Hybrid Materials Laboratory

Group Members

Director

Artur Ciesielski

Prof. wiz. Artur Ciesielski

Director

Email: artur.ciesielski@amu.edu.pl

Phone:+48618291856

Office: D112

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Permanent Staff

Dawid Pakulski

Dr. Dawid Pakulski

Associate Professor

‘‘I design cathode materials for supercapacitors and metal-ion batteries, and develop new supramolecular gel electrolytes for advanced energy storage systems.’’

Email: dawid.pakulski@amu.edu.pl

Phone:+48618291856

Office: B141

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Samanta Witomska

Dr. Samanta Witomska

Associate Professor

‘‘I design gel electrolytes for zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors, developing advanced electrolyte formulations that boost stability, performance, and energy storage efficiency.’’

Email: samanta.witomska@amu.edu.pl

Office: B121

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Researchers

Sayan Halder

Dr. Sayan Halder

Researcher

‘‘I develop bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc-air battery cathodes, engineering materials with efficient OER/ORR activity to boost performance and rechargeability.’’

Email: sayan.halder@amu.edu.pl

Office:B121

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Wojciech Kukułka

Dr. Wojciech Kukułka

Researcher

‘‘I carbonize waste biomass into porous carbon materials and design MoS2 nanoflowers, developing novel cathode materials for zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors.’’

Email: wojciech.kukulka@amu.edu.pl

Office: B119

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Verónica Montes García

Dr. Verónica Montes García

Researcher

‘‘I work with low-dimensional materials and biowaste to develop solutions for energy storage—cathodes, gel electrolytes, zinc-based systems, supercapacitors—and chemical sensors.’’

Email: veronica.montesgarcia@amu.edu.pl

Office:B142

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Abelardo Sánchez Oliva

Dr. Abelardo Sánchez Oliva

Researcher

‘‘I develop gel electrolytes for zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors and design cathode materials from lignin-derived activated carbon for sustainable energy storage.’’

Email: abelardo.sanchez@amu.edu.pl

Office:B121

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Cataldo Valentini

Dr. Cataldo Valentini

Researcher

‘‘I work on diverse research interests, including the design of heteroatom-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), the synthesis of modified nucleobases for peptide nucleic acids (PNA), the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and the chemical functionalization of 2D materials. I focus particularly on applications in energy storage and sensing.’’

Email: catval1@amu.edu.pl

Office: B142

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Graduate students

Denys Klymovych

Denys Klymovych

PhD Student

‘‘I transform biowaste—waste coffee grounds and lignin—into sustainable materials for energy storage. I synthesize and optimize covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as electrode materials for multivalent-ion batteries and hybrid supercapacitors.’’

Email: denkly@amu.edu.pl

Office: B119

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Magdalena Onyszko

Magdalena Onyszko

PhD Student co-supervised with Violetta Patrionak

‘I develop electrochemical sensors for heavy metal ions using coffee-derived activated carbon and other low-dimensional materials for sensitive detection.’’

Email: magdalena.onyszko@amu.edu.pl

Office: B122

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Olga Przebierała

Olga Przebierała

PhD Student

‘‘I synthesize covalent organic frameworks (COFs), exploring their design and structure for potential applications in energy storage and sensing.’’

Email: olgprz3@amu.edu.pl

Office: B122

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Saira Sarwar

Saira Sarwar

PhD Student

‘‘I work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as electrode materials for high-performance energy storage systems, including Li-, Zn-, and Al-ion rechargeable batteries.’’

Email: saira.sarwar@amu.edu.pl

Office: B119

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Undergraduate students

Paulina Kaczmarek

Paulina Kaczmarek

Bachelor Student

‘‘First-year chemistry student at the Faculty of Chemistry (AMU)’’

Email: paukac17@st.amu.edu.pl

Office: B121

Maria Stachowiak

Maria Stachowiak

Master Student

‘‘Officially: a student. Unofficially: the little ray of sunshine that brightens up the Hybrid Materials Lab.’’

Email: marsta81@st.amu.edu.pl

Office: B122

Natalia Sycha

Natalia Sycha

Bachelor Student

‘‘First-year student of Engineering in Applied Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry (AMU)’’

Email: natsyc@st.amu.edu.pl

Office: B121

Alumni

Dr. Włodzimierz Czepa (2017-2025), Dr. Tomasz Chudziak (2020-2024), Dr. Iwona Janica (2017-2021), Dr. Andrzej Musiał (2020-2021)