Interview with Roza Szweda ERC Starting Grant 2023 beneficiary here

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Roza Szweda among Creative of Wroclaw. To read the interview, click here.

EDUCATION

Jul 2023 Habilitation
Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

Jan 2015 PhD in Chemistry
Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Thesis: “Polymer-peptide arrays for detection of proteolytic enzymes” in the field of polymer-peptide materials for bioapplications, defended with distinction

Sep 2009 MSc in Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Thesis: “ Study of the degradation process of high molecular weight polyglycidol” in the field of polymer science

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan 2024-present Associate Professor
Director of the Center for Programmable Polymers
Center for Advanced Materials, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
– establishing an independent research group

2020-Dec 2023 Leader of Functional Macromolecules Team
Lukasiewicz Research Network-PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, Poland
– creating and leading an independent research group

Apr 2019-Dec 2019 Project manager
Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
– managing of the ITN project “CReaNet” financed within MSCA Horizon 2020 programme, https://creanet.u-strasbg.fr/

Apr 2017- Apr 2019 Project manager
Institute Charles Sadron, The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
23 rue du Loess, 67 034 Strasbourg, France
– managing of the ITN project “Euro-sequences” financed within MSCA Horizon 2020 programme, http://www.eurosequences.com/

Nov 2015-Apr 2019 Post-doc researcher
Institute Charles Sadron, The National Center for Scientific Research
23 rue du Loess, 67 034 Strasbourg, France
– researcher in scientific projects in the field of sequence-controlled polymers and polymeric materials (European Research Council grant “Sequence Barcodes”)

Nov 2015-Feb 2017 Assistant professor
Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34 street, 41 819 Zabrze, Poland
– supervision of PhD students, consulting of research projects, writing the articles

Sep 2009-Nov 2015 Research assistant
Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34 street, 41 819 Zabrze, Poland
– researcher in 3 scientific projects financed by EU or polish government in the field of polymer science, polymer-peptide conjugates, and (bio)materials
– teaching assistant of Bachelor’s course of “Physical Chemistry”