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7July 2026 r.
10:00 AM
Building D (room D-111.3, 1st floor).

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Tomasz Marszałek, PhD DSc Eng., titled “Crystallization in Solution-Processed Semiconductors: From Kinetics to Universality”!

June 16, 2026
10:00 AM
Building D (Room D-111.3, 1st floor)

Since 2016, Tomasz Marszalek has been employed as a researcher at the Lodz University of Technology Politechnika Łódzka in the Department of Molecular Physics. In October 2017, under the Foundation for Polish Science’s First Team program, he established his first independent research group, focusing on the physicochemical aspects of π-conjugated self-assembling systems and their potential applications in flexible electronics. In January 2018, he additionally joined the Department of Molecular Electronics at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research as a group leader. In 2024, Tomasz Marszałek obtained his habilitation in physics from Lodz University of Technology, and in 2025, he was appointed Professor at the same institution.

His distinctions include: (a) the Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Habilitation Achievements, (b) a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Researchers, (c) the Polish Academy of Sciences Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievements, and (d) the START scholarship for young researchers awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).

Tomasz Marszałek’s research focuses on organic and hybrid semiconductor materials for electronic applications. His work investigates the factors limiting the performance of solution-processed organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), with particular emphasis on charge transport. He studies how molecular structure influences self-assembly, thin-film morphology, and charge-carrier transport in organic semiconductors, as well as the role of interfaces and interfacial microstructure in determining the performance of organic, inorganic, and hybrid semiconductor thin films.

He is the author of 109 scientific publications (h-index: 32; 3,352 citations according to Scopus). Publication record: https://lnkd.in/d8ncnkD8

27May 2026
10:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Stephen Goldup (University of Birmingham) titled 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴!

08 May 2026
12:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).

Steve grew up in Gloucester where attended Sir Thomas Rich’s School. He studied for an MChem at the University of Oxford where he began his research career with a Part II project in the group of Sir Prof. Jack Baldwin. He then completed a PhD in natural product synthesis under the supervision of Prof. Tony Barrett, before shifting focus to apply his synthetic skills to mechanically interlocked non-natural products with Prof. David Leigh at the University of Edinburgh. In Edinburgh Steve began his formal teaching career as a Fixed Term Lecturer in Organic Chemistry.

In 2008, Steve moved to Queen Mary University of London with the award of a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and in 2009 he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2014, Steve and his group moved to the University of Southampton, where he took up the position of Associate Professor. While in Southampton, Steve was promoted to Professor of Chemistry in 2017 and in 2019 was awarded a Wolfson Research Fellowship. In 2023, Steve and his team moved to the University of Birmingham where Steve is Chair of Chemistry and the Molecular Synthesis Section Lead.

Research in the Goldup group focusses on developing efficient methods to synthesise novel mechanically interlocked molecules, including examples displaying mechanical stereochemistry, to allow the practical benefits of the mechanical bond to be realised. The ultimate goal of research in the Goldup Group is that rotaxanes and catenanes become truly useful in medicine, catalysis, materials and beyond.

Steve has received several awards including: RSC Corday Morgan (2025), Finalist in the 2020 Blavatnik UK Young Scientist Prize (2020), RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Bob Hay Lectureship (2016), RSC Hickinbottom Award (2014), Gregynog Synthesis Meeting David Hill Cup (2012), Thieme Journal Chemistry Award (2012).

He is the author of 92 scientific publications (h-index: 47; number of citations: 7138; Scopus).
Prof. Goldup’s publication record: https://lnkd.in/dby2CBF3

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Fabien Cougnon titled 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.

19 May 2026 r.
11:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).

Fabien B. L. Cougnon is an Associate Professor in Synthetic Nanochemistry at the Department of Chemistry & Scientific Director of the the Nanoscience Centre at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2006. He obtained a PhD in organic chemistry, specializing in supramolecular chemistry, from the University of Cambridge (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Jeremy K.M. Sanders.

For his work on the dynamic combinatorial synthesis of unconventional donor-acceptor catenanes, he was awarded an EPSRC doctoral prize, which funded a nine-month postdoc in the group of Prof. David A. Leigh at the University of Edinburgh (UK). He then moved to the group of Prof. Elizabeth M. Nolan at MIT (USA) to investigate the role of antimicrobial peptides (human defensins) in the chemistry underlying the human innate immune response.

In December 2015, he began his independent career at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) with support from an Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He moved to Jyväskylä in 2021

He is the author of 29 scientific publications (h-index: 17; number of citations: 1501; Scopus).
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱: https://lnkd.in/dYWbfVcU