prof. dr hab. Grażyna Stochel
stochel@chemia.uj.edu.pl
Professor Grażyna Stochel obtained MSc degree in Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków, Poland. In 1983 she was awarded her PhD degree. She was postdoctoral Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Universities in: Frankfurt am Main (1987), Regensburg (1988), Witten-Herdecke (1991), Erlangen - Nurnberg (1998), and post-doc fellow at the University of Ferrara (1994, 1995). In 1993 she received the Doctor of Sciences (habilitation) degree and in 2001 Professor in Chemical Sciences title from the President of Poland.
In 2016 professor Grażyna Stochel was elected Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Since 2022 she is an ordinary member of the PAS and from 2019 ordinary member of Academia Europaea.
Grażyna Stochel is Full Professor at the Inorganic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Kraków , Poland (since 2001). Leader of the Coordination and Bioinorganic Physicochemistry Group; Coordinator of Flash Photolysis and fast kinetic techniques Laboratory, and Biomedical Chemistry Laboratory, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry CNRS and University of Orleans (France). Member of the first Jagiellonian University Council (elected in 2019); Dean (2008-2016) and Deputy Dean (1998-2008) of the Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University.
She was four times elected member of the Jagiellonian University Senate (2005-2019). In 2016-2019 was elected member of the Central Commission for Scientific Degrees and Titles (Poland) and in 2019-2023 elected member of the Scientific Excellence Council (Poland) ; member of the Chemistry Committee of PAS (2012-2023) and its presidium (2019-2023) , member of the Scientific Councils of : Physical Chemistry Institute PAS, Bioorganic Chemistry Institute PAS, Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS. Since 2016 member of the Coimbra Chemistry Centre Advisory Board.
Her research field is Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry,, Photochemistry, Biomedical Chemistry and Advanced Materials. Research activity is focused on: mechanisms of inorganic and bioinorganic reactions; photochemistry of coordination compounds; photocatalysis; metal compounds, small molecules and light in biology, environment and medicine; medicinal chemistry and advanced materials. Author of more than 200 publications, several patents; co-author or editor of 5 scientific books. Supervisor of 30 PhD thesis. Involved in more than 50 funded research projects (leading more of half of these) and organization of ca. 60 international and national conferences Member of the Polish Chemical Society.