Team Leader

Beata Dudziec (née Gaczewska) was born in Zduńska Wola, Poland, in 1980. She received her MSc degree in Chemistry from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 2004, completing her thesis under the supervision of Professor Bogdan Marciniec. During her MSc studies, she spent six months as an Erasmus–Socrates exchange student in the research group of Professor Luis Oro at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
In 2004, she began her doctoral studies, focusing on the catalytic transformations of vinylsilicon compounds and the activation of C–H bonds in terminal alkynes. During this period, she was awarded a DAAD fellowship, which enabled her to conduct research in the group of Professor Rhett Kempe at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. In June 2008, she received her PhD degree in Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Bogdan Marciniec.
She subsequently participated as a researcher in numerous projects conducted in the Department of Organometallic Chemistry. In 2013, she launched her first independent research project, funded by the National Science Centre, Poland, within the SONATA 3 programme: “Synthesis of Unsaturated Derivatives of Double-Decker Silsesquioxanes (DDSQ) as Precursors of New Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials” (2013–2016).
In 2015, she received a scholarship for outstanding young scientists from the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education. In 2016, she completed a two-month research stay in the group of Professor Rhett Kempe at the University of Bayreuth, funded by the DAAD programme “Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists.”
In 2017 and 2021, she was awarded OPUS grants from the National Science Centre for research on the functionalization of silsesquioxanes and their applications in materials chemistry, coordination chemistry, and the design of advanced hybrid systems.
In October 2018, she obtained her habilitation degree on the basis of research entitled “Synthesis of Functionalized Silsesquioxanes as Precursors of Hybrid Materials.” In 2019, she established her independent research group, the Laboratory of Functional Organosilicon Compounds, at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
In 2024, together with Professor Sandra Paszkiewicz from the West Pomeranian University of Technology and Professor Mateusz Barczewski from Poznań University of Technology, she received funding within the OPUS 26 programme of the National Science Centre for the project “Development of a New Approach to the Production and Compatibilization of Polyester Blends Using Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Additives.”

By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland dated 19 June 2026, she was awarded the title of Professor of Natural Sciences in the discipline of Chemical Sciences.

Her scientific interests focus on the catalytic transformations of organosilicon and organogermanium compounds, with particular emphasis on silsesquioxanes containing well-defined Si–O–Si frameworks. This research involves the synthesis, functionalization, and application of silsesquioxanes as versatile molecular building blocks for coordination compounds, functional materials, polymers, and other molecular and macromolecular organic–inorganic hybrid systems.

ORCID No.: 0000-0001-6344-0298
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EDUCATION:

  • 19 VI 2026: Professor of Natural Sciences in the discipline of Chemical Sciences
  • X 2019:  Associate Professor position (Prof. UAM) at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
  • X 2008 – X 2018:  Habilitation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
  • X 2014 – VI 2015:  Postgraduate Studies at WSB University in Poznan – “Manager of Research and Development Project.
  • X 2004 – VI 2008:  PhD in Chemistry – “Silylative coupling of alkynes with vinylsubstituted silicon compounds – new, catalytic activation of sp CH bond” (Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznan, Poland)
    Supervisor: Prof. Bogdan Marciniec
  • X 1999 – VI 2004: MSc in Chemistry – “Reactivity of α,ω-bis(diorganovinylsiloxy)alkanes in catalytic cyclization and polycondensation reactions and application of their products in organometallic synthesis” (Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznan, Poland)
    Supervisor: Prof. Bogdan Marciniec

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2025: AMU Rector’s Team Award of 1st Degree for Scientific Achievements
  • 2024: Co-laureate of OPUS 26 project (a consortium of ZUT-AMU-PUT) funded by the National Science Centre
  • 2022: AMU Rector’s Team Award of 1st Degree for Scientific Achievements
  • 2021-2026: Laureate of OPUS 21 program funded by the National Science Centre
  • 2021: AMU Rector’s Team Award of 2nd Degree for Scientific Achievements
  • 2019: AMU Rector’s incentive remuneration bonus for academic teachers for outstanding performance of the duties in the position held
  • 2018:  AMU Rector’s Award of 1st Degree for Scientific Achievements, Poland
  • 2017-2021: Laureate of OPUS 12 program funded by the National Science Centre
  • 2017: AMU Rector’s scholarship for academic teachers, Poland
  • 2015: Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists awarded by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2015: Scholarship for Young Doctors as a part of the project: “AMU: Unique Graduate = Possibilities. Increasing  didactic potential of Adam Mickiewicz University through proinnovative education in the English language, interdisciplinarity, e-learning and human resources investment”, Poznan
  • 2013-2016: Laureate of SONATA 3 program funded by the National Science Centre
  • 2009: Prime Minister award for the best PhD Thesis in Chemistry, Warsaw
  • 2009: Award of the Polish Chemical Society and Sigma-Aldrich for distinguished doctoral dissertations of widely comprehended organic chemistry, Warsaw
  • 2006– 2007: Scholarship for the best PhD students in Greater Poland in field of science contributing to the development of strategic areas of the region” – Project realized by the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation – Poznan Science and Technology Park, Poznan
  • 2004: Maxima cum Laude award for the best graduated student – Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poland