Academic career and professional activities
2019-present | Division Leader: Computational Materials Modeling, Institute of Energy and Climate Research: IEK-13 Theory and Computation of Energy Materials, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Research Centre Juelich), Juelich, Germany |
2012-2019 | Group Leader: Atomistic Modelling (2012-2017: Head of the Independent Young Investigator Research Group), Institute of Energy and Climate Research: IEK-6 Nuclear Waste Management and Reactor Safety, Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ - Research Centre Juelich), Juelich, Germany |
2010-2012 | Research Scientist (senior postdoc), Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials/Molecular modeling of Geomaterials group, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany |
2007-2009 | Research Associate, Theoretical Chemistry Group, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
2003-2006 | Graduate Research Assistant, Applied Physics Division: Material Science group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
2002 | Visiting Graduate Student, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA |
2001-2003 | Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA |
Education
2006 | Ph.D. in Physics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Dissertation research at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Full time), Los Alamos, NM, USA; thesis: “The Physics of the Atmospheres of Cool White Dwarfs” |
2001 | M.Sc. in Theoretical and Computational Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland |
1999 | B.Sc. in Physics and Applications of Computers, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland |
Awards
2012-2017 | Head of the independent Young Investigator Research Group at IEK-6, FZ Juelich |
2001-2005 | McMinn Fellowship, Vanderbilt University |
1999-2001 | Outstanding Alumnus and Student of the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics; Rector's Distinguished fellowship(twice), Nicolaus Copernicus University |
Review Service
Journals: Nature Communications, Science Advances, Scientific Reports, npj Computational Materials, Acta Materialia, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, RSC Advances, Dalton Transactions , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, The Journal of Materials Chemistry, Chemical Geology, Journal of the European Ceramics Society, Ceramics International, Computational Materials Science, Thermochimica Acta, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, International Journal of Modern Physics B, Journal of Solution Chemistry, Crystals, Crystal Grow & Design, Solid State Science, Clays & Clay Minerals, Electrocatalysis, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Physics Letters A, CNL Nuclear Review, Catalyst, Crystals, Journal of Electronic Materials, Journal of Organometalic Chemistry, Physica B, Progress in Nuclear Energy |
National Agencies: GACR (The Czech Science Foundation), SNF (Swiss National Science foundation), NWO (the Dutch Research Council), NSF (U.S. National Science Foundation) |
Bibliographics data
Number of Peer Review Publications: >100 |
Number of Book Chapters: 9 |
Number of citations: 3300 (>300/year) |
h-factor= WoS/Gscholar: 27/31 |
Research Interests
Computational Materials Sciences |
High Performance Computing: Atomistic Modeling |
Surface Science, Catalysis, Electrochemical Interfaces |
Energy materials |
Nuclear Waste Materials |
Isotope Geochemistry |
Earth and Planetary Science |
Stellar Astrophysics (Atmospheres of White Dwarfs) |