People
Damian joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw in 2015. He received his Ph.D. at Hokkaido University in Japan in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was GCOE fellow at the Department of Engineering at Hokkaido University and then Marie Curie fellow (2009-2014) at the Department of Materials Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Then he moved to the Department of Physics at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France before joining the University of Warsaw. His research interests lie in the field of applied electrochemistry with the focus on synthesis of functional materials.
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DAMIAN KOWALSKI Ph.D.
damian.kowalski@chem.uw.edu.pl
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Mewin is a PostDoc specialized in the field of batteries and supercapacitors. He received his PhD degree at the University of Autonoma, in Spain defending thesis entitled “Quest for high performance Mg and Mg-Li/Na hybrid batteries” in 2021. During his PhD project he was appointed as Research Assistant at IMDEA materials institute in Madrid, Spain working with Dr. Vinodkumar Etacheri and Dr. Maciej Haranczyk.
MEWIN VINCENT Ph.D.
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Sandra is a PhD student working in the in the field of Li-O2 batteries. She was an intern student in the group in 2022/2023 working in the NCN OPUS20 project. Sandra finished her MSc at the Department of Physics at Christ College Irinjalakkuda in 2023 and joined the group shortly thereafter.
SANDRA K. J.
s.kannachanp@student.uw.edu.pl
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Patrycja is a Scientific Assistant working on the project „Alkaline air battery” focusing on the synthesis of nanotubular electrodes by using the tools offered by high voltage electrochemistry. She is an undergraduate student at the Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry at Military University of Technology specialized in the field of hazardous materials and protection against chemicals and chemicals weapons. She serve her duty as a soldier in military service.
PATRYCJA HENKIEL
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Former members and visitors
Yuki was an exchange PhD student from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. He was working on the synthesis of carbon materials having graphene loop structure and he modified of those materials in order to boost oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions in highly alkaline electrolytes. He is finishing his PhD at the department of Engineering at Hokkaido Universty.
YUKI SATO
ysato-eng@eis.hokudai.ac.jp
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Academic Experience
2015
Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
Research areas: Electrochemical Materials Science
2014 – 2015
Department of Physics, Laboratory of Research in Nanosciences, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Research areas: Electrochemistry, Nanotechnology
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2009 – 2014
Marie Curie Fellow, Division of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Research areas: “Formation and electrochemistry of polymer-TiO2 nanotubes composite nanostructures, light harvesting systems”
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2007 – 2009
Global COE Fellow, Laboratory of Interfacial Electrochemistry, Division of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Research areas: “Proton conduction in anodic oxide nanofilms, fuel-cell applications”
2005 – 2007
Ph.D., Laboratory of Corrosion Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Thesis: “Corrosion protection of steel by conducting polypyrrole films”