Jakub Piątkowski, MSc
Jakub was born in Działdowo, in 1997. He received his BSc and MSc degrees at the University of Warsaw, Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MISMaP), Faculty of Chemistry (both with honours). In 2021 he defended his MSc thesis titled “Synthesis and Assessment of Activated Olefin Metathesis Ruthenium Catalyst Bearing a Sildenafil-Type Sulphonamide Electron Withdrawing Group” under the supervision of prof. Karol Grela. Then, he moved to France and joined Gregory Nocton’s group at Ecole Polytechnique, where he worked on organolanthanide complexes with aromatic ligands. After a short experience in Nocton’s group, he moved to the industrial sector and held a position as medicinal chemist at Celon Pharma, where he conducted research in the development of new innovative pharmaceutical products. He joined our research group in 2024. His scientific interests cover organometallic and coordination chemistry, organic synthesis, design of novel molecules for given applications and catalysis. His current PhD project, under the supervision of dr Grzegorz Szczepaniak, is focused on the development of well-controlled polymerization systems that operate under red/NIR light.
