Andrzej Duda

Professor Andrzej Duda Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences Department of Polymer Chemistry Sienkiewicza 112 Lodz Poland 90-363 Email: anduda@bilbo.cbmm.lodz.pl Biographical Sketch: Andrzej Duda is a Head of Department of Polymer Chemistry at Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz, Poland and currently a Chairmen of Polymer Section of the Polish Chemical Society as well as a member of Polish National Science Center. He received MSc degree from Lodz University of Technology (1975), PhD (1984, under the supervision of Stanislaw Penczek) and DSc (1997) from Polish Academy of Sciences. From 2004 he is a full professor in chemistry with a title conferred by the President of Republic of Poland. His research interests focuse on: thermodynamics, kinetics, and mechanisms of the ring-opening and ionic polymerizations, reactivity-selectivity relationships in polymerization, methods of controlled/living polymerization, macromolecular engineering, and polymers and monomers available from renewable resources. He is author and co-author of more than 100 scientific papers (including five book chapters).