dr hab. Tadeusz Biela

Scientific career:

• 1978 – M.Sc. (inorganic chemistry), University of Lodz, Poland
• 1980 – Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 1987 – Senior Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 1992 – PhD in Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies. Thesis adviser: Prof. P. Kubisa. Ph.D. Thesis: Kinetics and mechanism of addition of oxirans to the selected phosphorus acids”
• 1994 – Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• 2007 – DSc. (habilitation), Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, D.Sc. Thesis: “Star-shaped Polylactides and their stereocomplexes – Synthesis and novel methods of analysis”
• 2009 – Associate Professor, group leader, Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
• Author or co-author of more than 40 scientific papers, published mostly in the highest impact factor polymer journals and 30 contributions to the international symposia

Current research area:

Chemistry of polymers with particulate interest in:

• ring-opening polymerization
• Hyperbranched and star-shaped polyesters
• Stereocomplexes of polymers
• SEC in determination of polymer architecture
• Supramolecular chemistry of polymers

Selected references:

1. A. Sroka, S. Olejniczak, M. Sochacki, T. Biela, and M. J. Potrzebowski
Solid State NMR Spectroscopy as a Tool Supporting Optimization of MALDI-TOF MS Analysis of Polylactides
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 20, 67-72, ( 2009)

2. T. Biela
Stereocomplexes of star-shaped poly[(R)-lactide]s and poly[(S)-lactide]s bearing various number of arms. Synthesis and thermal properties
Polimery, 52, 27- 37, (2007).

3. T. Biela, A. Kowalski, J. Libiszowski, et al.
Progress in polymerization of cyclic esters: Mechanisms and synthetic applications
Macromol. Symp., 240, 47-55, (2006).

4. T. Biela, A. Duda, S. Penczek
Enhanced Melt Stability of Star-Shaped Stereocomplexes As Compared with Linear
Macromolecules, 39, 3710-3713, (2006)

5. T. Biela, I. Polanczyk
One-Pot Synthesis of Star-Shaped Aliphatic Polyesters with Hyperbranched Cores and Their Characterization with Size Exclusion Chromatography
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem., 44, 4214–4221, (2006).

6. T. Biela, A. Duda, H. Pasch, et al.
Star-shaped poly(L-lactide)s with variable numbers of hydroxyl groups at polyester arms chain-ends and directly attached to the star-shaped core – Controlled synthesis and
characterization
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem., 43, 6116-6133, (2005).

7. A. Kowalski, J. Libiszowski, T. Biela , et al.
Kinetics and mechanism of cyclic esters polymerization initiated with tin(II) octoate. Polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone and L,L-lactide co-initiated with primary amines
Macromolecules, 38, 8170-8176, (2005).

8. M. Danko, J. Libiszowski, Biela T, et al.
Molecular dynamics of star-shaped poly(L-lactide)s in tetrahydrofuran as solvent monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem., 43, 4586-4599, (2005).

9. A. Duda, T. Biela, A. Kowalski, et al.
Amines as (co)initiators of cyclic esters’ polymerization
Polimery, 50, 501-508, (2005).

10. W. Radke, K. Rode, A.V. Gorshkov, T. Biela
Chromatographic behavior of functionalized star-shaped poly(lactide)s under critical conditions of adsorption. Comparison of theory and experiment
Polymer, 46, 5456-5465, (2005).