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Katarzyna Starzak and Jakub Pietraszewski completed their internship in the Chmielarz Research Group!!

Kasia and Jakub, under the supervision of Dr Pawel Blonarz, learned techniques related to the determination of oxidation and reduction potentials in electrochemistry. Thank you for the opportunity for research collaboration and your time!!!

Kasidid Yaemsunthorn is doing a research internship in Italy at the Univeristy of Trento!!!

I am pleased to share that Kasid is currently undertaking a research internship at the University of Trento, within the Department of Industrial Engineering. Kasid has joined the esteemed research group led by Professor Francesco Parrino. Thanks to the support from the MINIATURE and the National Science Centre (NCN), Kasid can fully engage in all aspects of the scientific exchange and research...

Fresh article in OrtylPhotoLab!!!

🌟 Exciting Publication Announcement in Photocurable Cationic Composites! 🌟 We are delighted to share the news of our latest publication in the field of photocurable cationic composites. This work is the result of a longstanding collaboration between our talented scientists, the Krakow University of Technology, Photo Hitech, and Hitach Energy. Our joint research highlights significant advanc...

Prof. Joanna Ortyl is on the #RSCPoster 2025 Committee!

We are pleased to announce that Professor Joanna Ortyl is on the committee for the RSCPoster conference - a free global online poster conference held on LinkedIn over the course of 24 hours!

IPITEX Exhibition 2025 and 2 bronze medal for OrtylPhotoLab!!!

🎉 We are happy to announce that our research group Ortyl Photo Lab from Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology has recently been actively participating in international exhibitions, where we promote our breakthroughs that are, among others, the results of two key projects #Lider from the National Centre for Research and Development led by Monika Topa and #Description funded by the ...

Happy Valentine’s Day from OrtylPhotoLab

Valentine’s Day is more than just a date on the calendar—it’s a celebration of love in all its beautiful forms. Whether it’s the love shared between partners, the deep bond between friends, or the lifelong companionship of marriage, February 14th is a reminder of the warmth, joy, and connection that love brings into our live

RSCPoster2025 Conference – stay tuned :)

  All OrtylPhotoLab members are already getting ready for the #RSCPoster2025 conference, don't miss this event, see you there!!! Save the date: the #RSCPoster competition is celebrating its 10th year on LinkedIn between 12 midday 4 March to 12 midday (UK time) 5 March 2025. Get ready to showcase your research! This annual event run by the Royal Society of Chemistry brings together the glob...

International Women’s and Girls’ Day in Science

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated annually on 11 February, was established by the UN General Assembly in 2015. The aim of the holiday is to support women in science and technology and to promote equal access for all to education and scientific careers. It is also about drawing attention to the barriers that still persist and inspiring a world where talent and passi...

Scientific Club of Applied Photochemistry have been awarded in this year’s FutureLab PK competition! 🎉

We are happy to announce that members of our Scientific Club of Applied Photochemistry have been awarded in this year's FutureLab PK competition! 🎉 We are one of 38 groups selected and awarded in the Student Project Competition at Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Krakow. This is the sixth, record-breaking edition of FutureLab PK in terms of the number of applications, and also a ...

Awarded members of the #OrtyPhotoLab as part of the WFS Scholarship at Krakow University of Technology

We are pleased to announce the results of the WFS Scholarship at Krakow University of Technology. Students were recognised for their two best academic achievements: Weronika Wałczyk, Małgorzata Kowalewska, Kamil Pulit and Jakub Pietraszewski, as well as PhD student Dominika Krok-Janiszewska. We would like to congratulate the award winners and wish them further enthusiasm for their scientific wo...

We present a brief graphic summary of the past year, 2024! 

Welcome to a brief summary of the scientifically intensive year 2024. We share with you our achievements and successes and hope that the current year will be just as fruitful!!!

We are delighted to announce our new collaboration #OrtylPhotoLab with Professor Versace’s research group from France

🚀We are delighted to announce our new collaboration #OrtylPhotoLab with Professor Versace's research group from France as part of the Polish-French #Polonium project funded by NAWA Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej ✨️✨️✨️ 🚀 Through this cooperation, the Ortyl Photo Lab will focus on synthesizing new bio-based photoinitiating systems. Meanwhile, the team from France will be developing a...

Congratulations to Malgorzata Noworyta for taking 2nd 🥈 place at the PUT DAY STEM Science Conference 2024

🎊🎉 Congratulations to Malgorzata Noworyta for taking 2nd 🥈 place at the PUT DAY STEM Science Conference 2024 for the best poster presenting research results!!✨️🎀

5th National Student Scientific Conference ‘Closer to Chemistry’

We are very happy to announce that members of our Ortyl Photo Lab research group from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Krakow are taking part in the , which will be held at the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University ➡️➡️ on 10-11 January 2025! ⭐️To amazing event provides a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge...

🎉 We have great news! Our scientific article has been accepted in #Carbon Elsevier 📝✨

🎉 We have great news! Our scientific article has been accepted in #Carbon Elsevier 📝✨ 🎄 This is a huge achievement for us, and it ends the year in a unique way. Through hard work and determination, we were able to achieve our research goals! Ortyl Photo Lab from the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology's Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. 🎉We would like to thank ...

Małgorzata Noworyta , has won a prestigious special award in the Andrzej Pomianowski Competition!

🎉 **Congratulations to Małgorzata Noworyta!** 🎉 🎯We are very happy to announce that our colleague from the Ortyl Photo Lab team at the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Krakow University of Technology , Małgorzata Noworyta , has won a prestigious special award in the Andrzej Pomianowski Competition! Her master's thesis in the ...

ARCA – the 20th International Exhibition of Inventions in Zagreb in cooperation with the Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers

🎉🔥🚀We are happy to announce that December brought our research group some significant successes! Our research results were presented at ARCA - the 20th International Exhibition of Inventions in Zagreb in cooperation with the Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers. Here are the highlighted achievements from Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology Faculty of Chemical Engi...

Merry Christmas from OrtylPhotoLab !!!

Best wishes from OrtylPhotoLab !!!!   Merry Christmas to you, May your holidays Be bright and new. May your heart be Filled with love and cheer, And may the joy of the season Be with you all year!

Małgorzata Noworyta from the Ortyl Photo Lab #OrtylPhotoLab team has started a research internship at Wroclaw University of Technology ✨.

🚀 We are pleased to announce that our colleague Małgorzata Noworyta from the Ortyl Photo Lab #OrtylPhotoLab team has started a research internship at Wroclaw University of Technology ✨. 🎉 She is currently working at the Faculty of Chemistry, in the Department of Soft Matter Optics, under the supervision of Dr. Eng. Konrad Cyprych in a research group led by Prof. Jaroslaw Mysliwiec. His inter...

Magdalena Jankowska, a doctoral student from our Ortyl Photo Lab team, has just finished her internship at Rzeszow University of Technology in Prof. Pawel Chmielarz’s research group.

🌟 Today we have a lot of information for you, because we would like to welcome to our lab Magdalena Jankowska, who has just returned from yet another doctoral internship she carried out at the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Rzeszów University of Technology. Magdalena Jankowska, a doctoral student from our Ortyl Photo Lab team, has just finished her internship at Rzeszow University of Technology in Prof. P...

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XIX EDITION OF THE CONTEST ”LEADER OF INNOVATION® 2021
Category: Woman Inventor for Joanna Ortyl, Prof., PhD., DSc., Eng.

Awarded for scientific and research activities that resulted in numerous publications, patents, utility models, invention projects and practical applications and industrial implementations, especially in the field of photochemistry – including photopolymerization processes in polymer systems and photochemical processes taking place in organic molecules. The award is a direct result of the TEAM TECH project co-financed by the Foundation for Polish Science.

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