University of Wrocław 01 | Functional materials
Latos-Grażyński received the prestigious award of the Foundation for Polish Science, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Prime Minister’s Award for Scientific Achievements (2010) and the Lifetime Achievement Award granted in 2021 by the Minister of Education and Science for his scientific achievements. He is a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Structural Research and Low Temperatures of the Polish Academy of Sciences and scientific councils of two research institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Title. Latos-Grażynski’s scientific career is closely tied to the Faculty of Chemistry, where he was awarded the title of professor in 1991. An important role in his scientific activities has been cooperation with the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of California (Davis) for over twenty years. He is one of the most cited chemists working in Poland. His research has entered the canon of world scientific literature and he has been honoured by the international community with numerous awards: the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2005) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (2010), among others. In 2014, the Polish Chemical Society awarded him Jędrzej Śniadecki Medal, which is given for outstanding scientific achievements of global significance in chemistry.
Today, Latos-Grażyński’s team examine systems in which pairs of porphyrins join together to transfer the electrons or photons of light!
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