Jerzy Garbarek

I specialize in organometallic chemistry processes, such as metathesis reactions and catalytically induced silyl functionalizations, although I do not limit myself to one area of research. Most of my work concerns polymer synthesis, POSS systems, and click chemistry processes, along with methods for analyzing compounds and materials, including GC-MS, GC, UV-Vis, FT-IR, NMR, GPC, TGA/DTG/DSC, and SEM. In my work, I try to keep an open mind and look for new ways to gather information in order to meet the challenges of synthetic chemistry. Reliability, conscientiousness, and punctuality are my most valuable qualities, which allow me to organize my work well. I am also enthusiastic about sharing my knowledge with others, as it gives me great satisfaction. During my studies, I had the honor of presenting the results of my work at both national and international conferences, which gave me the opportunity to meet many talented scientists from around the world.

• June 2025:

Publication: “Easy ROMP of Quinine Derivatives Toward Novel Chiral Polymers That Discriminate Mandelic Acid Enantiomers”

Description: Co-author of a publication in a renowned international journal: Polymers; 2025; 17; 1661

https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17121661

• April 2025:

Participation in the OPUS 27 research grant: “Novel MOP-polymer and MOF-polymer hybrid networks as effective materials for destruction of toxic pollutants.” (UMO-2024/53/B/ST5/03556)

Organizer: National Science Centre

Description: Position: PhD scholarship holder - Contractor

Tasks:

- Development and optimization of synthesis procedures for exo,exo-N-substituted-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboximide derivatives (with optimization of reaction conditions),

- Laboratory-scale synthesis of selected exo,exo-N-substituted-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboximide derivatives of norbornene,

- Purification and full spectroscopic characterization of the obtained products,

- Preparation of a final research report.

• September 2024:

Participation in a national conference: 66th Scientific Congress of the Polish Chemical Society; Form of presentation: Poster

Organizer: Polish Chemical Society

Poster title: Synthesis and characterization of new norbornene-silicon-derived polymer materials by ROMP polymerization

• September 2024:

Participation in a national conference: 66th Scientific Congress of the Polish Chemical Society; Form of presentation: Poster

Organizer: Polish Chemical Society

Poster title: New boron- and phosphorus-derived norbornene derivatives and their polymer materials obtained by ROMP polymerization

• July 2024:

Participation in an international conference: 50th IUPAC World Polymer Congress; Form of presentation: Oral presentation

Organizer: University of Warwick

Title of presentation: Synthesis of new norbornene derivative materials containing p-block elements (B, Si, P) obtained by controlled ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

• April 2024:

Research internship at the University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom)

• May 2023:

Participation in a national conference: 10th Łódź Symposium for Doctoral Students in Chemistry; Form of presentation: Oral presentation

Organizer: University of Łódź

Title of presentation: New boron and silicon norbornene derivatives for living polymerization (ROMP) in the presence of Grubbs' initiators

• October 2022:

Participation in an international conference: 30th Colloquy on Organometallic Chemistry for Catalysis; Form of presentation: Oral presentation

Organizer: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Title of presentation: Synthesis and characterization of new exo-norbornene materials containing p-block elements (B, Si, Ge) and their application in organometallic ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

• April 2022:

Name: Participation in an international conference: GreenCat 2022 - 4th International Green Catalysis Symposium; Form of presentation: Oral presentation

Organizer: Universite de Rennes 1

Title of presentation: Synthesis of new boron and silicon norbornene derived materials prone to ring opening metathesis polymerization

• May 2021:

Participation in an international conference: 10th EPF Summer School 2021 ‘Polymers and Circular Economy'; Form of presentation: Poster

Organizer: European Polymer Federation

Poster title: Synthesis of new polymeric materials norbornene-B-(arylene/arene)-dioxaborolanes derivatives

• October 2023:
  Participation in the workshop: “Accelerating process development: combining data-rich experiments and modeling for a better understanding of reactions”
  Organizer: Scientific Update

• September 2023:
  Participation in the workshop: “Advances in the Use of Non-Precious Metal Complexes in Photoredox Catalysis”
  Organizer: Scientific Update

• June 2023:
  Participation in the workshop: “Olefin Metathesis for the 21st Century Chemical Industry”
  Organizer: Scientific Update

• April 2023:
  Name: Participation in the AMU Teaching Workshop: “Reaxys Database in Practice – Acquiring Data Useful in Teaching Chemistry, Biology, and Physics”
  Organizer: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

• July 2017
  Participation in the Summer Research Workshop “Low Meadows 2017”
  Organizer: Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

• Literature and science fiction,
• World cinema with an emphasis on Italian, Japanese, and Hungarian films
• Film music and progressive rock
• Piano playing
• Website design
• Sports: tennis, golf, Formula 1, snooker, soccer, jogging

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