Information about Hosting Offer
Hosting Offer: University of Warsaw
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| Role | Hosting Offer |
|---|---|
| Organisation | University of Warsaw |
| Organisation type | Public, Academic |
| City | Warszawa |
| HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission | yes |
| National evaluation category | A (very good) |
| Faculty / Dept. / Division / Laboratory / Research group | Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Laboratory |
| Website | http://chembio.cent.uw.edu.pl |
| Thematic area/field | ST – Physical Sciences and Engineering / ST4 Chemistry |
| Key words | computational chemistry, DFT, catalysis, organic chemistry, materials |
| Short summary of activities and expertise | Currently we are active in four different fields: 1. Computational homogenous catalysis. We are developing new computational tools for computational catalysis and applying them to study olefin metathesis catalyzed by ruthenium complexes. 2. Computational organocatalysis and organic chemsitry. We are slowly moving towards focusing more of our attention into metal-less catalysis and studying organocatalytic reactions of practical importance. 3. Computational materials science and the description of chemical and physical phenonema at interfaces using QM/MM methods. 4. Biophysics and drug design for the development of new biologically-active compounds against serotonin receptors and interleukin receptors. |
| Role and profile of key persons (incl. supervisor) | Bartosz Trzaskowski is a group leader at the Centre of New Technologies (CeNT), University of Warsaw. He is interested in the development of computational methods for the description of chemical, physical and biological phenomena. His main research area is the mechanistic description of various catalytic processes, particularly those related to olefin metathesis catalyzed by ruthenium-based complexes. He is also interested in chemistry of carbenes, organocatalysis and mechanically interlocked molecular architectures in the context of stereoselective catalysis. Prior to joining CeNT Bartosz Trzaskowski was a research assistant/postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology with William Goddard and the University of Arizona with Ludwik Adamowicz. He was also working on the development and coding of new protocols for the prediction of the 3-dimensional, all-atom structure of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) as well as an interdisciplinary project bridging chemistry, biochemistry, biology and materials science he developed new methods and computational protocols for predicting the orientation of proteins on surfaces. His work was also fundamental to explore the biology and chemistry of microtubules and their potential use as nanoscale interconnectors. His main achievement in this topic was elucidation of Taxol nucleation and its impact on microtubules formation. |
| Previous and current involvement in research and training programmes | We have currently 7 NCN grants in our group and have large experience in successful applications for funding in Poland and EU, including former calls of POLONEZ. |
| Relevant publications and/or research/innovation products | Selected, latest publications from our lab: - M. Jacquet, M. Izzo, S. Osella, S. Kozdra, P. Michałowski, D. Gołowicz, K. Kazimierczuk, M.T. Gorzkowski, A. Lewera, M. Teodorczyk, B. Trzaskowski, R. Jurczakowski, D. Gryko, J. Kargul, "Development of a universal conductive platform for anchoring photo- and electroactive proteins using organometallic terpyridine molecular wires", Nanoscale, 13, 9773-9787 (2021). -L. Denker, B. Trzaskowski, R. Frank, "“Give Me Five” - An Amino Im-idazoline-2-imine Ligand Stabilises First Neutral Five-membered Cyclic Triel(I) Carbenoides", ChemComm., 57, 2816-2819 (2021). - H. Dolati, L. Denker, B. Trzaskowski, R. Frank, "Superseding β-Diketiminato Ligands: An Amido Imidazoline-2-Imine Ligand Stabilizes the Exhaustive Series of B=X Boranes (X = O, S, Se, Te)", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 4633-4639 (2021). - S. Planer, A. Małecki, B. Trzaskowski, A. Kajetanowicz, K. Grela, "Sterically tuned N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for the efficient formation of hindered products in Ru-catalyzed olefin metathesis", ACS Catalysis, 10, 11394-11404 (2020). |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | 16-node cluster dedicated to our group and full access to all supercomputing centers in Poland and EU. |
| Hosting arrangements | 16-node cluster dedicated to our group and full access to all supercomputing centers in Poland and EU. |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | We are a team of 12-15 young people with expertise in all aspects of computational chemsitry and a number of both local and international collaborations in USA (Caltech) and Germany (TU Braunschweig). |
| Intersectoral secondments options | |
| Other benefits | Working at the best university in Poland at the Centre of New Technologies; flexible working hours. |
| Candidate sought | Researchers / candidates for postdocs / senior postdocs with experience in computational chemistry. |
| Have you hosted POLONEZ Fellows or MSCA IF Fellows before? | yes |
| Candidatures deadline | 2021-11-01 |
Contact | |
| First name | Bartosz |
| Last name | Trzaskowski |
| b.trzaskowski@cent.uw.edu.pl | |
| Phone number | |
