Education

09.2018 –          PhD studies in Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

09.2016 – 06.2018          MSc in Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

09.2013 – 06.2016          BSc in Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Internship

02.2017       Department of Molecular Physics (KFM), Lodz University of Technology

Title of the PhD thesis

“New coupling agents as reactive dispersants in silica/rubber hybrid materials”

keywords: green tyre, elastomer, organosilicon compounds, silica surface modification.

Title of the MSc thesis

“New ambipolar iridium(III) complexes –potential phosphorescent emitters for PhOLED diodes”

keywords: iridium complexes, cyclometalation, organic synthesis, organometallic chemistry, phosphorescence, OLED.

Adam Mickiewicz University Rector’s Award for outstanding scientific achievements (team) in the academic year 2018/2019, Poznań

Orwat B.; Oh M. J.; Zaranek M.; Kubicki M.; Januszewski R.; Kownacki I. Microwave-Accelerated C,N-Cyclometalation as a Route to Chloro-Bridged Iridium(III) Binuclear Precursors of Phosphorescent Materials: Optimization, Synthesis, and Studies of the Iridium(III) Dimer Behavior in Coordinating Solvents. Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59(13), 9163–9176. Impact Factor: 5.436. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01071.

Witkowska E.; Orwat B.; Oh M. J.; Wiosna-Salyga G.; Glowacki I.; Kownacki I.;Jankowska K.; Kubicki M.; Gierczyk B.; Dutkiewicz M.; Grzelak I.; Hoffmann M.; Nawrocik J.; Krajewski G.; Ulanski J.; Ledwon P.; Lapkowski M. Effect of β-Ketoiminato Ancillary Ligand Modification on Emissive Properties of New Iridium Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(22) 15671–15686. Impact Factor: 5.436. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02785.

Witkowska E.; Wiosna-Salyga G.; Glowacki I.; Orwat B.; Oh M. J.; Kownacki I.; Kubicki M.; Gierczyk B.; Dutkiewicz M.; Cieszko P.; Luszczynska B.; Ulanski J.; Grzelak I.; Hoffmann M.; Ledwon P.; Lapkowski M. Effect of Fluorine Substitution of the β-Ketoiminate Ancillary Ligand on Photophysical Properties and Electroluminescence Ability of New Iridium(III) Complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2018, 6(32) 8688–8708. Impact Factor: 8.067, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC02890G.

Orwat B.; Oh M. J.; Kubicki M.; Kownacki I. Synthesis of 5-Substituted Benzo[h]Quinoline Derivatives via Reactions Involving C(Sp2)−Br Bond Activation. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2018, 360(17) 3331–3344. Impact Factor: 5.981. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201800286.

Orwat B.; Witkowska E.; Kownacki I.; Oh M. J.; Hoffmann M.; Kubicki M.; Grzelak I.; Marciniec B.; Glowacki I.; Luszczynska B.; Wiosna-Salyga G.; Ulanski J.; Ledwon P.; Lapkowski M. Microwave-Assisted One-Pot Synthesis of New Ionic Iridium Complexes of [Ir(Bzq)2(N^N)]+A− Type and Their Selected Electroluminescent Properties. Dalton Transactions. 2017, 46(28) 9210–9226. Impact Factor: 4.569. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT01372H.