Curriculum Vitae

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General

surname:	Grochowicz
given names:	Pawel Radoslaw
current association:	Department of Chemistry, Birkbeck College, University of London
current position:	post-doc
postal address:	Gordon House, 29 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PP, UK
facsimile:	+44 (0) 171 380 7464
telephone:	+44 (0) 171 380 7777 ext.4668
email:	p.grochowicz@chem.bbk.ac.uk
WWW:	http://www.bbk.ac.uk/Departments/Chemistry/staff/prg/prg.html

Employment

1995-present day: Birkbeck College. Post-doctoral research.
1990-1994: research chemist at the Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia, Poland. From 1991 delegated to postgraduate studies at Birkbeck College.

Education

1991-1995: Birkbeck College. Postgraduate studies. PhD Thesis: 'Design, Construction and Evaluation of High Performance UV Detectors for Capillary Separation Techniques'.
1985-1990: Marie Curie University in Lublin, Poland. MSc in Chemistry. Thesis: 'Preconcentration of Vapours of Volatile Organic Species by Adsorption/Thermal Desorption'; defended magna cum laude on 13th July 1990. Diploma awarded with honours on 18th July 1990.
1981-1985: Hetman Jan Zamoyski College in Lublin, Poland.
1973-1981: Experimental Primary and Secondary School in Lublin, Poland.

Academic achievement

1993: EC TEMPUS scholarship: Academic Staff Mobility Scheme,
1992: Overseas Research Student's Award by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of United Kingdom - for the years 1992-1994,
1992: EC TEMPUS scholarship: Academic Staff Mobility Scheme,
1990: EC TEMPUS scholarship: Student Mobility Scheme,
1990: Marie Curie University Rector's prize: Best MSc Dissertation of the Year,
1986: Scholarship of the Minister for Education - for the years 1986-1990,
1983: entry in the XV International Chemistry Olympiad,
1983: entry and 5th prize in the National Chemistry Olympiad,
1981: 1st prize in the Chemistry Olympiad for secondary school graduates.

Interests and activities

1997-present day: independent research into development of ideal reversed stationary phases for liquid chromatography by the means of spontaneous self-assembly, Birkbeck College, with Dr. Colin F. Simpson,
1995-present day: post-doctoral research leading to development of high efficiency open-tubular serpentine capillary columns for use in liquid phase separations, Birkbeck College; with Dr. Colin F. Simpson,
1992-1995: PhD project on development and evaluation of photometric detection for liquid phase capillary separation systems, Birkbeck College; with Dr. Colin F. Simpson and Professor Colin D. Flint,
1991: the development of an electrochemical detector for capillary electroseparation systems, Birkbeck College; with Dr. Colin F. Simpson and Dr. Jonathan M Slater,
1990: 'II Student School of Chromatography - Surface Phenomena' - Chair of the Organizing Committee, Marie Curie University,
1989-1990: MSc work on preconcentration of gases and vapours, Marie Curie University; with Professor Roman Leboda,
1989: the project on the analysis of structure of complex carbon-silica adsorbents, Marie Curie University; with Professor Roman Leboda,
1988: three month study of nature and properties of cross-linked polymers in the gel form using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada; with Professor Alex. D. Bain,
1988: the analysis of differential distribution of adsorption energy in gas chromatography, Marie Curie University; with Professor Roman Leboda,
1987: three month studies on enzymatic breakdown of starchy materials at the Agricultural University in Wageningen, The Netherlands; with Dr. ir. Dick van Zuilichem
1987: the study of separation and quantitation of trihalomethanes in water supply, Marie Curie University; with Professor Roman Leboda and Dr. Andrzej Gierak.
1986: 'Student School of Chromatography' - Member of the Organizing Committee, Marie Curie University,
1986: three month project on capillary gas chromatographic methods applied to analysis of fatty acids, IBVL Institute, Wageningen, The Netherlands; with Dr. Johan Wolsink.

Publications, presentations, patents

Towards rapid Open Tubular Chromatography; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; presented at HPLC'97 - 20th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations in Birmingham, June 1997.
Towards Rapid Chromatographic Separations in Open Tubular Serpentine Columns; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; presented at HPLC'96 - 20th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations in San Francisco, June 1996.
High Performance UV Detection in Capillary Separations - a Critique; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; Flint, C. D.; presented at the Royal Society of Chemistry Meeting - Research and Development Topics in Analytical Chemistry, Hull, UK, July 1995.
The Design, Construction and Evaluation of a High Performance UV Detector for Capillary Separation Systems; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; Flint, C. D.; presented at HPCE'95 - Seventh International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis, Würtzburg, Germany, January 29-February 02, 1995.
Application of Rectangular Fused Silica Capillaries in Capillary Electrophoresis; Parry, S. M.; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; presented at HPCE'95 - Seventh International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis, Würtzburg, Germany, January 29-February 02, 1995.
Design, Construction and Evaluation of an Ultraviolet Absorbance Detector for Capillary Electrophoresis; Flint, C. D.; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F. Anal. Proc. 1994, 31, 117.
High Resolution Detection in Capillary Zone Electrophoresis: a Novel Concept in UV-Absorbance/Fluorescence Detection; Flint, C. D.; Grochowicz, P. R.; Simpson, C. F.; presented at the Royal Society of Chemistry Meeting - Research and Development Topics in Analytical Chemistry, Bradford, UK, 13-14 July, 1993.
Illumination Apparatus; patent application, 9314252.9, 1993, UK.
Structure and Selectivity of Chromatographic Adsorbent of Polyethylene Glycol Deposited on Mosaic Surface of Complex Carbon-Silica Adsorbents; Leboda, R.; Grochowicz, P. R.; Lodyga, A.; Gierak, A. Pol. J. Appl. Chem. 1992, 36/2, 123.
The Device and Methodology of Preconcentration of Low Levels of Gases and Vapours of Volatile Substances; patent application, P-292925, 1992, PL.
Electrochemical Detection in Capillary Zone Electrophoresis; Slater, J. M.; Simpson, C. F.; Grochowicz, P. R; presented at the Royal Society of Chemistry Meeting - Research and Development Topics in Analytical Chemistry, Aberdeen, 7-9 July, 1991.
Adsorptive Methods of Sample Purification and concentration. Off-Line Solid Phase Extraction; Leboda, R.; Lodyga, A.; Sienko D.; Grochowicz, P. R. Wiad. Chem. 1991, 45, 217.
Methodology of the Determination of the Adsorption Energy Distribution Function by Gas Chromatographic Techniques; Leboda, R.; Gierak, A.; Grochowicz, P. R.; Lodyga, A. Folia Soc. Lubl. Sci. 1990, 32/1-2, 3.

References

Dr. Colin F. Simpson
Professor Colin D. Flint, Department Of Chemistry, Birkbeck College, Gordon House, 29 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PP, UK, c.flint@chem.bbk.ac.uk
Professor Roman Leboda, Faculty of Chemistry, Marie Curie University, Plac Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland, leboda@hermes.umcs.lublin.pl

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