Melania Bednarek Sr.

Dr. Melania Bednarek Sr.
Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Sienkiewicza 112
Lodz Poland 90-363
Email: bednarek@cbmm.lodz.pl

Biographical Sketch:
Melania Bednarek, D.Sc., assistant professor (adjunct), born May 27, 1955 (Lodz, Poland) Affiliation: Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland Department of Polymer Chemistry, Tel.: +48(42) 6803-219, fax: +48(42) 6847-126 e-mail: bednarek@cbmm.lodz.pl Scientific career: 1979 M.Sc. (polymer chemistry), Technical University, Lodz 1983- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland 1998 Ph.D (polymer chemistry), Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies (CMMS), Lodz, Poland 1999 Assistant Professor (adjunct) at CMMS 2009 D.Sc. (habilitation), CMMS Foreign laboratories: 1999 2 weeks stay at Ghent University, Belgium 2000-2007 short-time stays (10 months) at Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 2008, 2010 Visiting Researcher at Ghent University, Belgium Current research area: • ionic polymerization of cyclic ethers and esters • synthesis of branched (also star) polymers • inorganic surface modification by in situ polymerization • radical polymerization ATRP