Excellence Initiative - Research University

Academia Copernicana
Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

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List of projects 2026/2027

No. Project title  Supervisor(s)
Interdisciplinary projects:
Scientific disciplines: chemical sciences / health sciences
1. Design and Discovery of Innovative Platinum and Ruthenium-Based Anticancer Drugs. prof. dr hab. Iwona Łakomska

prof. dr hab. Anna Bajek

Scientific disciplines: physical sciences / material engineering
2. Hybrid Perovskite- Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells: Materials, Interfaces, and Device Efficiency. dr hab. Anna Zawadzka, prof. UMK

dr Przemysław Płóciennik

3. Growth and characterisation of II-IV mixed crystal for sollar cell application. dr hab. inż. Karol Strzałkowski, prof. UMK

dr Przemysław Płóciennik

Scientific disciplines: physical sciences / chemical sciences
4. Photosystem I as Molecular Active Layer in Solid-State Biohybrid Photovoltaic Cells. dr hab. Dorota Kowalska, prof. UMK

dr Robert Szczęsny

Scientific disciplines: health sciences / pharmacology and pharmacy
5. Comprehensive research on the impact of modern agricultural products on the skin, digestive and respiratory systems. prof. dr Bartosz Tylkowski

dr hab. Iga Hołyńska-Iwan, prof. UMK

Scientific disciplines: Earth and related environmental sciences / social and economic geography and spatial management
6. The geological heritage of the young glacial areas in selected landscapre parks in northern Poland in the context of geoturism and sustainable tourism management. dr hab. Tomasz Karasiewicz, prof. UMK

dr hab. Czesław Adamiak, prof. UMK

Scientific disciplines: history / communication and media studies
7. Communication and Covernance in Prussia, 1422-1441. dr hab. Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, prof. UMK

prof. Genji Yasuhira

Single discipline projects:
Scientific discipline: astronomy
8. Massive binary systems in the BoOST project: incorporating METISSE and semi-rapid population synthesis. dr. hab Dorottya Szécsi, prof. UMK
9. Atmospheres of exoplanets as seen by Ariel prof. dr hab. Andrzej Niedzielski
Scientific discipline: biological sciences
10. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in brassinosteroid signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana.  dr hab. Krzysztof Jaworski, prof. UMK

dr Mateusz Kwiatkowski

11. Creating and characterizing biological tools to study the α3β4*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. dr hab. Ákos Nemecz

dr Dorota Nemecz

12. Evaluation of protein-protein interactions with α3β4α5- and α4β2α5-nAChRs and their variants. dr hab. Ákos Nemecz

dr Dorota Nemecz

13. Cajal bodies as platforms for snRNP maturation: composition, dynamics, and functional coupling to mRNA retention in plant meiotic cells. dr hab. Dariusz Jan Smolinski, prof. UMK

dr Karolina Majewska

14. Processing bodies as developmentally programmed centres of mRNA decapping and degradation during plant meiosis. dr hab. Dariusz Jan Smolinski, prof. UMK
15. Microbial salt legacy in halophyte-based agroecosystems: Plant microbiome interactions supporting resilience of salinized soils. prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz

dr Bliss Furtado

16. Development of Analytical Methods for Low-Molecular-Weight (LMW) Bioactive Compounds Using SALDI and NALDI Techniques. dr hab. Michał Złoch, prof. UMK

dr Manikandan Muthu

Scientific discipline: chemical sciences
17. Selective Adsorbents for Volatile Organic Compounds Based on Functionalized Pillararenes. dr hab. Liliana Dobrzańska, prof. UMK
18. Development of active biopolymer-based materials modified with novel plasticizers, including deep eutectic solvents. dr hab. Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska, prof. UMK

dr Magdalena Gierszewska

 

19. Physicochemical properties and miscibility studies of polysaccharides and vinyl polymers with potential use in cosmetics and biomedical applications. dr hab. Katarzyna Lewandowska, prof. UMK
20. Modification of biopolymers for cosmetic applications. prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska
21. Fabrication and optimization of hybrid nanocomposites for the photodegradation of industrial waste. prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska
22. Machine Learning Empowered Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics for Simulating Photochemical Reactions. dr hab. Anna Kaczmarek-Kędziera, prof. UMK

dr. Saikat Mukherjee

23. Advanced polymeric systems for skin protection under prolonged medical device contact. dr hab. Justyna Kozłowska, prof.UMK
24. Smart biodegradable polymeric materials for skin protection and skin microenvironment regulation. dr hab. Justyna Kozłowska, prof.UMK

dr Timothy E.L. Douglas

25. Hybrid metal oxide–imine nanofibers as innovative optical sensors for trace metal ion detection: A multi-track approach to environmental monitoring and biomedical diagnostics. dr hab. Magdalena Barwiolek, prof. UMK

prof. Roman Vitter

26. Conversion of Diatom Biomass into Hybrid Graphene-Biosilica-Carbide (G-SiO2-SiC-M3C) Composites. dr hab. Myroslav Sprynskyy, prof. UMK
27. Seniority-Zero Wave Functions in the Era of Machine-Learning. prof. dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski
28. Biopolymer-Based Hydrogel Integrating Skin Bacterial Consortia and Inflammatory Microbiome Signals. dr hab. Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepańska, prof. UMK
29. Mechanism of formation, stability and in vitro bioavailability of anthocynian and flavonoid compexes with selected milk proteins. dr hab. Katarzyna Rafińska, prof. UMK
Scientific discipline: physical sciences
30. Cavity-enhanced molecular spectroscopy for atmospheric studies. dr hab. Katarzyna Bielska, prof. UMK

dr Szymon Wójtewicz

31. Investigation of quantum simulators in low dimensional systems. dr hab. inż. Paweł Potasz, prof. UMK
32. Fundamental Positron and Positronium Interactions with Organic Molecules: From Molecular Models to Condensed Systems. dr hab. Kamil Fedus, prof. UMK

 

33. Modeling emergent magnetism in Cu-based organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Grabowski

dr Igor Di Marco

34. Orbital- dependent functionals in Kohm-Sham DFT – a practical tool for quantum chemistry. prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Grabowski

dr Szymon Śmiga

35. New charge-transfer organic materials for nonlinear optical applications. dr hab. Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK

dr Robert Czaplicki

36. Multimodal Biomarkers of Stress: Dynamical Systems Modelling and Continuous Assessment Using Physiological Signals and Complex Network Analysis. dr hab. Jacek Matulewski, prof. UMK

dr Karolina Finc

37. Parametric Dimensionality Reduction of Complex Systems using Neural Networks. dr. hab. Jakub Rydzewski, prof. UMK
38. Scalable Computional Methods in PyBEST Using Machine Learning and modern GPU cards. dr hab. Paweł Tecmer, prof. UMK
39. Inverse Machine Learning for Nanostructure Spectra and Quantum Space. prof. dr hab. Michał Zieliński
40. Design and construction of adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO). dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK

dr Carlos Lopez Mariscal

41. Development of an eye movement model based on information from the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK

 

Scientific discipline: pharmacology and pharmacy
42. Plant—Derived Modulation of SlOOA6-MediatedInflammatory Signalling in Type 2 Integrated In-Silico Diabetes Mellitus: An and In-Vivo Study. dr hab. Alicja Nowaczyk, prof. UMK
Scientific discipline: Earth and related environmental sciences
43. Assessment of light pollution variability in selected urban areas around the world using satellite remote sensing. dr hab. Mieczysław Kunz, prof. UMK

dr inż. Dominika Daab

Scientific discipline: fine arts and conservation
44. Polysaccharide rigid gels – solution for cleaning fragile decorative surfaces of works of art. Long term assessment. prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Szmit-Naud
Scientific discipline: linguistics
45. Between Sign and Mime: Exploring the Kinematics of Constructed Action in Polish Sign Language. dr hab. Sławomir Wacewicz, prof. UMK

dr Marta Sibierska

 

46. The Syntactic Safety Net: Evaluating Word-Order Linearization as a Functional Adaptation to Exoteric and Esoteric Information Niches. prof. dr hab. Przemysław Żywiczyński

 

Scientific discipline: pedagogy
47. Well-Being Across Cultural Contexts in Higher Education. Socio-cultural and Psycho-pedagogical Determinants. prof. dr hab. Beata Przyborowska
Scientific discipline: management and quality studies
48. Generative AI use of and job performance: the role of individual, organisational and task characteristics. prof. dr hab. Aldona Glińska-Neweś

dr André Escórcio Soares

Scientific discipline: economics and finance
49. The Information Content of Variance Risk Premium for Tail Risk Forecasting Across Multiple Maturities. prof. dr hab. Piotr Fiszeder
Scientific discipline: veterinary science
50. Identification of biomarkers for the supplementary diets of medicinal herbs by integration of microRNA and mRNA next-generation genome sequencing (NGS) data. prof. dr hab. n. wet. Chandra S. Pareek

 

51. Synergetic effects of supplementary diets of medicinal herbs in pigs using next-generation genome sequencing (NGS) technology. prof. dr hab. n. wet. Chandra S. Pareek