Current Group Members

Dr. Robert Jankowski 

Lab manager, researcher

Mail: robert14.jankowski@uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: molecular nanomagnets, molecular switches, lanthanides, luminescent materials, non-linear optical properties

Dr. Jakub Zakrzewski 

Research assistant

Mail: j.zakrzewski@uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: molecular nanomagnets, luminescent thermometers/manometers, molecular switches, luminescent ferroelectrics, chiral luminophores

Dr. Michał Liberka

Research assistant 

Mail: michal.liberka@uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: novel transition metal cyanido complexes, lanthanides, single-molecule magnets, light-emitting materials, non-linear optical properties

Dr. Michał Heczko

Guest researcher 

Mail: michal.heczko@uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: porous coordination polymers, molecular switches and sensors sensitive to external stimuli, cyanido-bridged coordination systems, molecular magnetism

MSc Mikołaj Żychowicz

PhD student, research assistant

Mail: mikolaj.zychowicz@uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: quantum chemistry, magnetism, luminescence, ab initio calculations, DFT, software development, Hamiltonian modelling 

MSc Jan Rzepiela

PhD student, research assistant

Mail: jan.rzepiela@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: organic synthesis, molecular ferroelectrics, luminescent thermometers, dicyanidometallates, chiral molecular materials  

MSc Aleksander Hoffman

PhD student

Mail: a.hoffman@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: organic synthesis, photoluminescence, chiral molecular materials, molecular switches, single ion magnets

MSc Kseniia Boidachenko

PhD student

Mail: kseniia.boidachenko@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: bimetallic luminophores s-d/d-d, photoluminescent sensors, chiral luminophores, group 11 metal-dicyanide complexes

MSc Paweł Bonarek

PhD student

Mail: pawel.bonarek@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: emissive heteroligand dicyanidoplatinates, bimetallic d-f  luminophores, lanthanide molecular nanomagnets, luminescent thermometers

MSc Kinga Szczecińska 

PhD student

Mail: kinga.szczecinska@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: Bimetallic d-d/d-f luminophores, photoluminescence, lanthanide-based molecular magnets, magnetism   

Dominika Wolak

MSc student

Mail: dominika.wolak@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: luminescent heterometallic d-f assemblies, application of chromium(III), zinc(II), and cadmium(II) cyanido complexes for the construction of solid luminophores

Dawid Kruczek

MSc student

Mail: dawid2.kruczek@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: photoluminescence, molecular thermometry, tetracyanidometallates, lanthanides, luminescent sponges

Marta Niemiec

MSc student

Mail: mar.niemiec@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: luminescent materials based on heterometallic s-d and p-d coordination networks, emissive hexacyanidometallates

Mikołaj Graff

MSc student

Mail: mikolaj.graff@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: novel cyanido-containing molecular precursors for the synthesis of functionalized luminophores

Paweł Porębski

MSc student

Mail: pawel.porebski@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: luminescent and magneto-luminescent materials based on organic anions bearing cyano groups

Jan Sierżęga

MSc student

Mail: jan.sierzega@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: untypical luminescent metal complexes, including cationic Pt(II) and anionic Ln(III) species, and the related solid luminophores

Hubert Dziełak

MSc student

Mail: hubert.dzielak@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: bimetallic d-f assemblies, heteroleptic pentacyanidocobaltates, cyanido mercury complexes

Piotr Gas

MSc student

Mail: p.gas@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: emissive copper(I) complexes, luminescent materials based on cyanido-bridged d-d frameworks

Zofia Szymanowska

MSc student

Mail: zofia.szymanowska@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: bimetallic d-p assemblies utilizing various polycyanidometallates and organotin(IV) complexes, chiral and polar luminophores

Maja Romanowska

MSc student

Mail: maja.romanowska@student.uj.edu.pl

Scientific interest: ab initio calculations, theoretical description of magnetic and luminescent properties of lanthanide complexes

Bogusława Smykla 

BSc student

Mail: boguslawa.smykla@student.uj.edu.pl

 

Martyna Bajserowicz

BSc student

Mail: martyna.bajserowicz@student.uj.edu.pl

MSc Beata Tubek

ERC project manager

Mail: beata.tubek@uj.edu.pl

 

Former Members

Dr. Tomasz Charytanowicz

Former BSc, MSc and PhD student 2017-2025

MSc Agnieszka Puzan

Former MSc and PhD student 2019-2025

Dr. Maciej Wyczesany

Former BSc, MSc and PhD student 2017-2025

MSc Łukasz Kiełtyka

Former MSc student 2023-2025

 

MSc Maryia Tamashuk

Former BSc and MSc student 2022-2025

 

Dr. Onur Yildirim

Former postdoctoral researcher 20242025

 

2021 Multifunctional Luminescent Materials Group
Faculty of Chemistry | Jagiellonian University