Grudzień | 2022 | Faculty of Chemistry University of Warsaw

Position of adiunkt (a group of science positions) in the H2020 ERC-STG project entitled „Chirality-sensitive Nuclear Magnetoelectric Resonance” financed by the European Research Council is open for application. Project leader: dr hab. Piotr Garbacz, prof. ucz. Deadline for applications: 26 January 2023. For more info see >> pdf

An announcement for a post-doc position

Polish language courses for international employees

The University of Warsaw is offering an unpaid 30-hour online Polish language course for its international employees. The registration deadline is 27th December.

International employees will have a possibility to attend online Polish language classes twice a week between 9th January and 24th March, 2023. The courses can be attended by both academic and non-academic employees, provided that they are employed at the University on the basis of a contract of employment or an appointment.

The courses’ programme is focused on developing basic communication skills that might be useful everyday while studying and living in Poland.

The courses will be conducted by the employees of the Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners >>

Registration and organisation

Depending on a person’s level of proficiency in Polish, the courses will be organised from 9th January till 24th March in the following manner:

A0 group – for beginners, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 18:00 – 19:30;
A1 group – continuation of the course (3rd trimester) aimed for those who have already learnt Polish for at least half a year, classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:30 – 10:00;
A2 group – dedicated to people who have already learnt Polish for at least one year, meetings are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 17:30 – 19:00.

To attend the mentioned courses, prior registration is necessary on the course page on the Kampus Platform (CAS account is required to log in) before 27th December, 10:00.

Course implemented under Action II.2.3. “Support of the relocation process of employees from abroad by introducing solutions facilitating involvement of new foreign employees to work at UW and preparation to stay in Poland” of the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) at the University of Warsaw.

More information about the meetings is available on the Welcome Point website or via an e-mail: welcome.event@uw.edu.pl.

An announcement for a technician (engineer) position (NAWA)

Job offer for a technician (engineer) position in NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) Polish Return project No. PPN/PPO/2018/1/00098/U/00001: „Novel methods for dynamics and structural studies of biomolecules by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the solid-state with ultrafast magic-angle spinning”. Principal Investigator: Jan Stanek, PhD (Novel Methods of Spectroscopy group). Deadline for applications: 19 December 2022. For more info see >> pdf

Chemical Communications article (2022)

The journal ChemComm (RSC) published a paper on the research conducted under the supervision of prof. Katarzyna Jarzembska entitled „An optically reversible room-temperature solid-state cobalt(III) photoswitch based on nitro-to-nitrito linkage isomerism”. The work was featured on the front cover of this journal.

Photoswitchable materials find a variety of applications in the field of optoelectronics, medicine, solar energy conversion technologies or data storage. Industrially desirable materials of this kind should operate under ambient conditions, be relatively stable, cheap, non-toxic and easy to synthesize with high efficiency. In turn, the light-induced transformation should be selective, efficient, controllable, reversible and reproducible. The group of prof. Jarzembska (http://www.photocrystallography.eu) showed that a simple nitro complex of cobalt(III) has most of the above features, which distinguishes it from the so far widely studied nitro complexes of other transition metals. The isomerization reaction from the nitro (Co-N(O)₂) to nitrito (Co-ONO) binding mode proceeds with good efficiency (> 55%) in a solid state at room temperature, which is unique for this class of compounds (they are usually photoactive below 260 K). Importantly, the nitro-to-nitrito isomerization can be triggered optically both ways, i.e. ca. 470 nm light induces the nitro-to-endo-nitrito transformation, while 570−660 nm – the reverse process. The study opens up a new direction towards effective optically-reversible photoswitchable compounds working under ambient conditions, which is of great importance regarding potential future in technological applications.

The research and publication of the article were possible thanks to the support of the PRELUDIUM BIS grant (2019/35/O/ST4/04197), whereas the „open access” formula was financed by the IDUB UW.

K. A. Deresz, R. Kamiński, S. E. Kutniewska, A. Krówczyński, D. Schaniel and K. N. Jarzembska, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 13439

Onsite meetings on the legalisation of residence in Poland

The meetings are conducted by Dr Łukasz Wieczorek, the Dean’s Representative for Legalisation of Stay, the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, the University of Warsaw.

The onsite meetings are held on 8th December (Polish) and 15th December (English) between 13:15-14.45, on the Main Campus of the UW at Krakowskie Przedmieście.

To register for a meeting in Polish on 8th December, complete a form >>
The registration is open until 2nd December, 10:00.

To register for a meeting in English on 15th December, complete a form >>
The registration is open through 9th December, 10:00.

More information about the meetings is available on the Welcome Point website >> or via an e-mail: welcome.event@uw.edu.pl.