Pawel Weronski

Educational Background:

D.Sc. (2008) Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Thesis title: Irreversible Adsorption of Colloidal Particles at Heterogeneous Interfaces
Ph.D. (2000) Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Thesis title: Kinetics and Topology of Irreversible Adsorption of Anisotropic Particles at Homogeneous Interfaces
M.Sc. (1989) Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, A.Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Thesis title: Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Electric Conductivity of LiK₄H₃(SO₄)₄ Crystal

Employment:

2008-pres. Associate Professor, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
2000-2008 Assistant Professor, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
1994-2000 Senior Assistant, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
1992-1994 Assistant, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland

Professional Training:

September 2007 Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2005-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Chemical Engineering Department at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
September 1996 Biomedical Engineering Department at University of Groningen, Netherlands, and Charles Sadron Institute, Strasbourg, France
June 1994 Analytical Chemistry Department at University of Barcelona, Spain (Tempus Project)
March 1994 Chemistry Department at University of Dortmund and Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Dortmund, Germany (Tempus Project)

Research Interests:

Statistical mechanics of colloids, transport phenomena, filtration, electrokinetic phenomena, particle interaction, colloid and protein adsorption, structural forces, colloid crystals, spectroscopic methods for colloid characterization, application of numerical and statistical methods in chemical physics, Brownian dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, molecular dynamics, self-assembling nanostructures, stiff differential equations, modeling and computer simulation of biosystems, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interaction, cellular membranes, nucleic acids, artificial life, multiscale modeling and simulations

Selected Recent Publications:

Jiang, Y.; Travis, B.; Knutson, C.; Zhang, J.; Weronski, P. Numerical Methods for Protocell Simulations, in Protocells: bridging nonliving and living matter, eds. S. Rasmussen, M. A. Bedau, L. Chen, D. Deamer, D.C. Krakauer, N.H. Packard, & P.F. Stadler, MIT Press, 2008.
Rasmussen, S.; Bailey, J.; Boncella, J.; Chen, L.; Collis, G.; Colgate, S.; DeClue, M.; Fellermann, H.; Goranovic, G.; Jiang, Y.; Knutson, C.; Monnard, P.A.; Mouffouk, F.; Nielsen, P.; Sen, A.; Shreve, A.; Tamulis, A.; Travis, B.; Weronski, P.; Zhang, J.; Zhou, X.; Ziock, H.; Woodruff, W. Assembly of a Minimal Protocell, in Protocells: bridging nonliving and living matter, eds. S. Rasmussen, M. A. Bedau, L. Chen, D. Deamer, D.C. Krakauer, N.H. Packard, & P.F. Stadler, MIT Press, 2008.
Weronski, P.; Elimelech, M. Novel Numerical Method for Calculating Initial Flux of Colloid Particle Adsorption Through an Energy Barrier, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 319, 406-415 (2008) [PDF (423 kB)].
Adamczyk, Z.; Weronski, P.; Barbasz, J. Formation of Multilayered Structures in the Layer by Layer Deposition of Colloid Particles, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 317, 1-10 (2008).
Weronski, P. Effect of Electrostatic Interaction on Deposition of Colloid on Partially Covered Surfaces. II. Results of Computer Simulations, Colloids Surf. A 294, 267-279 (2007) [PDF (340 kB)].
Weronski, P. Effect of Electrostatic Interaction on Deposition of Colloid on Partially Covered Surfaces. I. Model Formulation, Colloids Surf. A 294, 254-266 (2007) [PDF (686 kB)].
Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. Molecular Dynamics Study of Small PNA Molecules in Lipid-Water System, Biophys. J. 92, 3081-3091 (2007) [PDF (955 kB)].