Group Members
Director
Prof. wiz. Artur Ciesielski
Director
Email: artur.ciesielski@amu.edu.pl
Phone:+48618291856
Office: D112
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Permanent Staff
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
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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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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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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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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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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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
Google ScholarGraduate students
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
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
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
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
Google ScholarUndergraduate students
Paulina Kaczmarek
Bachelor Student
‘‘First-year chemistry student at the Faculty of Chemistry (AMU)’’
Email: paukac17@st.amu.edu.pl
Office: B121
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
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)