Dr Kowalczyk
General Information:
Date of Birth : October 22, 1975
Birtplace : Poniatowa, Poland
Material Status : Married, two children
Education and Research Experience:
2015- Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
2011-2014 Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
2007-2010 Research Fellow at the Applied Physics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2005-2006 Assistant Professor at the Department III "Soft Condensed Matter", Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2004-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (Kaneko's Laboratory), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
2003-2004 Ph.D. studies in the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and
Technology (Kaneko's Laboratory), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Thesis: Theoretical Evaluation of Surface
Nanostructures with Gas Adsorption
2003- Researcher in the Department of Chemistry (Lasia's Laboratory), Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
2000-2001 Postgraduate Computer Science Study - "Software Engineering", Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
1999-2001 Research Associate in Military Institute of Chemistry and Radiometry, Warsaw,
Poland
1994-1999 M.Sc. in Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
M.Sc. Thesis: Investigation of Solids Surfaces By Inverse Gas
Chromatography
Fellowships/Awards:
2013- The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Invitation Fellowship
2011- Australian Academy of Science, Scientific Visits to Japan Fellowship
2010- Curtin University, Senior Research Fellow
2007- RMIT University, Research Fellow
2006- University of Queensland, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2006- Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Collaboration and Experience:
2013- Visiting researcher, Tom Miller Group, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA (three weeks)
2012- Visiting researcher, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun,
Poland (three days)
2012- Visiting researcher, Institute of Physical Chemistry, DEMOKRITOS National Center for Scientific Research, Greece (seven days)
2012- Visiting researcher, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology , Poland (seven days)
2011- Visiting researcher, Institute of Carbon Science and Technology, Shinshu University , Japan (twelve days)
2010- Visiting researcher, Institute of Carbon Science and Technology, Shinshu University , Japan (three days)
2010- Visiting researcher, Nanomolecular Chemistry Group and Nanomaterial Chemistry Group, Chiba University, Japan (three days)
2009- Visiting researcher, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland (two weeks)
2008- Visiting researcher, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
(one week)
2007- Visiting researcher, Facultat de Fsica, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
(one week)
2004- Visiting researcher, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun,
Poland (two weeks)
2003- Visiting researcher, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada (one month)
Research Grants:
2013-2014 Principal investigator in project: Quantum molecular dynamics designing of highly
selective nanopores for H2-D2 mixtures, by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
(Canberra, Australia)
2011-2014 Principal investigator in project: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Multi-
Component Greenhouse Gas Mixtures in Nanoconfinement, by Curtin University
(Perth, Australia)
2011-2012 Principal investigator in project: Design of optimum carbon nanocapsules for
methane hydrates with experimentally-supported molecular modelling technique,
by Australian Academy of Science (scientific visits to Japan 2011-12 grants),
(Canberra, Australia)
2008-2010 Co-investigator in project: Biopolymer Interactions with Mineral Surfaces, funded
by BHP Billiton (Melbourne, Australia)
2007-2010 Principal investigator in project: Supercritical gas storage using nanoporous
Materials, funded by the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
2004-2005 Co-investigator in project: Evaluation of hydrogen storage and hydrogen storage
mechanism, funded by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Chiba, Japan)
1999-2003 Co-investigator in project: Production of activated carbons from pitch stones, funded by MASKPOL S.A. (Konieczki, Poland) and Committee for Scientific Research (Warsaw, Poland)
1999-2003 Co-investigator in project: Production of activated carbon fibres from viscous precursors, funded by Central Mining Institute (Katowice, Poland) and Committee for Scientific Research (Warsaw, Poland)
Invited Lectures at Universities:
Greece: National Technical University of Athens (Department of Materials Science and Engineering)
Japan: Shinshu University (Institute of Carbon Science &Technology), Chiba
University (Nanomolecular Chemistry Group & Nanomaterial Chemistry Group)
Israel: Tel Aviv University (School of Chemistry, Sackler Faculty)
Poland: Nicolaus Copernicus University (Faculty of Chemistry), Institute of
Physical Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska
University (Faculty of Chemistry), Rzeszow University of Technology (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering)
Australia: RMIT University (Applied Sciences), The University of Melbourne
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems)