Laboratory of Molecular Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University
Phone: +(48) 12-686-2522
Fax: +(48) 12-686-2750
E-mail: wojcik@chemia.uj.edu.pl
1963-68 |
Undergraduate Study in Chemistry, Jagiellonian University. |
1968 |
M.Sc. in Chemistry (First Class Honours). |
1969-73 |
Graduate Study (Ph.D.) in Chemistry, Jagiellonian University. |
1973 |
Ph.D. in Chemistry. |
1974-76 |
Postgraduate Study in Journalism, Jagiellonian University. |
1980 |
Doctor of Science in Physical Chemistry (Habilitation). |
1996 |
Title of Professor of Chemical Sciences. |
1968-69 |
Assistant in Research. |
1972-74 |
Assistant Lecturer. |
1974-81 |
Lecturer. |
1981-2017 |
Head, Laboratory of Molecular Spectroscopy. |
1981-84 |
Assistant Professor. |
1984-96 |
Associate Professor. |
1996-2003 |
Professor. |
Since 2003 |
Distingushed Professor. |
1977-78 |
Research Associate, Atlantic Regional Laboratory, National Research Council, Halifax, Canada (13 months, with Dr. M. Falk). |
1981-89 |
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden (4 visits for a total of 10 months, with Doc. J. Lindgren). |
1982-83 |
Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan (1 year, with Professor M. Tsuboi). |
1984-86 |
Research Associate, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, U.S.A. (2 years, with Professor S.A. Rice). |
1991-92 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, U.S.A. (6 months, host Professor J.P. Devlin). |
1992 |
Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A. (6 months, with Professor V. Buch). |
1997-98 |
Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan (1 year, host Professor H. Nakamura). |
2000-02 |
Visiting Professor, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan (3 visits for a total of 9 months, host Professor S. Ikeda). |
2007 |
Visiting Professor, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan (2 months, host Professor Y. Ozaki). |
2007-10 |
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany (4 visits for a total of 4 months, host Professor W. Domcke). |
2011 |
Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (6 months, host Professor K. Yoshizawa). |
2012 |
Visiting Professor, Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1 month, host Professor Rauzah Hashim). |
2013 |
Visiting Professor, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan (2 months, host Professor Y. Ozaki). |
2015 |
Visiting Professor, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan (2 months, host Professor Y. Ozaki). |
2016 |
Visiting Professor, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan (2 months, host Dr. T. Nakajima). |
2017 |
Visiting Professor, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan (2 months, host Dr. T. Nakajima). |
2017-2018 |
Visiting Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan (5 months, host Professor Y. Ozaki) |
2018 |
Visiting Professor, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan (3 months, host Dr. T. Nakajima) |
2019 |
Visiting Professor, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan (3 months, host Dr. T. Nakajima) |
Short-term scientific visits in United States, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Germany, France, U.K., Italy, Norway, Denmark, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Iceland, Republic of South Africa, Israel, China, Brazil, Chile, Australia, New Zealand
Major field: theoretical molecular spectroscopy. Hydrogen-bonded systems. Theory of the infrared spectra. Fine structure of XH bands in hydrogen-bonded systems. Ab initio calculations of harmonic and anharmonic force constants. Adiabatic approximation in vibrational calculations. Resonance interactions. Fermi resonance. Shapes and widths of infrared bands. Temperature dependence of infrared spectra. Isotopic effects. Vibrational spectra of nucleic acid bases. SCF methods in vibrational calculations. Ab initio calculations in the ground and excited states of molecules. Theory of multidimensional proton tunneling. Intra and intermolecular potential energies for water. Theoretical calculations of vibrational spectra of water, water clusters and aqueous ionic solutions. Theoretical modeling of infrared and polarized Raman spectra of ices and of molecules absorbed in ices. Ab initio calculations of ion-water complexes. Infrared studies of solvation of cations in water-acetonitrile mixtures. Coupling of hindered rotation with vibrations and electronic states in molecules with CH3 groups. Modeling of vibrational spectra of complex molecular systems by Car-Parrinello and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulation of spectra of hydrogen-bonded systems.
Taught the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses in physical chemistry since 1968: thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular spectroscopy, optical and magnetic properties of matter, molecular spectroscopy, hydrogen bonding and quantum chemistry.
Undergraduate course "General Chemistry" (Chemistry 1215) in Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, U.S.A. (Fall Semester 1991).
Teaching experience in Japan: “Selected problems of theoretical molecular spectroscopy” and “Advanced spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded systems” at Kwansei Gakuin University, 2017.
Graduate courses: “Selected problems of theoretical molecular spectroscopy” and “Advanced spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded systems” in Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan (Fall semester 2017).