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

‘‘His research focuses on designing and synthesizing novel electroactivematerials based on covalent organic frameworks for energy storage applications, including supercapacitors and ion-metal batteries.’’

Email: dawid.pakulski@amu.edu.pl

Phone:+48618291856

Office: B141

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Samanta Witomska

Dr. Samanta Witomska

Associate Professor

‘‘Design, synthesis, and surface functionalization of low-dimensional materials such as metal nanoparticles, for use in supercapacitor electrodes, along with the creating of advanced electrolyte composites for energy storage applications.’’

Email: samanta.witomska@amu.edu.pl

Office: B121

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Researchers

Sayan Halder

Dr. Sayan Halder

Researcher

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Email: @amu.edu.pl

Office:B121

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Wojciech Kukułka

Dr. Wojciech Kukułka

Researcher

‘‘Novel porous materials for energy storage systems.’’

Email: wojciech.kukulka@amu.edu.pl

Office: B119

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Verónica Montes García

Dr. Verónica Montes García

Researcher

‘‘I design smart materials at the nanoscale—engineering hybrids for sensing and powering the future.’’

Email: veronica.montesgarcia@amu.edu.pl

Office:B142

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Abelardo Sánchez Oliva

Dr. Abelardo Sánchez Oliva

Researcher

‘‘My research focuses on designing functional materials for energy storage, especially electrodes and gel electrolytes for Zn-HSCs, with additional experience in emissive organic materials for optoelectronics and in 2D materials and supercapacitors.’’

Email: abelardo.sanchez@amu.edu.pl

Office:B121

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Cataldo Valentini

Dr. Cataldo Valentini

Researcher

‘‘My research interests are diverse and include 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. My work is particularly focused 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

‘‘Transforming biowaste (waste coffee grounds and lignin) into sustainable materials for energy storage applications. Synthesis and optimisation of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as electrode materials in multivalent ion batteries/hybrid supercapacitors.’’

Email: denkly@amu.edu.pl

Office: B119

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Magdalena Onyszko

Magdalena Onyszko

PhD Student co-supervised with Violetta Patrionak

Email: magdalena.onyszko@amu.edu.pl

Office: B122

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Olga Przebierała

Olga Przebierała

PhD Student

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Email: olgprz3@amu.edu.pl

Office: B122

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Saira Sarwar

Saira Sarwar

PhD Student

‘‘Working on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as electrode materials for high performance energy storage systems such as rechargeable batteries (Li, Zn, and Al ion 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)