Education & career

2022 – Full professor

2017 – Habilitation degree in chemistry

Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznań, Poland,
title: “Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic properties of nanomaterials doped with lanthanide ions showing up-conversion phenomenon”.

2011 PhD in chemistry

Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznań, Poland,
title: “Synthesis and photophysical properties of nanomaterials doped with lanthanide(III) ions”, supervisor: prof. dr. Stefan Lis.

2007 MSc

Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznań, Poland,
title: “Electrochemiluminescence of Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ complexes in water solutions”, supervisor: prof. dr. Stefan Lis.

Prizes and Awards

2018 – first degree award from Minister of Science and Higher Education for an academic teacher

2017 – Scholarship granted by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for academic achievments.

2014- Scholarship for Prominent Young Scientist granted by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

2013 – START Scholarship for outstanding young scholars at the beginning of their scientific careers granted by Foundation for Polish Science.

2012-2019 – Team Award for Scientific Achievements granted by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University (granted in every year since 2012).

2012 – Distinction award in the competition for the best PhD thesis, granted by Polish Chemical Society.

Fellowships

2021 – Internship in the Department of Physics at La Laguna University, Spain (prof. I.R. Martin), 3 months.

2016 – Short-time visit in the Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal (prof. Luis D. Carlos), five weeks.

2013 – Short-term visit in the Institute of Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research in Clermont-Ferrand, France (prof. Jean-Marie Nedelec), two weeks.

2010 – Scholarship in the Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Analysis, University of Turku, Finland (prof. Jorma Hölsä). six weeks.

2008-2013 – Several short-time visits in the Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland (prof. Wiesław Stręk), in summary three months

Presentations on international conferences

2022 – T. Grzyb, D. Przybylska, S. Ryszczyńska, N. Jurga, A. Szczeszak, I. R. Martín, „Taking advantage of Er³⁺ ions in up-converting core@shell nanopaticles”, „21^st International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids, 04-09.09.2022, Wrocław, Poland.

2022 – T. Grzyb, D. Przybylska, S. Ryszczyńska, N. Jurga, A. Szczeszak, I. R. Martín, „Shifting excitation of upconverting nanoparticles over 1000 nm – design, synthesis and applications”, 21^st International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence & XIX International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry, 31.05-03.062022, Gijon, Spain.

2021 -T. Grzyb, P. Kamiński, D. Przybylska, A. Tymiński, S. Wasilewska,  „Looking for up-conversion from above 1000 nm”, UPCONLINE 2021, 3^rd Conference on Properties, Design, and Applications of Upconversion Nanomaterials, 06-09.04.2021.

2019 – T. Grzyb, P. Kamiński, D. Przybylska, S. Wasilewska, “Up-conversion luminescence of nanoparticles sensitized by Nd³⁺, Ho³⁺, Er³⁺ and Tm³⁺ ions”, 8th International Workshop on Photoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices, PRE’19, 04-06.09.2019, Nice, France.

2018 – T. Grzyb, D. Przybylska, “Formation mechanism, structural and upconversion properties of M₂REF₇ alkaline-rare earth fluoride nanocrystals doped with Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ ions”, The 2nd Conference on Properties, Design and Applications of Upconversion Nanomaterials, UPCON´18, 04-06.04.2018, Valencia, Spain.

2017 – T. Grzyb, D. Przybylska, S. Balabhadra, A. Ekner-Grzyb, L.D. Carlos, S. Lis “Nanocrystalline alkaline and rare earth M₂REF₇ fluorides (where M = Ca, Sr, Ba and RE = Y, La, Gd, Lu) for upconversion and bioapplications”, Spectral Shaping For biomedical and energy applications – SHIFT 2017, 13-17.11.2017 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

2016 – T. Grzyb, S. Balabhadra, A. Bartkowiak, A. Ekner-Grzyb, D. Przybylska, M. Runowski, S. Lis „Synthesis, up-conversion luminescence and cytotoxicity of Yb³⁺/Ho³⁺, Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ doped nanocrystalline fluorides”, International Conference on Rare Earths, 05-10.06.2016, Sapporo, Japan.

2016 – T. Grzyb, S. Balabhadra, A. Bartkowiak, A. Ekner-Grzyb, D. Przybylska, M. Runowski, S. Lis , “Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity of upconverting nanofluorides”, 1st Conference and Spring School on Properties, Design and Applications of Upconverting Nanomaterials, 23-27 maja, 2016, Wrocław, Poland.

2015 – T. Grzyb, A. Tymiński, D. Przybylska, S. Lis “Multicolor up-conversion luminescence in nanocrystalline rare earth phosphates”, International Conference on Science, Technology and Applications of Rare Earths (STAR 2015), 23-25.04.2015, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.