LIST OF DOCTORAL PROJECTS – 2024/2025

Academia Copernicana Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

No.	Project title	Author(s) of the project
area of science: astronomy
1.	Study of the population of radio transient sources	dr hab. Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska, prof. UMK
area of science: biological sciences
1.	Cajal bodies: multifunctional hubs involved in the metabolism of various types of RNA	dr hab. Dariusz Jan Smoliński prof. UMK
2.	Phytochrome signalling via cAMP/cGMP second messengers in Arabidopsis thaliana	dr hab. Krzysztof Jaworski, prof. UMK prof. Jiří Friml, Institute of Science and Technology (IST), Austria
3.	Impact of Monsoons on Tree Rings and Xylogenesis of Selected Tree Species in the Tropical Climate of Southeast Asia	dr hab. Marcin Koprowski, prof. UMK prof. Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand
4.	Tolerance: Internal Mechanism Regulating Immune Checkpoint Expression	dr hab. Sylwia Wrotek, prof. UMK
5.	Influence of artificial light at night (ALAN) on predator-prey interactions: behavioral and physiological response of freshwater species	dr hab. Łukasz Jermacz, prof. UMK dr Magdalena Czarnecka
6.	Changes in vegetation and soil properties in maritime sand dunes habitats due to invasion of Rosa rugosa Thunb	dr hab.Marcin Woch, prof.UMK
7.	Analysis of the α4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit’s stoichiometric integration	dr hab. Katarzyna Roszek, prof. UMK dr. Ákos Nemecz
area of science: chemical sciences
1.	Advanced hybrid materials for stable and efficient water electrolysis	dr hab. Anna Ilnicka, prof. UMK dr. Athanasios Chatzitakis, University of Oslo (UiO)
2.	Harnessing Machine Learning for Excited-State Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Photochemistry	dr hab. Anna Kaczmarek-Kędziera, prof. UMK dr. Saikat Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, NCU
3.	Development of cosmetic preparations supporting the treatment of acne rosacea	dr hab. Jolanta Kowalonek, prof. UMK
4.	Shadows and glows of protein corona	dr hab. Marek Wiśniewski, prof. UMK dr hab. Katarzyna Roszek
5.	Innovative wound dressing materials based on polysaccharides and plant extracts	dr hab. Marta Ziegler-Borowska, prof. UMK dr Dorota Chełminiak-Dudkiewicz
6.	Theranostic, stimuli -responsive biopolymer materials for anticancer therapy	dr hab. Marta Ziegler-Borowska, prof. UMK Assoc. prof. PharmDr. Veronika Nováková, Ph.D
7.	Application of electrochemical, separation, and spectral techniques for the study of low molecular weight compounds in roughage used to feed polygastric animals	dr hab. Małgorzata Szultka-Młyńska, prof. UMK dr Agnieszka Ludwiczak
8.	Advancing Microbial Profiling Through Spectroscopic and Spectrometric Integration on Nanostructured Platforms	dr hab. Paweł Pomastowski, prof. UMK
9.	Innovative Strategies in the Isolation and Functionalization of Biologically Active Lactoferrin- Towards Therapeutic and Prophylactic Applications	dr hab. Paweł Pomastowski, prof. UMK
10.	Fabrication of new materials based on polymer and peptides for potential biomedical applications	prof. dr hab. Alina Sionkowska prof. Mahesh Basavaraju, JSS Academy of Technical Education
11.	New carbon – based anti-icing surfaces	prof. dr hab. Artur Terzyk
12.	Non-electrochemical extraction of hydrogen from water	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Łukaszewicz dr Piotr Kamedulski
13.	Modern electrochemical energy storage devices	prof. dr hab. Jerzy Łukaszewicz dr Piotr Kamedulski
area of science: economics and finance
1.	Inflation and economic growth	dr hab. Maciej Ryczkowski
area of science: management and quality studies
2.	Micro -foundations of sustainable development	prof. dr hab. Aldona Glińska-Neweś
area of science: physical sciences
1.	Modern materials for transparent conductive oxide layers in photovoltaics and optoelectronics applications	dr hab. Anna Zawadzka, prof. UMK dr Przemysław Płóciennik
2.	Modern heterojunctions based on 1-3D nanostructural metal chalcogenide and GaN for ultrasensitive gas detection	dr hab. Anna Zawadzka, prof. UMK dr Przemysław Płóciennik
3.	New nanostructured photosensitive materials for optoelectronics and photonics	dr hab. Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK dr hab. Dorota Kowalska, prof. UMK
4.	ZnTe based ternary and quaternary materials, growth, thermal and optical properties	dr hab. inż. Karol Strzałkowski, prof. UMK prof. Olivier Pages
5.	Towards Reliable Electronic Structure Schemes in Organic Electronics	dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK
6.	Resolving the Structure-Property Relationship in Organic Electronics	dr hab. Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK
7.	Measurement methods and factors affecting the luminance of two -photon visual stimuli	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK dr inż. Katarzyna Komar
8.	Multi -parametric optical coherence elastography for intraoperative cancer detection	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK BEng, PhD/ Prof. Brendan Kennedy
9.	Development of an eye movement model based on information from the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK
10.	Development of eye motion-based biomarkers for the detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases	dr hab. Maciej Szkulmowski, prof. UMK
11.	Study of trapped ions	dr hab. Mariusz Piwiński, prof. UMK dr hab. inż. Łukasz Kłosowski, prof. UMK
12.	Theoretical Spectroscopy for Organic Photovoltaics: Finding the Fingerprints of Photodegradation	dr hab. Paweł Tecmer, prof. UMK Patrick Norman,KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden)
13.	Plasmonic molecular chirality: from designing nanostructures to advanced fluorescence microscopy studies	prof. dr hab. Sebastian Maćkowski
14.	AI-driven correlation and total energies in quantum chemical applications	prof. dr. hab. Ireneusz Grabowski prof. Pavlo Dral
area of science: literary studies
1.	Culture of contestation in the Kosovo parallel state in the 90s –how might one function in the sociological vacuum?	dr hab. Adam Kola, prof. UMK dr. hab. Agata Domachowska
area of science: social sciences
1.	Digital Neuro-biomarkers for Dementia Prediction and Healthy Aging Support: Monitoring Olfactory Brain Responses and Neuroimaging Applications of Non-pharmacological interventions	dr Tomasz Rutkowski dr Tomasz Komendziński
area of science: veterinary science
1.	Hepatoprotective effect of Andrographis Panicu/ata extract against AFBl induced hepatotoxicity in pigs	prof. dr hab. Chandra Pareek prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Wimmers, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)