Dr. Stanisław Penczek
Professor
Cheimstry
Jagiellonian University
Poland
Biography
Dr. StanisÅ‚aw Penczek is the Professor of Chemistry in Jagiellonian University. He is a polymer chemist directing research at the Centre for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Åódź and teaching at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He got his education in Poland (Technical University, Åódź), France (CNRS, Paris), the former USSR (USSR Academy of Sciences) and in the USA (Syracuse University, NY). In addition to his research in kinetics and mechanisms of polymerization and in the synthesis of macromoStanisÅ‚aw Penczeklecules of sophisticated architectures, he is also known for establishing several polymerization mechanisms, quoted in the major polymer textbooks. He authored and co-authored over 300 scientific papers, a number of monographs, e.g. Models of Biopolymers, CRS, 1990, Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization,Springer, 1995, and several chapters in monographs and encyclopedias. His papers were cited over 3000 times, half of which during the last fi ve years. Professor Penczek is co-Editor in Chief of e-Polymers journal and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Polimery journal (Warsaw). He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of nine international journals, including Biomacromolecules, Journal of Polymer Science and Macromolecular Science. He worked at the Polymer Division of IUPAC as Titular Member, and in 2004 he was elected to the IUPAC Bureau. Besides, he chairedthe World Polymer Congress in 2000, and in 1997–1999 he served as President of the European Polymer Federation. He has been awarded several prizes and medals including Palmes Academiques in France, Otto Warburg Prize in Germany and JASP Personal Medal in Japan. Professor Penczek is an elected Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris and of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Recently he has been elected to the German Nordrhein Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Research Interest
Polymer Chemistry
Publications
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J. Pretula, K. Kaluzynski, B. Wisniewski, R. Szymanski, T. Loontjens, S. Penczek H3PO4 in a direct synthesis of oligo-poly(ethylene phosphate) from ethylene glycol, J Polym.Sci. Part A: Pol. Chem. Ed 44, 2358-2362 (2006)
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S. Penczek, K. Kaluzynski, J. Pretula Addition of H3PO4 to Diglycidyl Ethers of Bisphenol A: Kinetics and Products Structure J. Appl. Polym Sci.( 2007), 105, 246-254
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K. Kaluzynski, J. Pretula, S. Penczek Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-phosphorylated polyglycidols as CaCO3 crystal growth modifiers. II. Macromolecular architecture versus the crystal size and shape and crystallization inhibition J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem.Ed., 45, 90-98 (2007).
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J Pretula, K Kaluzynski, B Wisniewski, R Szymanski, T Loontjens, S. Penczek Formation of poly(ethylene phosphates) in polycondensation of H3PO4 with ethylene glycol. Kinetic and mechanistic study J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. Ed., 46, 830-843 (2008).
