czestochowa, Poland
2000 - M.Sc. degree in chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Pedagogical University, Czestochowa, Poland
since November 2000 - Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT), Warsaw, Poland
2007- Ph.D. degree, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland; Ph.D. thesis: “Structure of lead(II) complexes with mono- and bidentate oxygen donor ligands”
2009-2012- Deputy Project Manager at INCT- responsible for implementation of the POIG project: “Centre for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry meeting the needs for nuclear power and nuclear medicine” (ID: POIG.02.01.00-14-111) financed by European Union and Polish Government

Research Experience:

2000-2007 – Ph.D. student at Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT), Warsaw, Poland
February - July 2004 (6 months), Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany, fellowship at dr Mathias Schädel group, supported by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
December 2004 - February 2005 (3 months), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, scientific visit at prof. Ingmar Persson, supported by Visby program.
January 2006, April - May 2006 (in sum 40 days), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, short scientific visits at prof. Ingmar Persson, supported by Visby program.
2007-2018 – adjunct at Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT), Warsaw, Poland

Scientific interest:

Coordination Chemistry; Synthesis, structure and characterisation of complexes of heavy metals; Single-crystal X-ray diffraction; FTIR spectroscopy; UV-Vis spectroscopy; DFT calculations

Awards:

December 2005 - 2nd Team Science Award established by the INCT Director General, for publications concerning investigation of the effluent of relativistic effects on the properties of heavy cations of the 6-th raw elements, published in 2003-2004 by A. Bilewicz and K. Łyczko
December 2009 - 2nd Team Science Award established by the INCT Director General, for publications concerning structural investigation of new complexes of divalent metal cations with some chelating O,O- and O,N-donor ligands, published in 2007-2008 by the team: J. Leciejewicz, W. Starosta and K. Łyczko
June 2015 - Bronze Cross of Merit - the Polish President Award for promoting science
January 2016 - 2nd Team Science Award established by the INCT Director General, for publications concerning radiation chemistry published i.e. in  „Radiation Physics and Chemistry” journal in 2013-2014 by the team: G. Przybytniak, Z. Zagórski, W. Głuszewski, J. Sadło, E. Kornacka, M. Walo, A. Nowicki, J. Boguski, K. Łyczko and L. Fuks
January 2017 – 1st Team Science Award established by the INCT Director General, for publications concerning structural and spectroscopic studies published in 2014-2015 by the team: M. Jamróz, K. Łuczyńska, K. Łyczko, M. Łyczko, S. Ostrowski, J. Rode, W. Starosta and J. Cz. Dobrowolski.