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Szczepanik Research Group

K. Guminski Department of Theoretical Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Cracov
Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
E-mail: dariusz.szczepanik@uj.edu.pl

We develop modern theoretical approaches to assess the
resonance-bonding structure of π-conjugated systems.

  Current Members

Dariusz Wojciech Szczepanik

(Principal Investigator)

0000-0002-2013-0617

Marcin Andrzejak	Mikolaj Dratwinski	Weronika Sitkowska	Pawel Wieczorkiewicz	Joanna Zams
(Senior Researcher)	(PhD Student)	(MSc Student)	(PhD Student)	(PhD Student)

        Career and Education (Dariusz)

1. Research Group of Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Chemical Reactions, Department of Theoretical Chemistry (UJ).
   
   Position: Adiunct with habilitation( 2020 - ).
2. DiMoCat group of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain).
   
   Position: Postdoctoral Researcher ( 2015 - 2016 and 2018 - 2020 ).

• Habilitation - Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University (2022).
  
  "Electron density of delocalized bonds as a universal tool for assessing global and local effects of chemical resonance"
• PhD in Theoretical Chemistry (with distinction) - Department of Theoretical Chemitry, Jagiellonian University (2013).
  
  "Probabilistic models of the chemical bond in function spaces" (supervisor: dr hab. Janusz Mrozek)
• MSc in Computational Chemistry - Department of Computational Methods in Chemitry, Jagiellonian University (2008).
  
  "Entropic bond indices from information theory" (supervisor: dr hab. Janusz Mrozek)

        Selected Awards and Stipends (Dariusz)

• Individual Jagiellonian University Rector's Award for Academic Achievement ( 2022 ).
• Mieczyslaw G. Bekker's Stipend, National Agency for Academic Exchange ( 2019 - 2021 ).
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission ( 2018 - 2020 ).
• Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists, Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education ( 2018 - 2021 ).
• HPC-Europa3 Mobility Fellowship, European Commission ( 2016 - 2017 ).
• START Stipend for Talented Researchers Before 30, Foundation for Polish Science ( 2015 - 2016 ).
• Honored doctoral dissertation ( 2013 ).
• The Jagiellonian University Rector's Pro-quality scholarship for the top PhD Candidates ( 2012 - 2013 ).
• The Jagiellonian University (UJ) Rector's scholarship for outstanding PhD students ( 2012 - 2013 ).
• The competitive T-donations for PhD candidates from Jagiellonian University ( 2011 - 2013 ).