Team

Davide Accomasso is a POLONEZ BIS Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Warsaw (Poland). He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Materials Science from the University of Pisa (Italy) with a Ph.D. thesis entitled "Singlet Fission in Molecular Crystals and Covalent Dimers: from Chromophore Design to Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulation" and performed under the supervision of Prof. Maurizio Persico and Prof. Giovanni Granucci. Later on, he joined the Molecolab group at the University of Pisa where he did a postdoctoral period of two years under the supervision of Prof. Benedetta Mennucci and Dr. Lorenzo Cupellini. 

Davide's main research interests and expertise are (i) the simulation of light-induced reactions in molecular systems and (ii) the development of novel computational chemistry methods and computer programs. For more information, please check his current publication record at Google Scholar.

Joanna Jankowska is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Warsaw (2018-present). Her research interests cover wide area of theoretical Photochemistry and Photophysics of molecules, nano-systems, and materials. In particular, she applies and develops nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) methods to model time-resolved photo-induced processes, including: (i) molecular photoswitching, (ii) excited state proton transfer (ESIPT), (iii) excited state proton-coupled electron transfer (ES-PCET), and (iv) photo-generation and dynamics of charges in hybrid photovoltaic materials.

Kamil Szychta is a Master student at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (Poland), majoring in Quantum Physics and Chemistry - Individual Research Studies. He received his BSc at the College of Individual Inter-Faculty Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw (Poland). His thesis entitled "Theoretical design of internally polarized donor-acceptor units for photovoltaics application" was defended at the Faculty of Chemistry, under the supervision of Dr. Joanna Jankowska, and it was awarded in the Golden Medal of Chemistry competition (2023). 

Kamil worked at the Institute of Organic Chemistry PAS in Warsaw, where he synthesized novel functional dyes. Later, he moved from experimental work to theory. His current research interests are (i) photophysics of organic molecules, (ii) materials design for PV and OLED applications, and (iii) the simulation of light-driven processes or photoreactions using novel quantum chemistry methods. For more information, please visit his ORCiD and LinkedIn profiles.