Born: 30 September

Room: 321b, building A2

Phone: +48 71 3204080

e-mail: monika.szefczyk@pwr.edu.pl

Hobby:  movies, games

ORCID: 0000-0003-4779-6395

Scopus ID: 55907953300

Web of Science ID: GEK-9795-2022

Education

2010 - 2014, PhD in Sustainable Chemistry, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

2004 -.2009, MSc in Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), Toruń, Poland

Research 

studies on aggregation and oligomerization of peptides and peptide foldamers

Research stays and fellowships

2014-2016 Post-doc in the project "Foldamer-based artificial enzymes" financed by NCN, project number 2013/10/E/ST5/00625, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

2012 research visit; characterization and catalytic studies on carbon nanomaterials, Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

2011 research visit; fluorescence studies on metalloporphyrins, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Potugal

Projects

1. PI; “NANOFOLD - Peptide foldamer-based nanostructures as potential carriers of antiparasitic drugs”, NAWA, nr. BPN/BPT/2021/1/00012/U/00001
2. PI; “Peptide foldamer-based nanostructures”, NCN, nr. 2017/26/D/ST5/00341
3. PI; “Metalloporphyrin-functionalized carbon nanomaterials for catalytic applications”, FCT, nr. SFRH/BD/66297/2009
4. Co-investigator; "Understanding cross-talk between amyloids"; NCN, 2019/35/B/NZ2/03997
5. Post-doc; "Foldamer-based artificial enzymes"; NCN, 2013/10/E/ST5/00625
6. Co-investigator; "New strategies for the immobilization of metal complexes on carbon materials"; NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000067-Nanochemistry; FEDER
7. Co-investigator; "Nanostructured catalysts based on carbon nanofibers for environmental applications"; NANO/NTec-CA/0122/2007; COMPETE
8. Co-investigator; "Development and synthesis of metal complexes supported on mesoporous nanomaterials, as heterogeneous catalysts for isomerization in liquid and gas phases and oxidation reactions of alkanes"; PTDC/EQU-ERQ/110825/2009; COMPETE
9. Co-investigator; "Projecto estrategico-LA 6-2011-2012"; PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2011; COMPETE
10. Co-investigator; "Nanostructered catalysts for selective oxidation of glycerol"; PP_IJUP2011/75; UP/Santander Totta
11. Co-investigator; "Selective oxidation of renewable organic substrates"; PTDC/EQU-ERQ/101456/2008; I&DT/FCT

Cooperation

• KotulskaLab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland.
• Organic Chemistry-Inspired Design and Synthesis of bioactive molecules team integrated in LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal.
• Research Team Madl, Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Med Uni Graz, Austria

Publications

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