1983 – Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
1998 – Ph.D (polymer chemistry), Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
1999 – Assistant Professor (adjunct) at the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
2009 – D.Sc. (habilitation), Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies
Foregin laboratories
1999 – 2 weeks stay at Ghent University, Belgium
2000-2007 – short-time stays (10 months) at Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
2008-2012 – short-time stays at Ghent University, Belgium
Current research:
ionic polymerization of cyclic ethers and esters
synthesis of branched (also star) polymers
synthesis of functional polymers
radical polymerization ATRPa
Selected references:
M. Bednarek, P. Kubisa, S. Penczek
“Coexistence of Activated Monomer and Active Chain End Mechanisms in Cationic
Copolymerization of Tetrahydrofuran with Ethylene Oxide”,
Macromolecules 1999,32, 5257
M. Bednarek, P. Kubisa, S. Penczek
„Multihydroxyl Branched Polyethers. 2. Mechanistic Aspects of Cationic Polymerization of
3-Ethyl-3- (hydroxymethyl)oxetane”
Macromolecules 2001, 34, 5112
K. Jankova, M. Bednarek, S. Hvilsted
“Star polymers by ATRP of styrene and acrylates employing multifunctional initiators”
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem. 2005, 43, 3748
M. Bednarek
„Functionalization of multihydroxyl branched poly(3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane).
Synthesis of star poly(ethylene oxide)”
Polimery 2006, 51, 727
M. Bednarek, P. Kubisa
”Cationic Polymerization of 2-hydroxymethyltetrahydrofuran”
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem. 2006, 44, 6484
M. Bednarek, K. Jankova, S. Hvilsted
„Novel Polymers Based on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of 2-Methoxyethyl
acrylate”
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Pol. Chem. 2007, 45, 333
M.Bednarek, M. Pluta
“Oligomeric branched polyethers with multiple hydroxyl groups by cationic ring-opening
polymerization for inorganic surface modification”
Macromol. Symp. 2010, 287, 119
M. Bednarek, T. Biedro?, P. Kubisa
„Aggregation of ?-Caprolactone Polymers Containing at One Chain End Different
Number of Carboxyl Groups in the Presence of Calcium Cations”
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2010, 48, 5630
M. Basko, M. Bednarek, L. Billiet, P. Kubisa, E. Goethals, F. Du Prez
“Combining Cationic Ring Opening Polymerization and Click Chemistry for the Design of
Functionalized Polyurethanes”
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2011, 49, 1597
M. Basko, M. Bednarek
„Synthesis of functionalized polylactide by cationic activated monomer polymerization”
React. Funct. Polym. 2012, 72, 213
