Lucjan Piela
Chemistry
University of Warsaw
Poland
Biography
Working as a professor at University od Warsaw, Poland. Completed his PhD in Chemistry. Lucjan Piela was born in Sokołów Małopolski, Poland, on January 2nd , 1943. He received his bachelor degree in 1960 in his home town Rzeszow from the 350 years old Konarski College. In 1965 he graduated from the University of Warsaw, Chemistry Department (M.Sc.), and five years later obtained his Ph.D. under supervision of Professor Włodzimierz Kołos. Scientific career of Lucjan Piela is connected with the University of Warsaw, where he became professor in 1976. He also carried out research in the Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (France), Facultés Universitaires de Namur (Belgium), Cornell University (USA). Lucjan Piela is the author of about hundred papers published in international journals. He concentrated recently on writing the book “Ideas of Quantum Chemistry” (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, 1100 pages). The book has two Polish editions (2003, 2012), the second English edition is under way. Working as a professor at University od Warsaw, Poland. Completed his PhD in Chemistry. Lucjan Piela was born in Sokołów Małopolski, Poland, on January 2nd , 1943. He received his bachelor degree in 1960 in his home town Rzeszow from the 350 years old Konarski College. In 1965 he graduated from the University of Warsaw, Chemistry Department (M.Sc.), and five years later obtained his Ph.D. under supervision of Professor Włodzimierz Kołos. Scientific career of Lucjan Piela is connected with the University of Warsaw, where he became professor in 1976. He also carried out research in the Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (France), Facultés Universitaires de Namur (Belgium), Cornell University (USA). Lucjan Piela is the author of about hundred papers published in international journals. He concentrated recently on writing the book “Ideas of Quantum Chemistry” (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, 1100 pages). The book has two Polish editions (2003, 2012), the second English edition is under way.
Research Interest
the long-range forces in molecules and polymers the global minimum problem in mathematics molecular electronic devices.
