Weronika Wałczyk
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Weronika Wałczyk is a first-year student of second-cycle Chemical Technology at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the Krakow University of Technology. She is a member of Joanna Ortyl’s Research Group at the Applied Photochemistry Team of the Krakow University of Technology. In 2024, she obtained the title of Biotechnology Engineer. She conducts spectroscopic and kinetic research on new compounds used in photochemistry, innovative photoinitiators for photopolymerization processes and for 3D printing.

– spectroscopic and kinetic studies of new compounds used in photochemistry, innovative photoinitiators for photopolymerization processes

– 3D printing

Projects

 

03.2024 – present (contractor)

“Innovative porous ceramic materials printed in the DLP technique using high-performance photochemical initiators dedicated to integration with bone tissue”, no. LIDER13/0081/2022

 

05.2023 – 03.2024

Student (scholarship holder) in the project: OPUS-LAP20 (NCN) entitled: “Advanced photocurable polymer nanocomposites obtained in rapid prototyping technologies 3D-VAT”, no. 2020/39/I/ST5/03556

 

08.2022 – 05.2023

Student (scholarship holder) in the project of the Foundation for Polish Science – TEAM TECH: “Molecular design, synthesis and application of photoinitiator-catalysts (PICs) for photopolymerization reactions” at Krakow University of Technology, scholarship agreement number: TEAM TECH/2016-2/15

 

Interships

Rzeszów University of Technology, 28.12.2023-28.02.2024, Rzeszów

 

Awards

 

“New multicomponent photoinitiating systems for 3D printing of objects with high resolution” – first place, #RSCEng prize in #RSCPoster, individual award

 

Distinction for the communication at WSKN 2023 at Krakow University of Technology, “Studies on the usefulness of new photosensitizers in order to optimize the conditions for manufacturing 3D objects using 3D-VAT printing technology”, Krakow University of Technology, 16.05.2023

 

Distinction for the communication at WSKN 2024 at Krakow University of Technology, “Analysis of the efficiency of innovative photoinitiating systems dedicated to 3D-VAT printing of polymer nanocomposite materials”, Krakow University of Technology, 14.05.2024

 

Second place for the presentation “Evaluation of the effectiveness of new advanced photoinitiating systems for applications in 3D-VAT printing of nanocomposite materials”, XXV International Student Scientific Conference: Materials and Technologies of the 21st Century, 16.05.2024, Katowice

 

Finalist of the Gold Medal of Chemistry 2024

 

Scholarships

 

Student Leader Scholarship for the first year at the Cracow University of Technology (2021)

 

Scholarship of the Rector of the Cracow University of Technology (2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025)

 

Scientific scholarship from the Own Scholarship Fund at the Cracow University of Technology (editions IV, V, VI and VIII)

 

Minister’s scholarship for students for significant achievements for the academic year 2022/2023

 

Team awards

 

“BREAKTHROUGH IN DENTISTRY FUTURE: COMPLETELY SAFE LIGHT-CURING DENTAL COMPOSITES OF THE NEW GENERATION, FREE FROM TOXIC COMPOUNDS AND WITH REDUCED POLYMERIZATION SHRINKAGE” – IFIA award, INTARG 2022, team award (Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“BREAKTHROUGH IN DENTISTRY OF THE FUTURE: COMPLETELY SAFE LIGHT-CURING DENTAL COMPOSITES OF THE NEW GENERATION, FREE FROM TOXIC COMPOUNDS AND WITH REDUCED POLYMERIZATION SHRINKAGE” – gold medal, INTARG 2022, team award (Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“NEW FLUORESCENT MOLECULAR SENSORS AS MULTIPURPOSE PARTICLES FOR CELL IMAGING AND METAL ION DETECTION” – platinum award, INTARG 2022, team award (Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Patryk Szymaszek, Patrycja Środa, Tomasz Świergosz, Małgorzata Tyszka-Czochara, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“3D printing of high-resolution objects from novel photo-curable resins using efficient photoinitiating systems for radical and cationic polymerization processes”, KIWIE 2022, silver medal, team award (Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“New photocatalytic systems for obtaining polymer nanocomposites in 3D VAT printing technologies”, INTARG 2023, gold medal, team award (Magdalena Jankowska, Joanna Ortyl, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Bartosz Oksiuta)

 

“New high-performance photo-curable resins dedicated to 3D-VAT printing processes of polymer nanocomposites based on photopolymerization processes”, IWIS 2023, gold medal, team award (Magdalena Jankowska, Klaudia Trembecka-Wójciga, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Kacper Piskorz, Aleksandra Barczyk, Filip Petko, Andrzej Świeży, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“Novel, non-toxic dental composites with low polymerization shrinkage”, IWIS 2023, bronze medal, team award (Monika Topa-Skwarczyńska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Weronika Wałczyk, Filip Petko, Andrzej Świeży, Patrycja Środa, Weronika Wielgus, Małgorzata Tyszka-Czochara, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“VAT photopolymerization-based 3D printing of polymer nanocomposites using a new type of photoinitiating systems”, IPITEx 2024, gold medal, team award (Magdalena Jankowska, Małgorzata Noworyta, Jakub Kujawa, Weronika Wałczyk, Kacper Piskorz, Aleksandra Barczyk, Filip Petko, Andrzej Świeży, Patrycja Środa, Joanna Ortyl)

 

“Resin densely packed with nanoparticles for 3D-VAT printing of high-resolution objects”, Invent Arena 2024, silver medal, team award (Klaudia Trembecka-Wójciga, Magdalena Jankowska, Weronika Wałczyk, Joanna Ortyl)

“Photocurable resin with bimodal zirconium oxide nanoparticles for high resolution 3D printing of bioinspired ceramic bone scaffolds”, iCAN 2024 Toronto, Canada, silver medal, team award (Magdalena Jankowska, Weronika Wałczyk, Klaudia Trembecka-Wójciga, Joanna Ortyl

 

Topa-Skwarczyńska, M., Świeży, A., Krok, D., Starzak, K., Niezgoda, P., Oksiuta, B., Wałczyk, W., & Ortyl, J. (2022). Novel Formulations Containing Fluorescent Sensors to Improve the Resolution of 3D Prints. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(18), 10470. Impact Factor: 5.6

 

Topa-Skwarczyńska, M., Wałczyk, W., Petko, F., Świeży, A., Wielgus, W., Środa, P., Tyszka-Czochara, M., Trembecka-Wójciga, K., Galek, M., Ortyl, J. Increasing resolution in additive manufacturing by using high-performance and non-toxic photoinitiating systems. Additive Manufacturing 2024, 94, 104473. Impact Factor: 10.3