Karol Jan Fijalkowski

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name:                         Karol Jan Fijalkowski

e-mail:                        fijalkowski (at) chem.uw.edu.pl

citizenship:                  Polish

date of birth:              23rd May 1983, Warsaw, POLAND

 

Education:

 

2007 – 2012      PhD student at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw

2002 – 2007      Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw,

Master of science 2007, diploma cum laude

1998 – 2002      XLI Warsaw high school, Joachim Lelewel, biochemistry specialism

 

2009 – 2011      CEIPI Baisic Training on European Patent Law, University of Strasbourg

2009 – 2010      Intelectual Property Law, The Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw

2008 – 2011      Patent Attorney Course, Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys

 

Competitions and awards:

2013                 Scholarship “Start” of Foundation for Polish Science for the best young scientists

2012                 First price for the best conference talk at MH-2012 (Kyoto, Japan)

2012                 Scholarship “Start” of Foundation for Polish Science for the best young scientists

2011                 First price for the best conference poster at ChemSession’11 (Warsaw)

2010                 Scholarship “PhD’s for Mazovia Voivodeship” for the best PhD student

2009                 Scholarship of the Mazovia Voivodeship for the best PhD students of the region

2002 – 2007      University Scholarship

2001 – 2002      Regional finalist in Polish Academy of Science’s history competition

 

Foreign visits and conferences:

 

2012                 MH-2012 (Kyoto, Japan), speaker

2012                 Student Innovation Conference (Kielce, Poland), speaker

2012                 ChemSession’12 (Warsaw, Poland), invited speaker

2011                 ChemSession’11 (Warsaw, Poland), poster

2010                 XII Symposium “Fast Ion Conductors” (Ustron, Poland), speaker

2010                 MH2010 Symposium on Metal–Hydrogen Systems (Moscow, Russia), poster

2010                 ChemSession’10 (Warsaw, Poland), poster presentation

2009                 3rd RTN Hydrogen Meeting (Warsaw, Poland), poster

2009                 Scientific training at The Institute of Organic Chemisty and Biochemistry

Academy of Science of Czech Republic (Prague, Czech Republic)

2009                 Gordon Conference (Lucca, Italy), poster

2009                 Conference on Hydrogen Storage Systems (Bangalore, India), poster

2008                 MH2008 Symposium on Metal–Hydrogen Systems (Reykjavik, Iceland), poster

2008                 European Inventor of the Year, EPO Conference (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

2008                 1st RTN Hydrogen Meeting (Amsterdam, Holand)

2007                 European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Warsaw, Poland), poster

2007                 very first RTN Hydrogen Meeting (Amsterdam, Holand)

2004                 Socrates–Erasmus, Faculty of Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University (Turku, Finland)

 

Publications:

 

  1. K. J. Fijalkowski, R. Jurczaskowski, W. Koyminski, W. Grochala

Insigts from impedance spectroscopy into mechanism thermal decomposition of

M(NH2BH3) M = H, Li, Na, Li0.5Na0.5 hydrogen stores

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14 (2012) 5778-5784.

  1. A. J. Churchard, E. Banach, A. Borgschulte, R. Caputo, J. C. Chen, D. Clary,
  2. J. Fijalkowski, H. Geerlings, R. V. Genova, W. Grochala, T. Jaron, J. C. Juanes-Marcos,
  3. Kasemo, G. J. Kroes, I. Ljubic, N. Naujoks, J. K. Norskov, R. A. Olsen, F. Pendolino,
  4. Remhof, L. Romaszki, A. Tekin, T. Vegge, M. Zach, A. Zuttel

A multifaced approach to the hydrogen storage problem

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 13 (2011) 16955-16972.

  1. K. J. Fijalkowski, R. V. Genova, Y. Filinchuk, A. Budzianowski, M. Derzsi, T. Jaron,
  2. Leszczynski, W. Grochala

Na[Li(NH2BH3)2] – the first mixed-cation amidoborane with unusual crrystal structure

Dalton Trans., 40 (2011) 4407-4413.

  1. D. Schroder, L. Duchackova, J. Tarabek, M. Karwowska, K. J. Fijalkowski, M. Oncak,
  2. Slavicek

Direct observation of triple ions in aqueous solutions of nickel (II) sulphate: a link

      between the gas phase and the bulk behaviour

  1. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (2011) 2444-2451
  2. R. V. Genova, K. J. Fijalkowski, A. Budzianowski, W. Grochala

Towards Y(NH2BH3)3: probing hydrogen storage properties of YX3/MNH2BH3

      (X = H, F, Cl) (M = Li, Na) composites

  1. Alloys Comp., 449 (2010) 144-148.
  2. J. F. Lockyear, K. Douglas, S. D. Price, M. Karwowska, K. J. Fijalkowski, W. Grochala,
  3. Remeš, J. Roithová, D. Schröder

Observation of the new argon-carbon dication ArCF22+

  1. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1 (2010) 358-362.
  2. K. J. Fijalkowski, W. Grochala

Substantial emission of NH3 during thermal decomposition of NaNH2BH3  

  1. Mater. Chem., 19 (2009) 2043-2050 (in memoriam H. I. Schlesinger)
  2. K. J. Fijalkowski, W. Grochala
    The “magic” electronic state of High-TC superconductors
    Dalton Trans., 40 (2008) 5447-5453 (dedicated to C. N. R. Rao)

see also “Charismatic chemistry”

 

Additional information:

Teaching qualifications in the field of chemistry

Metrology qualifications

Driving license (since 2001)

Fluent English (FCE / 2002), advanced Spanish (DELE B2 / 2010) and Czech, basic German, Finnish

Good knowledge of MS Windows (MS Office), graphics (GIMP, Inkscape)

 

Hobbies:

Interest in history of Poland and in the times of Napoleon Bonaparte

Architecture

Computer graphics

Left wing forward football player (Nongalacticos Warsaw)

Volleyball -setter

Cricket

Bass guitar