

dr hab. inż. Róża Szweda
Róża Szweda leads the Programmable Polymers Center at Adam Mickiewicz University. Her group develops sequence-defined and stereocontrolled oligourethanes as platforms for studying how molecular information programs folding, self-assembly, materials organisation, and function.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Interview with Roza Szweda ERC Starting Grant 2023 beneficiary.
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New polymers with life-like functions?
Roza Szweda among Creative of Wroclaw.
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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
Associate Professor
Director of the Center for Programmable Polymers
Center for Advanced Materials, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
• establishing an independent research group
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
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/
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/
Post-doctoral 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”)
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
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”