Seminarium wydziałowe – prelegent: dr. Jarosław Majewski (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, US) NEW

Zapraszamy na seminarium wydziałowe pt. 

Addressing Surface and Interfacial Properties of Soft-Matter Materials with Neutron Reflectometry and X-Ray Scattering 

Temat przedstawi dr Jarosław Majewski (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, US; Visiting Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Affiliated Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland).

  
Termin

3.06.2025 (wtorek), godz. 14:15

   
Miejsce

Gmach Technologii Chemicznej
Audytorium im. I. Mościckiego

  
Abstract

The non-perturbative nature of neutrons coupled with their isotopic sensitivity and penetrability has made them an ideal tool to study surface and interfacial phenomena including polymers and model biological interfaces in different environments. After a brief introduction to the methodology of neutron and x-ray scattering, I will provide several examples of my studies in soft-matter systems: (i) model lipid membranes, (ii) interactions of lipid membranes with proteins (including toxins), and (iii) monolayers of living cell cultures under mechanical stress. Neutron (as well as X-ray) scattering helps to characterize these systems and their responses to external stimuli, such as pH, temperature, and flow shear. 

  
O prelegencie

Until March, 2025, Dr. Jarosław (Jarek) Majewski was a Permanent Program Director at the National Science Foundation. Currently, he is on a sabbatical leave as an Affiliated Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

He graduated from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and, until 2017, served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis. Currently, he is a Research Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

He published 200+ peer-reviewed papers and gave an app. 200+ invited talks and over 200 other presentations. He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and the Neutron Scattering Society of America.

Part of his scientific career (1995-2019) has been spent at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where he built a successful x-ray and neutron scattering program to address interfacial structures and properties of materials. His interests span from bio-interfaces and soft-condensed systems to hard-condensed hetero-structures, electrochemistry, and actinides.

  
Udział w seminariach wydziałowych jest obowiązkowy dla doktorantów i dyplomantów.