Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences

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Schedule of classes for the academic year 2023/2024.

If the course title is given in English, classes are also conducted in that language. If the course title is given in Polish, classes are conducted in Polish. Minimum level of proficiency in English B2 – in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Course syllabuses are available by clicking on the course title with a link.

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Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Institute Seminar

dr Tomasz Wypych
Subject Coordinator
CN hall
15 / 1 ECTSThursdays, 3 PM

05.10.2023 – 27.06.2024
Neurobiology

dr Paweł Boguszewski
Subject Coordinator
CN hallNeurobiology I: 30 / 3 ECTS
Neurobiology II: 30 / 3 ECTS
Wednesdays,
9-10 AM

Start date: 11.10.2023

exam I – 07.02.2024

exam II – 19.06.2024
Statistics

dr Maksymilian Bielecki
Lecture in Polish,

online
2 ECTSThursdays,
5:00 PM,

9.05, 16.05, 23.05, 6.06, 13.06, 20.06, 27.06

exam: 4.07.2024
Registration via USOS system
from 4th till 12th March 2024
Bioethics

prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków
Lecture in English
hall 122
2 ECTSThursdays,
4.15 PM

14.03, 21.03, 28.03, 04.04, 11.04, 18.04

exam: 25.04.2024
Registration via USOS system
from 4th till 12th March 2024

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)*TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Basic Physical Chemistry II: Thermodynamics

Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Poniewierski
ZOOM30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart:
Oct. 06, 16:00
Registration by Oct. 4: aponiewierski@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej I: Chemia kwantowa i spektroskopia

Dr Aleksandra Siklitckaia,
Prof. dr hab. Robert Kołos
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart:
16.10. 2023, 15:30,
Sala konf. IChF PAN
Rejestracja do 12.10.2023:
asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej V: Elektrochemia

Dr Wojciech Nogala
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart:
11.10.2023, 12:00
Aula IChF PAN
Rejestracja do 9.10.2023: wnogala@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej III: Kinetyka chemiczna

Prof. Rafał Szmigielski
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: 24.10.2023, 11:00
Sala konf.
IChF PAN
Rejestracja do 20.10.2023.: rszmigielski@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry IV: Structure of matter

Prof. Zbigniew Kaszkur, Prof. Robert Nowakowski
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: 27.10.2023, ‘Aquarium’
hall, IPC PAS
Registration by Oct. 25: zkaszkur@ichf.edu.pl
Practical course on basics of mathematics & physics: From Zero to
Hero. Part I – Mathematics


Dr Alexandra Siklitskaya, Tomasz Bednarek, M. Sc.
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: October 2023
IChF PAN
Registration by Oct. 9: asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Biological Chemistry: Structure,
metabolism and medical correlations


Dr Iraj Alipourfard
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: November 2023
IChF
Registration by Oct. 4: ialipourfard@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Electrolyte and polyelectrolyte
solutions


Dr Janez Cerar
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Oct. 3
IChF
Registration by Sept. 29: aciach@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Bipolar electrochemistry –
general introduction and applications


Dr. Bhavana Gupta
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Nov. 8
IChF PAN
Registration by Nov. 5: bgupta@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Astrochemistry – Evolution from
stardust to biomolecules


Dr Arunlibertsen Lawzer, Dr Thomas Custer
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Nov. 3
IChF PAN
Registration by Nov. 1.
alawzer@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Advanced Techniques in Tissue
Engineering: Materials and Biofabrication


Dr Nehar Celikkin
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Nov. 3
IChF PAN
Registration by Oct. 31,
ncelikkn@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: The importance of catalysis in the
modern world


Dr hab. Anna Śrębowata
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Nov.
IChF PAN
Registration by Oct. 30.
asrebowata@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Fluorescence spectroscopy data analysis in LabVIEW – learn two skills at once

Dr inż. Piotr Kasprzycki
ZOOM15 hours /3 ECTSStart: 8-13 OctoberRegistration by Oct. 5: pkasprzycki@ichf.edu.pl
The art of public presentation

Dr. A. Siklitckaia
10 hours / 1 ECTSStart: 4 Dec. 2023

ICHF
Registration by Nov. 15;
asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry I: Quantum chemistry & spectroscopy

Dr Alexandra Siklitskaia, Prof. Robert Kołos
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: April 9, 2024
IChF PAN
Registration by April 5, 2024
asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry III: Chemical kinetics

Prof. Rafał Szmigielski
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: April 2, 2024
IChF PAN
Registration by March 15, 2024
rszmigielski@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry V: Electrochemistry

Dr Wojciech Nogala
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 6, 2024
IChF PAN
Registration by March 4, 2024
wnogala@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej II: Termodynamika

Prof. Andrzej Poniewierski
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 1, 2024
IChF PAN
Registration by Feb 26, 2024: aponiewierski@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry IV: Structure of matter

Prof. Zbigniew Kaszkur, Prof. Robert Nowakowski
30 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 1 2024,
IChF PAN
Registration by Feb 25, 2024
zkaszkur@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Chemistry and Spectroscopy of
Reactive Intermediates


Dr Arunlibertsen Lawzer, Dr Thomas Custer
15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: Feb. 26, 2024
IChF
Registration by Feb 15, 2024
alawzer@ichf.edu.pl
Scientific methodology

Prof. Robert Hołyst
8 hours/ 1 ECTSStart: January 2024
18th, 24th, 25th, 31st

IChF PAN Auditorium, 14:00-16:00
no registration required
The art and craft of grant writing

Prof. Robert Hołyst
8 hours/ 1 ECTSStart: February 2024
1st, 7th, 8th, 14th

IChF PAN Auditorium, 14:00-16:00
no registration required
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Bio- and chemosensing

Prof. Włodzimierz Kutner
ICHF15 hours/ 3 ECTSTBARegistration: wkutner@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Fundaments of chemical experiments using visible light

Dr hab. Gonzalo Angulo
ICHF15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 2024Registration by Feb. 28, 2024:
gangulo@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy data analysis in LabVIEW

Dr inż. Piotr Kasprzycki
ZOOM15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 2024
Registration by Feb. 28, 2024: pkasprzycki@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Optical coherence tomography data processing in LabVIEW

Dr inż. Piotr Kasprzycki
ZOOM15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 2024Registration by Feb. 28, 2024: pkasprzycki@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Droplet microfluidics –  fundamentals and applications

Dr Jan Guzowski
IChF PAN15 hours/ 3 ECTSStart: March 21, 2024Registration by March 14: jguzowski@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Pharmaceutical technology (nano technological approach)

Dr Iraj Alipourfard
ZOOM15 hours/ 3 ECTSRegistration by March 8:
ialipourfard@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Nano biotechnology methods and applications

Dr Iraj Alipourfard
ZOOM15 hours/ 3 ECTSRegistration by March 8:
ialipourfard@ichf.edu.pl
* The availability of lecture courses depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered.

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Organic stereochemistry

Prof. Sławomir Jarosz
lecture15 h / 2 ECTS9:00 – 10:45
Aula IOC/IPC PAS

18.11.2023
25.11.2023
09.12.2023
16.12.2023
13.01.2024
27.01.2024
03.02.2024

exam 10.02.2024
lecture in English

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Advanced methods of identification of organic compounds

Assoc. Prof. Magdalena Zimnicka
lecture15 h / 2 ECTS11:00 – 12:45
Aula IOC/IPC PAS

18.11.2023
25.11.2023
09.12.2023
16.12.2023
13.01.2024
27.01.2024
03.02.2024

exam 17.02.2024
lecture in English

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Heterocyclic Chemistry

Assoc. Prof.
Sebastian Stecko
lecture in English15 h / 2 ECTS09:00 – 10:45
conference room IOC PAS

23.03.2024
6.04.2024
20.04.2024
27.04.2024
11.05.2024
18.05.2024
25.05.2024
8.06.2024

exam 29.06.2024
Registration via USOS system from 23rd February to 8th March 2024

Contact:
aleksandra.butkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Strategie syntezy docelowej
lecture in Polish

Assoc. Prof. Michał Fedoryński
lecture15 h / 2 ECTS11:00 – 12:45
conference room IOC PAS

23.03.2024
6.04.2024
20.04.2024
11.05.2024
18.05.2024
25.05.2024
8.06.2024

exam 06.2022*
Registration via USOS system from 23rd February to 8th March 2024

Contact:
aleksandra.butkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Introduction to
medicinal chemistry

lecture in English

Assoc. Prof. Mykhaylo Potopnyk
lecture5 h / 1 ECTS16:00 – 17:30
conference room IOC PAS

21.03.2024
25.04.2024
16.05.2024

exam 23.05.2024
Registration via USOS system from 23rd February to 8th March 2024

Contact:
aleksandra.butkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Computational chemistry and chemical bond theory
lecture in English

Assoc. Prof.  Cina Foroutan-Nejad
lecture5 h / 1 ECTS16:00 – 17:30
conference room IOC PAS

4.04.2024
11.04.2024
18.04.2024
exam 9.05.2024
Registration via USOS system from 23rd February to 8th March 2024

Contact:
aleksandra.butkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
* The exact date of the exam will be set at a later date

Institute of Physics; Center for Theoretical Physics; Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Selected topics in theoretical physics: Open quantum systems

dr hab. Jarosław Korbicz
lecture
30 hours/ 3 ECTSThursdays
13:00-15:00,

Start: 12.10.2023

sala D w budynku Instytutu Fizyki PAN, al. Lotników 32/46
Contact: jkorbicz@cft.edu.pl
Introduction to General Relativity

dr hab. Mikołaj Korzyński

 
ZOOM30 hours/ 3 ECTSTuesdays
9:00-11:00,

start date:
03.10.2023
Contact: korzynski@cft.edu.pl
PhD seminar on semiconductor physics
(IHPP PAS Seminar on Nitride Semiconductors)

dr Anna Kafar
prof. dr hab. Piotr Perlin
prof. Tadeusz Suski
seminar
(stationary or Zoom)
15h/1ECTSMonday (every 2 weeks)
14:00-15:30,
Start date: 9.10.2023

IWC PAN, New Technologies seminar room, Al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia 98/
or Zoom
Contact: nitride_seminar@unipress.waw.pl

More info: Nitride Seminar
Introduction to Contemporary Physics I

prof. Jan Mostowski (IF PAN)
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSMonday, 9:00-11:00

Start: TBD
Contact: mosto@ifpan.edu.pl
Quantum Information II

dr hab. Lukasz Cywinski (IF PAN)
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSMonday, 10:00-12:00, Place: Hall A – IF PAN

Start: 16.10.2023
Contact: lcyw@ifpan.edu.pl
Introduction to Some Concepts in Non-Hermitian Systems

dr Amir Rahmani (IF PAN)
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSWednesday
8:45-10:00 and Thursday 14:00-15:00, Place: TBA

Start: 04.10.2023
Contact: rahmani@ifpan.edu.pl
X-ray Free Electron Laser – XFEL

dr hab. Ryszard Sobierajski, prof. IF PAN
(Institute of Physics PAS),  prof. Wojciech Gawelda (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid, Adam Mickiewicz University),  dr hab. Marcin Sikora, prof. AGH (AGH
University of Science and Technology),
dr hab. Jerzy Antonowicz, prof. PW (Warsaw University of Technology), dr
Wojciech Blachucki (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS),
lecture

ZOOM
20h (lecture)
+ 10h project / 2 ECTS
Monday, 9:15-11:00

Start: 16.10.2023
Contact: sobieraj@ifpan.edu.pl
Theoretical Mechanics

dr Leonid Shirkov (IF PAN)
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSFriday, 10:00-12:00, Place: Hall A or D (TBD),

Start: 06.10.2023
Contact: lshirkov@ifpan.edu.pl
Quantum Field Theory

dr Felipe Taha Sant’Ana (IF PAN)
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSTBAContact: ftaha@ifpan.edu.pl
Journal Club

dr hab. Piotr Deuar (IF PAN)
journal club

ZOOM
15h / 1 ECTSMonday, 12:00-13:00

Start: 09.10.2023
Contact:
deuar@ifpan.edu.pl
Fundamentals of Physics Seminar

dr hab. Aleksander Wittlin (IF PAN), prof.
Lukasz Turski (CFT PAN), prof. Marek Kus  (CFT PAN)
student seminar

ZOOM
15h / 1ECTSWednesday, 11:00-12:00

Start: mid October 2023
Contact: wittlin@ifpan.edu.pl
Polish language

Ms Karolina Dzierka
A1: 15 x 1.5h
A1: 15 x1.5h
A1+: 15 x1.5h
A2: 15 x 1.5h
A1 level cont.,
Tuesday 08:00-09:30, hall A IFPAN
Start: 17.10.2023

A1 level cont., Friday 08:00-09:30, ZOOM
Start: 20.10.2023

A1+ level cont., Tuesday 09:30-11:00, hall A IFPAN
Start: 17.10.2023

A2 level cont., Tuesday 11:00-12:30, hall A IFPAN
Start: 17.10.2023
Please note:
for students and employees of institutions that have signed
an appropriate financing agreement with IFPAN (currently IF, CFT, IWC institutes)
English language

Ms Hanna Szulczewska
ZOOMB2: 15 x 1.5h
B2: 15 x 1.5h
C1: 15 x 2.15h
Tuesday 13:00-14:30, Zoom,
17.10.2023

Thursday 9:00-10:30, hall D IFPAN,
19.10.2023

Thursday 10:45-13:00, hall D IFPAN,
19.10.2023
Please note:
for students and employees of institutions that have signed
an appropriate financing agreement with IFPAN (currently IF, CFT, IWC institutes)

Maria Skłodowska – Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Cancer genetics immunology

Professor Ewa Bartnik,
Professor Elzbieta Sarnowska,
Lecture in English,
Online
15 h / 3 ECTSFriday
09:15 AM

Start date:
08.03.2024-31.05.2024
Registration till February 12, 2024

Contact:
agnieszka.samborska@pib-nio.pl

The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants
Molecular medicine

Mateusz Bujko, PhD
Paulina Kober, PhD
Michał Mikula, PhD

Lecture in English,
Online
15 h / 3 ECTSMonday
10:00 AM

Start date:
11.03.2024-22.04.2024
Registration till February 19, 2024

Contact:
agnieszka.samborska@pib-nio.pl

The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants
Clinical oncology basis

Monika Dudzisz-Śledź MD, PhD
coordinator
Lecture in English,
Online
10 h / 2 ECTSMonday
09:00 AM

Start date:
06.11.2023-04.12.2023
Registration till October 16, 2023

Contact: agnieszka.samborska@pib-nio.pl

The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants
Cancer Epidemiology

Joanna Didkowska, PhD, coordinator
Lecture in English,
Online
10 h / 2 ECTSTuesday
10:00 AM

Start date:
12.12.2023-19.12.2023
Registration till November 20, 2023

Contact: agnieszka.samborska@pib-nio.pl

The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants
Preclinical studies in oncology

Magdalena Cybulska-Lubak, PhD
Lecture in English,
Online
5 h / 1 ECTSWednesday
10:00 AM

Start date:
20.03.2024-03.04.2024
Registration till February 28, 2024

Contact: agnieszka.samborska@pib-nio.pl

The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants