PhD Degrees

Bartosz Bisek
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Wojciech Chaładaj
“Control of sequential cyclization-coupling reactions of acetylenic β-dicarbonyl compounds”

Jakub Brześkiewicz
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Rafał Loska
„Transition metal catalyzed synthesis and functionalization of
ketonitrones”

Łukasz Ciszewski
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Photocatalytic C–C bond formation in nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic rings”

Piotr Grodek
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Janusz Jurczak
„Novel applications of Cinchona alkaloids derivatives as enantioselective reactions catalysts”

Dominika Kobus-Bartoszewicz
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Sebastian Stecko
„N-(2-Bromoallyl)amines: synthesis and application in the
construction of α-amino ketone and γ-amino acid scaffolds”

Karol Molga
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr Bartosz Grzybowski
„Expanding the scope of automated retrosynthesis tools to design patent-avoiding syntheses, syntheses leading to isotopically labeled compounds and syntheses of compound libraries.”

Katarzyna Orłowska
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Diazo compounds and oxadiazolines in photochemical reactions for C–C bond formation”

Joanna Turkowska
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„The use of unusual radical precursors in reactions with electrophiles”

Alicja Wasilewska-Rosa
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Rafał Loska
„Synthesis of allenes via elimination of β-ketosulfones”

Łukasz Włoszczak
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Jacek Młynarski
“The application of 2-(trifluoromethyl)pyrrolidine as a catalyst for the reaction of pyruvates and 2,3-diketones in nucleophilic addition to α,β-unsaturated nitroalkenes”

Aleksandra Błocka
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Wojciech Chaładaj
“Palladium-catalyzed tandem 5-exo-dig cyclizations of acetylenic carbonyl compounds followed by coupling with (pseudo)halide (hetero)aryl compounds”

Maciej Cieślak
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Zofia Lipkowska
“Synthesis and properties of peptide dendrons and their dimers with a “bola” structure”

Paweł Czerwiński
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Bartłomiej Furman
“Reductive functionalization of carbonyl group in fluoroalkyl amides”

Dinesh Kumar Ganga Reddy
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Daniel Gryko
„Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based fluorescent probes for cations”

Mateusz Garbacz
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Sebastian Stecko
“The synthesis of structurally complex allylic amines, alcohols and carbamates by dual photocatalysis”

Marek Szymański
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szumna
“Synthesis of peptide molecular capsules and methods of control of their
self-assembly”

Kateryna Vygranenko
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Daniel Gryko
“Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel merocyanine dyes”

Agnieszka Wołos
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr Bartosz Grzybowski
„In silico generation and evaluation of profiled virtual libraries of molecules and chemical reactions with given properties”

Beata Gatlik
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Wojciech Chaładaj
“Palladium-catalyzed perfluoroalkylative carbonylation of alkynes”

Krzysztof Gutkowski
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Daniel Gryko
“Arylated and π-expanded diketopyrrolopyrroles – synthesis and photophysical properties”

Kamil Kabala
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Marek Chmielewski
„The use of cyclic nitrones, derivated from aminoacids, in the asymmetric synthesis of β-lactams using the Kinugasa reaction”

Barbara Mikulak-Klucznik
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr Bartosz A. Grzybowski
„Automatic analysis of chemical reactions
and its use in computer-assisted
and automated synthesis of organic compounds”

Aleksandra Potrząsaj
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
“Vitamin B12 catalysis – generation of alkyl and acyl radicals”

Patrycja Sokołowska-Kruk
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Sławomir Jarosz
“Synthesis of new cryptand receptors and other macrocyclic systems containing a sucrose scaffold”

Karolina Tiara
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Mykhaylo Potopnyk
„Application of hetero-Diels-Alder reaction in the synthesis of heterocyclic analogs of sugar mimetics”

Michał Więcław
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Bartłomiej Furman
„Reductive activation of amides as a method of obtaining functionalized amies: computer-aided synthetic investigations”

Małgorzata Zysk
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„The studies on the application of enzyme-enzyme and enzyme-metal systems
to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure esters of selected carboxylic acids”

Anna Domżalska-Pieczykolan
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Bartłomiej Furman
“Synthesis and the „oxygen-to-carbon” rearrangement reactions of the vinyl ethers, allenyl ethers and alkoxydienes.”

Agnieszka Jackowska
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
“Functionalizations of vitamin B12 at the R5’ position and their use in the synthesis of bioconjugates”

Rafał Orłowski
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Daniel Gryko
„Synthesis and photophysical properties of corroles bearing amide moieties”

Filip Stanek
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Jacek Młynarski
“Application of photoredox catalysis in the oxidation of secondary and tertiary amines”

Łukasz Szyszka
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Jarosz
“Chiral cyclotriveratrylene-based molecular cages with sucrose unit – synthesis and molecular recognition properties”

Izabela Węglarz
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Jacek Młynarski
“Enantioselective reduction and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions promoted by zinc complexes”

Monika Wilk
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Ryszard Ostaszewski
“The studies on the application of new catalytic properties of
selected hydrolases”

Michał Bajczyk
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr Bartosz Grzybowski
„Biomimetic architectures, autoreplication and signal transduction in systems of organic reactions”

Tomasz Boinski
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szumna
„Synthesis of new hybrid macrocyclic compounds of the [n]arene type, their structure and reactivity”

Ewa Gajewska
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szumna
„How to recognize and eliminate unpromising retrosynthetic positions and strategies”

Katarzyna Goliszewska
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Pyridinium salts in visible-light driven functionalizations of multiple bonds”

Tomasz Klucznik
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr Bartosz Grzybowski
„Computer-assisted organic synthesis of biologicaly active compounds”

Aleksandra Narczyk
PhD Supervisor: Dr hab. Sebastian Stecko
„The synthesis of non-racemic 3,3-disubstituted allyl alcohols and their use in the preparation of highly functionalized allylamines and amino acids”

Michał Ociepa
PhD Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Pyridine derivatives as activating groups in photocatalytic radical reactions”

Agata Tyszka-Gumkowska
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Janusz Jurczak
„Design, synthesis, and application of modified unclosed cryptands – the catalysts for reactions carried out under PTC conditions”

Chaciak Bartosz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Macrocyclic derivatives contains sucrose and mannitol: Synthesis and their complexing properties”

Charyton Marek
PhD Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Daniel Gryko
„Coumarin derivatives with π-extended chromophore – synthesis and photophysical properties”

Domański Sylwester 
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Wojciech Chaładaj
„Palladium catalyzed tandem reaction of addition of perfluoroalkyl iodide to alkynes and following coupling with boroorganic coumpouds”

Jędrzejewska Hanna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Agnieszka Szumna
„Synthesis of dynamic peptide-resorcinarene capsules and examination of their properties”

Kuczyńska Kinga 
PhD Supervisor: dr. hab. Zbigniew Pakulski
„Lupane triterpenoids in the synthesis of biologically active compounds”

Kusy Rafał
PhD Supervisor: prof. Karol Grela
„New catalytic systems for selective semihydrogenation of triple C−C bond”

Łęczycka-Wilk Katarzyna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis of urea and thiourea sucrose derivatives and the study of their ability to complex anions”

Nowacki Michał
PhD Supervisor: prof. Krzysztof Wojciechowski
„Reactions of benzyl carbanions analogues with nitroarenes directed towards synthesis of condensed heterocyclic systems”

Paprocki Daniel
PhD Supervisor: prof. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„The studies on the influence of micellar systems and selected enzymes on the Passerini reaction course”

Sadowski Bartłomiej
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel Gryko
„Synthesis and photophysical properties of dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione derivatives”

Szymkuć Sara
PhD Supervisor: prof. Bartosz Grzybowski
„Teaching the computer reactivity rules and strategies of automated retrosynthetic planning”

Wasiłek Sylwia
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„The use of urea platforms in the synthesis of non-macrocyclic receptors – structural studies and anion binding affinity”

Wierzba Aleksandra
PhD Supervisor: prof. Dorota Gryko
„Selective functionalization of vitamin B12 at the meso position within the nucleotide loop”

Cholewiak Agnieszka
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„New, non-macrocyclic amide and urea receptors in processes
of anion recognition anionów”

Lichosyt Dawid
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„Azulene derivatives as building blocks for the construction of selective anion receptors”

Niedziejko Piotr
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Zbigniew Kałuża
„Diamine ligands: design, synthesis and application
in asymmetric catalysis”

Pieczykolan Michał
PhD Supervisor: prof. Marek Chmielewski
„Synthesis of carbapenams from five-membered sugar nitrone
with L-treo configuration by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition”

Rybicka-Jasińska Katarzyna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Dorota Gryko
„Porphyrins as photoredox catalysts in efficient C-C bond formation”

Skonieczny Kamil 
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„Imidazole derivatives with π-extended chromophore – synthesis and optical properties”

Walaszek Dominika
PhD Supervisor: prof. Dorota Gryko
„Asymmetric hydroxylation of carbonyl compounds with photochemically generated singlet oxygen”

Grzegorz Zieliński
PhD Supervisor: prof. Karol Grela
„Formic acid as a hydrogen source in olefin metathesis and transfer hydrogenation reactions sequence”

Krzeszewski Maciej
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles- synthesis and optical properties”

Łukasik Emilia
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Zbigniew Wróbel, prof. IChO PAN
„Reactions of 2-nitrosoanilines with trivalent phosphorus compounds and application of the products of these transformations in the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles”

Niedbała Patryk
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„The application of unclosed cryptand type receptors
in anion recognition studies
using combinatorial chemistry techniques”

Witkowski Grzegorz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Stereocontrolled synthesis of the polyhydroxylated carba- and hetero-bicyclic compounds from simple sugars”

Błaziak Kacper
PhD Supervisor: prof. Witold Danikiewicz
„Mechanisms of the reactions of nucleophiles with aromatic nitrocompounds – a mass spectrometry and theoretical study”

Butkiewicz Aleksandra
PhD Supervisor: prof. Jadwiga Frelek
“Conformation and chiroptical properties of cisoid enones”

Brodzka Anna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„The studies on chemoenzymatic method of synthesis of enantiomerically pure 3-aryl-4-pentenoic acids”

Czaban-Jóźwiak Justyna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Karol Grela
„Applications of olefin metathesis in industrial context. Immobilisation, multi-batch processes, recycling”

Duszewski Piotr
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„A new, general method of the synthesis of lariat macrocyclic compounds – potential anion receptors”

Gajda Norbert
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis of compounds containing two sucrose units”

Giedyk Maciej
PhD Supervisor: prof. Dorota Gryko
„Synthesis and catalytic properties of new vitamin B12 derivatives”

Jawiczuk Magdalena
PhD Supervisor: Jadwiga Frelek
„Dimolybdenum carboxylates as auxiliary chromophores in structural studies of organic compounds transparent in UV-Vis range”

Kowalski Michał
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis of the modified receptors for cations
based on penta-O-benzylsucrose”

Malik Michał
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Addition of allylmagnesium bromide to bromonitriles
as a key step in the synthesis of iminosugars”

Maziarz Elżbieta
PhD Supervisor: prof. Bartłomiej Furman
„Acid-Catalyzed rearrangement of vinyl ethers and ketene acetals”

Naumczuk Beata
PhD Supervisor: prof. Lech Kozerski
„Synthesis and investigation of the chemical and biological properties of potential topoisomerase I inhibitors interacting with the DNA oligomers”

Pikus Grzegorz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„Static combinatorial chemistry as the synthetic method towards
macrocyclic receptors of cations and anions”

Purc Anna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„New derivatives of diketopyrrolopyrroles – synthesis and photophysical properties”

Rogozińska-Szymczak Maria
PhD Supervisor: prof. Jacek Młynarski
„Asymmetric Michael reaction in/on water catalyzed by chiral amines”

Troć Anna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Witold Danikiewicz
„The structural studies of the selected organic compounds with the use of ion mobility technique coupled to mass spectrometry”

Wierzbicki Michał
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Agnieszka Szumna
„Association- and recognition-driven synthesis of new chiral cavitands and molecular capsules as well as investigation of their structures”

Wiśniewska Catalina
PhD Supervisor: prof. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„The application of hydrolases for the reactions of transesterification in organic solvents”

Żądło Anna
PhD Supervisor: prof. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„Biocatalytic synthesis of secondary alcohols”

Dygas Mirosław
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Zbigniew Kałuża
„Asymmetric synthesis of Erythrina family alkaloids”

Kłossowski Szymon
PhD Supervisor: prof. Ryszard Ostaszewski
„Synthesis of the novel thioredoxin – thioredoxin reductase system inhibitors”

Plichta Karolina
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Zbigniew Wróbel
„Studies of the formation and reactivity of 2-nitrosodiarylamines and of their use in the synthesis of polycyclic heterocyclic compounds, phenazine derivatives”

Popik Oskar
PhD Supervisor: prof. Jacek Młynarski
„Stereocontrolled synthesis of monosaccharides from dihydroxyacetone”

Soluch Magdalena
PhD Supervisor: prof. Marek Chmielewski
„The utility of five-membered sugar-derived nitrones in the Kinugasa reaction”

Szcześniak Piotr
PhD Supervisor: prof. Bartłomiej Furman
„Application of cyclic imines as building blocks in the synthesis of izidines”

Jarosław Granda
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„Monosaccharides functionalized receptors in chiral anions recognition”

Marek Grzybowski
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„Synthesis of the analogues of diketopyrrolopyrroles displaying high two-photon absorption cross-sections”

Anita Janiga
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„Derivatives of pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole exhibiting high two-photon cross section”

Urszula Karcz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Krzysztof Wojciechowski
„Cycloaddition reactions of chromenes and C-vinylheteroxylylenes with selected dienophiles”

Sylwester Kurcoń
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Selective modification of cobyrinic acid derivatives – new sGC regulators”

Adam Mames
PhD Supervisor: prof. Marek Chmielewski
„Asymmetric Kinugasa reaction as an attractive method of synthesis of carbapenams”

Iwona Mames
PhD Supervisor: prof. Bohdan Korybut-Daszkiewicz
„Azamacrocyclic transition metal complexes as components of redox-active molecular receptors”

Mateusz Woźny
PhD Supervisor: prof. Bohdan Korybut-Daszkiewicz
„Tetraazamacrocyclic complexes of nickel and copper as electroactive components of rotaxanes and rotaxane molecular switches”

Paweł Chochrek
PhD Supervisor: prof. Jerzy Wicha
„tereoselective transformations on hydrindan system. Synthesis of vitamin D building blocks”

Mikołaj Chromiński
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„Synthesis of vitamin B12 / protoporphyrin IX conjugates, potential guanyl cyclase activators”

Maciej Cieplak
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis of the long-chain polyhydroxylic derivatives via selective coupling of simple carbohydrates”

Kajetan Dąbrowa
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„Synthesis, structure and anion binding properties of the novel artificial receptors”

Rafał Gawin
PhD Supervisor: prof. Karol Grela
„Ruthenium carbene complexes containing modified anionic ligands as catalysts for metathesis reactions”

Jan Klajn
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„The synthesis and investigation of fluorescent properties of novel indolizine derivatives”

Dariusz Krajewski
PhD Supervisor: prof. Mieczysław Mąkosza
„Research of heteroanalogs of γ-halocarboanions reactions”

Joanna Lipner
PhD Supervisor: prof. Jacek Młynarski
„The application of hydroxy- and dihydroxyacetone in asymmetric synthesis: the investigation of novel catalysts”

Marta Magdycz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis of enantiomerically pure polihydroxylate compounds of structure of bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane from D-glucose”

Agnieszka Nowak-Król
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel T. Gryko
„Synthesis of liquid porphyrins and corroles with high two-photon absorption cross-section”

Anna Osuch-Kwiatkowska
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Synthesis and properties of higher carbon sugars derivatives having more than 10 carbon atoms”

Sabina Pisarek
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Dorota Gryko
„„The new derivatives and analogs of protoporphyrin IX”

Mykhaylo Potopnyk
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Macrocyclic nitrogen-containing receptors with sucrose unit: synthesis and complexing properties”

Cezary Samojłowicz
PhD Supervisor: prof. Karol Grela
„Challenging examples of olefin metathesis reactions: searching for the optimal reaction conditions”

Beata Słomińska
PhD Supervisor: prof. Witold Danikiewicz
„Comparative studies of different ionization methods in analysis of selected groups of organometallic and coordination compounds using mass spectrometry”

Marta Sowińska
PhD Supervisor: prof. Zofia Lipkowska
„Synthesis, structure and biological evaluation of dendrimeric compounds containing amino acids”

Marcin Śnieżek
PhD Supervisor: prof. Marek Chmielewski
„New method for the synthesis of Ezetimibe – selective cholesterol absorption inhibitor”

Filip Ulatowski
PhD Supervisor: prof. Janusz Jurczak
„New methods for investigation of chiral recognition of anions”

Rafał Ćwiek
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Zbigniew Kałuża, prof. nadzw.
„Synteza chiralnych diamin i ich zastosowanie w asymetrycznej katalizie”

Anna Błońska
PhD Supervisor: prof. Sławomir Jarosz
„Otrzymywanie i właściwości biologicznie karbocyklicznych mimetyków cukrów prostych pochodnych D-mannozy”

Rafał Głaszczka
PhD Supervisor: dr hab. Jarosław Jaźwiński, prof. nadzw.
„Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of rhodium adducts with multifunctional organic ligands”

Jan Lewtak
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel Gryko
„The synthesis of Π-expanded meso-substituted porphyrins and corroles”

Paweł Świder
PhD Supervisor: prof. Witold Danikiewicz
„Porównanie efektywności różnych technik jonizacji w badaniach struktury i reakcji porfirynoidów za pomocą spektrometrii mas”

Roman Voloshchuk
PhD Supervisor: prof. Daniel Gryko
„Dyads and triads bearing corrole as models for energy- and electron– transfer studies”