Education:

10.2018-  at present 

3nd degree PhD Studies – full-time studies

Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Field of researches: photoinitiators, photoinating systems, co-initiators, photopolymerization, radical photopolymerization, cationic photopolymerization, hybrid photopolymerization, IPN, oxiranes, silorates, oxetanes, acrylates, organic synthesis

02.2017- 09.2018

2nd degree MA Studies – full-time studies – graduated with honors

Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Date of the degree: 25th September 2018

Field of study: Biotechnology

Specialization: Industrial and Environmental Protection Biotechnology

Title of master thesis: “Photochemistry research of new derivative coumarins for the role of fluorescent sensors for applications in chemistry and biochemistry”

02.2017- 07.2018

2nd degree MA Studies – full-time studies – graduated with honors

Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Date of the degree: 4th July 2018

Field of study: Chemical Technology

Specialization: Polymer Technology

Title of master thesis: “Spectroscopy studies of the new 1,6-diphenylquinoline-2-one derivatives and applicability of their for acceleration and monitoring of photopolymerization processes”

10.2013- 02.2017

1st degree MA Studies- full-time studies – graduated with honors

Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Date of the degree: 1th February 2017

Field of study: Biotechnology

Specialization: Industrial and Environmental Protection Biotechnology

Title of engineering thesis: “Applicability of the rare earth elements complexes for the luminescent molecular sensors”

Professional experience:

01.09. – 19.09.2019

Université de Haute-Alsace, Institut Universitaire de France, Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse, France.

Problem: Applicabillity of initiating systems for dental materials

Supervisor: prof. Jacques Lalevée

Scheduled for implementation. A scholarship was obtained: PROM programme no. PPI/PRO/2018/1/00013/U/001 which is co-financed by the European Social Fund under the Knowledge Education Development Operational Programme. 

07.03.2019 –at present

Active member of the Chemists Science Club, Section C-5 of physical chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the Cracow University of Technology

01.10. – 31.01.2019

Internship  for students in company – Photo HiTech Ltd. 

The Company designs and synthesizes new organic compounds with modern synthesis techniques

19.02. – 28.02.2018

Internship  for students in Jagiellonian University Faculty of Chemistry with – Anna Chachaj-Brekiesz, PhD (Physicochemistry of Interfacial Phenomena Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University)

Internship subjects: Synthesis of new coumarin derivatives

06.02. –24.02.2017

Internship  for students in company – Photo HiTech Ltd. 

Internship subjects: „Organic synthesis of luminescent molecular sensors” 

17.08. – 13.09.2015

Internships at the Central Laboratory of the Municipal Water and Sewage Enterprise S.A. in Krakow, Sewage Research Laboratory

01.01.2015 – at present

Active member of the Science Club in the specialty of Applied Photochemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the Cracow University of Technology

I carry out my research work in the Applied Photochemistry team led by Joanna Ortyl, prof. PK. I conduct interdisciplinary research in fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and materials engineering. I design, synthesize and conduct comprehensive spectroscopic studies of new high-performance compounds exhibiting the luminescence, mainly fluorescence, which are dedicated to:

• monitoring of photopolymerization processes using Fluorescence Probe Technology and quality control of polymer coatings as well
• for visualization of cellular structures in biochemical research, which research is carried out in cooperation with the Pharmaceutical Faculty of the Jagiellonian University.

In addition, currently I also conduct research on new fotoinitiating systems dedicated to new generation photocurable dental composites as part of the Diamond Grant and Preludium projects, of which I am the manager. The main purpose of the research is to obtain dental composites with reduced polymerization shrinkage and improved mechanical properties.

PROJECTS:

28.02.2020 – at present

PRELUDIUM 17 – National Science Centre 2019/33/N/ST5/03015

The nature of participation in the project: the project manager and the main contractor  – Monika Topa

Subject: Development and evaluation of physicochemical and mechanical properties of photocurable polymer composites with reduction polymerization shrinkage under visible light

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project implementation period: 28.02.2020-27.02.2023

Project implementation status: implemented 

19.09.2018 – at present

DIAMENTOWY GRANT – Ministry of Science and Higher Education Contract number DI2017 005247

The nature of participation in the project: the project manager and the main contractor  – Monika Topa

Subject: Synthesis and research of application properties of novel high-performance photoinitiator systems dedicated to the new generation photocurable dental composites 

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project implementation period: 19.09.2018-18.09.2022

Project implementation status: implemented 

26.06.2018 –at present

TEAM- TECH – Foundation for Polish Science Contract number TEAM TECH / 2016-2 / 15

The nature of participation in the project: contractor – Monika Topa

Subject: Molecular design, synthesis and application of photoinitiator-catalysts (PICs) for photopolymerization reactions

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project manager: PhD. Eng. Joanna Ortyl

Project implementation period: 01.03.2018-28.02.2021

Project implementation status: implemented

26.06.2018 – at present

TANGO 2 – National Center for Research and Development Contract number TANGO 2 – DZP / TANGO2 / 391/2016 The nature of participation in the project: contractor – Monika Topa

Subject: Implementation of photogenerators of strong proton acids (PAGs) based on Innovative acceleration molecules for applications in the industry of photocurable polymer coatings

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project manager: PhD. Eng. Joanna Ortyl

Project duration: 01.09.2017- 30.11.2020

Project implementation status: implemented

01.12.2016 – 26.06.2018

POWROTY – the Foundation for Polish Science Contract number POWRTOTY / 2016-1 / 4

The nature of participation in the project: main contractor – Monika Topa

Subject: Synthesis and photochemistry/photophysics studies of the intelligent luminescent molecular sensors for selective detection in biochemistry and chemistry

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project manager: PhD. Eng. Joanna Ortyl

Project duration: 01.10.2016- 30.09.2019

Project implementation status: implemented 

01.05.2016 – 31.12.2017

LIDER – National Center for Research and Development Contract number LIDER 471 / L-4/2012

The nature of participation in the project: contractor – Monika Topa

Subject: Organic-inorganic luminescent chemical molecular sensors as a tool for monitoring and controlling photopolymerization processes on-line and off-line in the production of polymer coatings

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project manager: PhD. Eng. Joanna Ortyl

Project duration: 01.01.2014- 31.12.2017

Project implementation status: completed

01.05.2016 – 31.07.2016

IMPULS SKILLS – Foundation for Polish Science Contract number IMPULS 138 / UD / SKILLS / 2015

The nature of participation in the project: contractor – Monika Topa

Subject: High-performance Bi-Molecular Photoinitiating Systems Based on Innovative Accelerating Molecules – Solution Dedicated to Photopolymerization Processes – proof of concept grant

Place of implementation: Cracow University of Technology

Project manager: PhD. Eng. Joanna Ortyl

The period of the project implementation: 01.08.2015-31.07.2016 

Project implementation status: completed

 

AWARDS:

29.01.2020 Warsaw (Poland)

Competition finalist „25 under 25” in the Science category organized by Forbes magazine and the Warsaw office of McKinsey & Company. The aim of the project was to select 25 young and ambitious people who want to change the socio-economic face of Poland. 

https://www.facebook.com/wiitchem/posts/2664778533641858/

https://www.mckinsey.com/pl/careers/25-under-25/finalists

https://www.forbes.pl/rankingi/lista-25-przed-25-magazynu-forbes-oraz-biura-mckinsey-and-company-najbardziej/xfvd4z2 

06.06.2019 Warsaw (Poland)

Winner of the Shesnnovation Academy 2019/20 program, which goal is to set up her own start-up by building the necessary competences, both business and soft. My project on concerns the development of new dental composites. 

Organizer: Perspektywy Educational Foundation

04.04.2019 Cracow (Poland)

Winner of the competition of the Rector of the Cracow University of Technology in the category of the youngest first author of a scientific publication in the journal indicated in part A, the current list of Ministry of Science and Higher Education prepared for the purpose of parametric evaluation of scientific units.

Type of reward: individual

18.12.2018 Cracow (Poland)

1st degree prize in the category of Technologies in the Competition for the best Master’s theses in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development for the master’s thesis entitled “Spectroscopic studies of the new 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one derivatives and evaluation of their suitability for acceleration and monitoring of photopolymerization processes”.

Type of reward: individual

The scope of the competition: national

Sponsor of the prize: Małopolska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego SA

18.11.2018 Warsaw (Poland)

Finalist of the StRuNa competition in the category of Scientific Circle of the Year 2018, for the Scientific Circle of Applied Photochemistry at the Cracow University of Technology.

Type of award: team (Wiktoria Tomal, Monika Topa, Maciej Pilch, Karolina Dzięciołowska, Maciej Pilch, Paweł Fiedor, Emilia Hola, Patryk Szymaszek, Magdalena Jankowska, under the supervision of Joanna Ortyl PhD)

The name of the organizer of the competition: Foundation “Fund for Student Aid”, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Objective of the competition: The purpose of the competition is to reward students and doctoral students who have carried out the most interesting scientific projects as a team. In addition, academic tutors and creators of entities starting scientific activity will be honoured.

11.10.2018 Cracow (Poland)

4th place in the Jerzy Haber competition for master’s thesis in surface physicochemistry and catalysis titled “Spectroscopic studies of new 1,6-diphenyl-quinolin-2-one derivatives and evaluation of their suitability for acceleration and monitoring of photopolymerization processes”

Type of reward: individual

The scope of the competition: national

Sponsor of the prize: Institute of Catalysis and Physical Chemistry Jerzy Haber Polish Academy of Sciences

03.10.2018 Cracow (Poland)

First degree prize awarded by the Young Talents Foundation in 2018 for lifetime achievement during first and second cycle studies at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the Cracow University of Technology, authorship of articles published in periodicals from list A – the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Type of prize: individual

The scope of the competition: national

Sponsor of the prize: The founder of the Young Talent Support Foundation prof. Janusz Magiera at the Cracow University of Technology

20.04.2018 Cracow (Poland)

Second place for the best present during the University Student Science Session 2018 at the Cracow University of Technology in Cracow for the paper „Nowe wysokowydajne systemy fotoinicjujące oparte o nowe ko-inicjatory dedykowane do rodnikowej oraz kationowej fotopolimeryzacji materiałów powłokowych /New high-efficiency photoinitiating systems based on new co-initiators dedicated to the radical and cationic photopolymerization of coating materials”

21.12.2017 Cracow (Poland)

Winner of the first step of the competition for the ABB award in the academic year 2017/2018

Type of award: individual

Range of the competition: national

Sponsor of the award: ABB

14.12.2017 Cracow (Poland)

Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements for the academic year 2017/2018

05.12.2017 Warsaw (Poland)

Winner of the competition for the best Bachelor’s / Engineer’s Thesis “ Gold Medal of Chemistry 2017″ made in the academic year 2016/2017 and distinction in this competition for the Engineer’s Thesis ” Applicability of the samarium complexes for the luminescent molecular sensors “

Type of award: individual

Range of the competition: national

Sponsor of the award: Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw

05.12.2017 Warsaw (Poland)

The special distinction of the DuPont company in the national competition for the best Bachelor’s / Engineer’s Thesis “ Gold Medal of Chemistry 2017″ made in the academic year 2016/2017 for the Engineer’s Thesis “Applicability of the samarium complexes for the luminescent molecular sensors”

Type of award: individual

Range of the competition: national

Sponsor of the award: DuPont company

10.2017 – 07.2018 Cracow (Poland)

Academic Scholarship awarded by the Małopolska SAPERE AUSO Scholarship Foundation for the 2017/2018 academic year

22.06.2017 Katowice (Poland)

First place in the 12th national competition for an innovative solution developed by young inventors “ YOUNG INVENTOR 2017″, for the project “New high-performance luminescent lanthanide complexes and their application to the role of organic-inorganic luminescent molecular chemosensors in on-line testing of polymeric coating materials and in initiating photopolymerization processes “

Type of award: team (Monika Topa, Katarzyna Kukuła, Maciej Pilch, Karolina Dzięciołowska)

The name of the competition organizer: Haller Pro Inventio Foundation and  Eurobusiness-Haller company

22.06.2017 Katowice (Poland)

First Award for the Young Inventor at the International Fair of Inventions and Innovation INTARG 2017 for the project „New high-performance luminescent lanthanide complexes and their application to the role of organic-inorganic luminescent molecular chemosensors in on-line testing of polymeric coating materials and in initiating photopolymerization processes”

Type of award: team  (Monika Topa, Katarzyna Kukuła, Maciej Pilch, Karolina Dzięciołowska 

Name of the competition organizer: Polonia International Foundation

25.04.2017 Cracow (Poland)

First place for the best present during the University Student Science Session 2018 at the Cracow University of Technology in Cracow for the paper „Applicability of the samarium complexes for the luminescent molecular sensors”

PATENT APPLICATION P.431489, PATENT NUMBER Pat.238234
Application date: 16.10.2019
Authors of the application: M. Topa, J. Ortyl, M. Galek
Application title: Nowe sole jodoniowe, sposób ich wytwarzania i zastosowania/ New iodonium salts, method of their preparation and application
Territorial scope of patent protection Poland
Name UP Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polski/Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

PATENT APPLICATION P.431042
Application date: 04.09.2019
Authors of the application: J. Ortyl, A. Chachaj-Brekiesz, M. Topa, K. Dzięciołowska, M. Jankowska, P. Szymaszek, F. Petko, W. Kasprzyk, T. Świergosz, M.Galek
Application title: Nowe pochodne 3-(2-pirydylo)chromen-2-onu, sposób ich wytwarzania i zastosowania oraz zastosowanie związków pośrednich/ New 3- (2-pyridyl) chromen-2-one derivatives, the method of their preparation and the applicability of intermediates
Territorial scope of patent protection: Poland
Name UP: Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polski/Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

PATENT APPLICATION P.431041
Application date: 04.09.2019
Authors of the application: J. Ortyl, A. Chachaj-Brekiesz, M. Topa, K. Dzięciołowska, M. Jankowska, P. Szymaszek, F. Petko, W. Kasprzyk, T. Świergosz, M.Galek
Application title: Nowe pochodne 3-(2-pirydylo)chromen-2-onu, sposób ich wytwarzania i zastosowania, nowe związki pośrednie do wytwarzania nowych pochodnych 3-(2-pirydylo)chromen-2-onu, sposób wytwarzania związków pośrednich oraz zastosowanie związków pośrednich/New 3- (2-pyridyl) chromen-2-one derivatives, method for their preparation and use, new intermediates for the production of new 3- (2-pyridyl) chromen-2-one derivatives, method for preparing intermediates and the applicability of intermediates
Territorial scope of patent protection: Poland
Name UP: Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polski/Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

PATENT APPLICATION P.426056, PATENT NUMBER Pat.237386
Application date: 25.06.2018
Authors of the application: J. Ortyl, M. Galek, M. Topa, F.Petko, K. Machowski
Application title: Nowe pochodne chinolin-2-onu, sposób ich wytwarzania, nowe systemy fotoinicjujące do procesów fotoinicjowanej polimeryzacji kationowej, rodnikowej, tiol-en i hybrydowej oraz zastosowania nowych pochodnych chinolin-2-onu/New derivatives of quinolin-2-one, the method of their production, new photo-initiating systems for the processes of photoinitiated cationic, radical, thiol-hybrid and hybrid polymerization, and applicability of new derivatives of quinolin-2-one
Territorial scope of patent protection: Poland
Name UP: Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polski/Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

PATENT APPLICATION P.421683
Application date: 23.05.2017
Authors of the application: J. Ortyl, M. Topa, M. Pilch, I. Kamińska-Borek, A. Chachaj-Brekiesz
Application title: Nowe pochodne kompleksów samaru(III), nowe systemy fotoinicjujące do procesów fotoinicjowanej polimeryzacji, nowe luminescencyjne sensory molekularne do monitorowania procesów fotopolimeryzacji oraz zastosowania pochodnych kompleksów samaru(III) do roli luminescencyjnych sond molekularnych w badaniach materiałów powłokowych/New derivatives of samarium (III) complexes, new photoinitiation systems for photoinitiated polymerization processes, new luminescent molecular sensors for monitoring photopolymerization processes and the use of derivatives of samarium (III) complexes for the role of luminescent molecular probes in the study of coating materials
Territorial scope of patent protection: Poland
Name UP: Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polski/Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

1. Topa M.; Petko F.; Galek M.; Jankowska M.; Popielarz R.; Ortyl J., Difunctional 1H-quinolin-2-ones as spectroscopic fluorescent probes for real-time monitoring of photopolymerisation process and photosensitizers of fluorescent photopolymer resin in 3D printing, European Polymer Journal 2021, 156, 110612. Impact Factor: 4,598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110612

2. Topa M.; Ortyl J., Moving Towards a Finer Way of Light-Cured Resin-Based Restorative Dental Materials: Recent Advances in Photoinitiating Systems Based on Iodonium Salts, Materials 2020, 13, 4093, Impact Factor: 3,057. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13184093

3. Topa M.; Hola E.; Galek M.; Petko F.; Pilch M.; Popielarz R.; Morlet-Savary F.; Graff B.; Lalevée J.; Ortyl J., One-component cationic photoinitiators based on coumarin scaffold iodonium salts as highly sensitive photoacid generators for 3D printing IPN photopolymers under visible LED sources, Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 5261-5278, Impact Factor: 5,342. DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D0PY00677G

4. Topa M.; Petko F; Galek M.; Ortyl J. Double role of diphenylpyridine derivatives as fluorescent sensors for monitoring photopolymerization and the determination of the efficiencies of the generation of superacids by cationic photoinitiators, Sensors, 2020, 20, 3043. Impact Factor: 3.031. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113043

5. Hola E.; Topa M.; Chachaj-Brekiesz A.; Pilch M.; Fiedor F.; Galek M.; Ortyl J. New, highly versatile bimolecular photoinitiating systems for free-radical, cationic and thiol–ene photopolymerization processes under low light intensity UV and visible LEDs for 3D printing application. RSC Advances 2020, 10, 7509-7522. Impact Factor: 3.049. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA10212D 

6. Topa M.; Petko F.; Galek M.; Machowski K.; Pilch M.; Szymaszek P.; Ortyl J. Applicability of 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one derivatives as fluorescent sensors for monitoring the progress of photopolymerisation processes and as photosensitisers bimolecular photoinitiating systems. Polymers 2019, 11(11), 1756 – 1778. Impact Factor: 3.164. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111756 

7. Ortyl J.; Topa M.; Kamińska-Borek I.; Popielarz R. Mechanism of interaction of aminocoumarins with reaction medium during cationic photopolymerization of triethylene glycol divinyl ether, European Polymer Journal 2019,116, 45-55. Impact Factor: 3.621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.060

8. Nowak D.; Ortyl J.; Kamińska-Borek I.; Kukuła K.; Topa M.; Popielarz R. Photopolymerization of hybrid monomers, part II: Determination of relative quantum efficiency of select, Polymer Testing 2018, 67, 144-150. Impact Factor: 2.943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.02.025

9. Topa M.; Ortyl J.; Chachaj-Brekiesz A.; Kamińska-Borek I.; Pilch M.; Popielarz R. Applicability of samarium(III) complexes for the role of luminescent molecular sensors for monitoring progress of photopolymerization processes and control of the thickness of polymer coatings, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2018, 199, 430-440. Impact Factor: 2.931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2018.03.050

10. Nowak D.; Ortyl J.; Kamińska-Borek I.; Kukuła K.; Topa M.; Popielarz R. Photopolymerization of hybrid monomers, part I: Comparison of the performance of selected photoinitiators in cationic and free-radical polymerization of hybrid monomers, Polymer Testing, 2017, 64, 313-320. Impact Factor: 2.943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.10.020