Zbigniew ADAMCZYK
Zbigniew ADAMCZYK
(Inst. of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
J. Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry,
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Niezapominajek 1, 30-239 Kraków
phone.: +4812-6395-104, : +4812-4251923, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Education: Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology – MSc in chemistry (1973); Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences – PhD in physical chemistry (1978); Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences – Dr. hab. (1986), Full Professor (since 1994).
Employment: Institute of Petroleum Technology, Cracow – Assistant (1974-78); Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences– Research Associate (1978), Assistant Professor (1982), Associate Professor (1987), Professor (1994); Mc Gill University – Visiting Scientist (1987-92); Essen University – Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (1989-90).
Research interests: Mechanisms and kinetics of adsorption: polyelectrolytes, proteins, nanoparticles, modeling and experimental studies, monolayers and multilayers of polyelectrolytes, proteins and nanoparticles at solid substrates, electrostatic interactions and electrokinetic phenomena (electrophoresis, streaming potential) hydrodynamics of polyelectrolytes and proteins in the bulk and at interfaces, bead modeling. Author of over 250 publications, 30 reviews and book chapters, the book: Particles at Interfaces Interactions, Deposition, Structure, Elsevier 2006.
Highlights of scientific activities: developing the convective diffusion theory by considering specific and external force fields, explaining the hydrodynamic scattering effect, quantitative description of adsorption kinetics from multi-component mixtures, new hybrid model of protein adsorption, generalization of Langmuir isotherm, fluctuation theory of adsorption at heterogeneous surfaces, theoretical description of electrokinetics phenomena for particle covered surfaces, developing the concept of electrostatically driven protein adsorption.
Honours and memberships: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces – editorial boards (1993-1997); Journal of Colloid Interface Science – editorial board (1995-1997); Advances in Colloid Interface Science ( 1999-2011), Editor-Theory, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2013). Member of the American Chemical Society. Fellow of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Hobbies: tennis, classical guitar, piano.
