Academia Copernicana Interdisciplinary doctoral school

ul. Bojarskiego 1, 87-100 Toruń
tel.: +48 56 611-26-79
e-mail: academia.copernicana@umk.pl

DOCTORAL PROJECTS

The list of projects you can apply for:

No.	Scientific discipline	Supervisor(s)	Foreign supervisor	Auxiliary supervisor	Title of the doctoral project
1	astronomy	dr hab. Krzysztof Katarzyński, prof. UMK		dr Marcin Gawroński	FRB sources in the local Universe

2	astronomy	prof. dr hab. Andrzej Niedzielski			Binary stars in the Pennsylvania-Toruń Planet Search
3	biological sciences	dr hab. Marcin Woch, prof. UMK			Changes in vegetation and soil properties in maritime sand dunes habitats due to invasion of Rosa rugosa Thunb
4	chemical sciences	dr hab. Marek Wiśniewski, prof UMK		dr Milena Jankowska	Are nanoplastics the only polymers we should be afraid of?
5	chemical sciences	dr hab. Marta Ziegler- Borowska, prof. UMK		dr Dorota Chełminiak-Dudkiewicz	New materials based on polysaccharides and plant extracts for potential use in wound dressing
6	chemical sciences	Prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska		dr Dagmara Bajer	Intelligent and safe bio-based food packaging materials
7	chemical sciences	Prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska	Prof. Mahesh Basavaraju JSS Academy of Technical Education		Fabrication of new materials based on polymer and peptides for potential biomedical applications
8	chemical sciences	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Łukaszewicz		dr Piotr Kamedulski	Borophene vs. Graphene -competitor or allies?

9	chemical sciences	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Łukaszewicz		dr Piotr Kamedulski	Graphene rose flowering: synthesis and heteroatoms insertion
10	chemical sciences	prof. dr hab. Artur Terzyk			New carbon – based anti-icing surfaces
11	economics and finance	dr hab. Joanna Bruzda, prof. UMK			Spillover effects between financial markets and the real economy in the light of wavelet analysis
12	Earth and related environmental sciences	dr hab. Piotr Weckwerth, NCU prof. UMK			Geomorphometry and sedimentology of cyclical semi-centric and semi-curveted till ridges near Rajgród (NE Poland) as a record of the last ice sheet dynamics
13	fine arts and art conservation	dr hab. Mirosław Wachowiak, prof. UMK	prof. dr Karen S. Santiago University of Santo Tomas		Synthetic paints in Polish painting from 1955-1975 – identification of materials and conservation issues of selected works
14	fine arts and art conservation	dr hab. Mirosław Wachowiak, prof. UMK		dr hab. Tomasz Kozielec, prof. UMK	Computer Tomography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 3D imaging as tools for non-invasive assessment of historical book bindings structure. Basis for the restoration of the prayer book of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots as an exemplary case study
15	legal sciences	dr hab. Marcin Kilanowski, prof. UMK			Patents and their impact on modern society – theoretical and practical approach
16	physical sciences	dr hab. Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK		dr Robert Czaplicki	New functionalized materials for nonlinear optical applications
17	physical sciences	dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK			Towards Reliable Electronic Structure Schemes in Organic Electronics
18	physical sciences	dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK			Resolving the Structure-Property Relationship in Organic Electronics

19	physical sciences	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK			Methods of assessing the dynamic properties of human retinal vessels in vivo for the purposes of early diagnosis of systemic diseases
20	physical sciences	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK			Development of an eye movement model based on information from the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye
21	physical sciences	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK		BEng, PhD/ Prof. Brendan Kennedy	Multi-parametric optical coherence elastography for intraoperative cancer detection
22	physical sciences	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK			Development of eye motion-based biomarkers for the detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases
23	physical sciences	dr hab. Michał Pawlak, prof UMK	prof. Carlos J. Tavares University of Minho, Portugal		Thermoelectric properties of TiO2:Nb,Sb,Bi and ZnO:Sb,Bi transparent films
24	physical sciences	dr hab. Paweł Tecmer, prof. UMK			pCCD-based methods for large-scale modeling of organic solar cells
25	physical sciences	dr hab. Paweł Tecmer, prof. UMK			Charge transfer properties from pCCD-based methods with application to organic electronics
26	physical sciences	Prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Grabowski		dr Szymon Śmiga	Orbital-Dependent Functionals in Kohn-Sham DFT – Practical Realization of ab initio DFT
27	physical sciences	Prof. dr hab. Winicjusz Drozdowski		dr Muhammad D.Birowosuto Photonic Materials & Structures Group, Łukasiewicz Research Network, Wrocław	Lead and Lead-free Halide Perovskites as Novel Materials for Radiation Detection

REGULATIONS

Order No. 44 of March 15th 2023

Resolution no. 2/2023 on the recruitment terms and procedure

Annex no.1 – specific recruitment terms

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