Kinga Suwińska

Professor

M.Sc., 1977–Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland

Ph.D.,1984–Institute of Physical Chemistry, PolishAcademy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

D.Sc., 2007–Institute of Physical Chemistry, PolishAcademy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Professor, 2012‒Institute of Physical Chemistry,Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Education and training

1978 – Department of Crystallochemistry and Crystallophysics, JagiellonianUniversity, Kraków, Poland

1980, 1981, 1982 – Institute of Structural Chemistry, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

1982 – Institute of Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

1984–1986 – Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

1988 – Medical Foundation of Buffalo, BuffaloN.Y., USA

1996 – Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada

1996 – Steacie Institute, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada

2005, 2006 – Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, CNRS UMR 5086, Lyon

2007 – Chemistry Department, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Professional affiliations

Polish Chemical Society (since 1979)

Editorial Board of Crystal Engineering supplement to Materials Research Bulletin (1998)

Editorial Board of Crystal Engineering (1999–2003)

European Crystallographic Association (since 2000)

Polish Crystallographic Society (since 2006)

Research areas

X-ray crystallography

intermolecular interactions

inclusion compounds

molecular inclusion

molecular recognition

structural supramolecular chemistry

Selected papers

  1. Suwińska K. – Structure of N,N,N',N'-tetramethyldiazonia-18-crown-6 with PF6- and I-as the counterions. Acta Cryst. C48, 1234 (1992).
  2. Suwińska K. – Inclusion complex of N,N'-[1,1'-dimethylene-3,3'-bisisoquinoline-2,2'-dioxide]-4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 with sodium bromide. Acta Cryst., C51, 2232 (1995).
  3. Turner B., Shterenberg A., Kapon M., Botoshansky M., Suwińska K., Eichen Y. – Self-assembled calix[6]pyrrole capsules: solid-state encapsulation of different guests in preorganized calix[6]pyrrole capsules. Chem. Commun. 726 (2002).
  4. Cecillon S., Lazar A., Suwińska K, Danylyuk O., Rather B., Zaworotko M., Coleman A. W. - "Head-to-tail self-assembly of a calix[4]arene inclusion polymer controlled by a pendant arm". Chem. Commun. (2005). 2442-2444. Top ten.
  5. Denekamp C., Suwinska K., Eichen Y., Salman H., Abraham Y., Ben Ari J. – Anion binding properties of the tripyrrole methane group: a combined experimental and theoretical study. Chemistry - A European Journal. (2007). 13, 657– 665.
  6. Perret F., Suwińska K., Ghera B. B., Parrot-Lopez H., Coleman A. W – Synthesis, solid state structures and interfacial properties of new para- phosphonato-O-alkyloxy-calix[8]arene derivatives. New J. Chem. (2007). 31, 893–900.
  7. Danylyuk O., Suwinska K. – Solid-state interactions of calixarenes with biorelevant molecules. Chem. Commun. (2009). 5799–5813.Feature paper.
  8. Danylyuk O., Lesniewska B., Suwinska K.,Matoussi N., Coleman A. W. – Structural Diversity in the Crystalline Complexes of para-Sulfonato-calix[4]arene with Bipyridinium Derivatives. Crystal Growth & Design (2010). 10, 4542–4549.
  9. Lesniewska B., Danylyuk O., Suwinska K.,Matoussi N., Coleman A. W. – Supramolecular versatility in the solid-state complexes of para-sulphonatocalix[4]arene with phenanthroline.CrystEngComm.(2011). Published online. Hot article.
  10. Leśniewska B., Jebors S., Coleman A. W., Suwińska K. – Transformations of griseofulvin in strong acidic conditions – crystal structures of 2'-demethylgriseofulvin and dimerized griseofulvin. Nat. Prod. Commun. (2012). 7, 327–332.

Total number of publications: 154, Patents: 1

Number of promoted Ph.D. students: 1