Organic Electronics Laboratory

Profile

Dr Przemysław Gaweł
email: p.gawel@cent.uw.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 55 43xxx
office: 03.46
ORCID: 0000-0003-1555-376X
SCOPUS ID: 56500820200

Welcome to the Gawel Research Group, a dynamic and innovative team of young chemists dedicated to advancing the field of organic chemistry. At the heart of our work is a passion for designing, synthesizing, and exploring the vast potential of material-oriented organic molecules. Our group thrives on collaboration and creativity, pushing the boundaries of chemical science to uncover new applications and solutions. Join us on our journey of discovery and innovation in the fascinating world of organic chemistry.

Leader

Przemek studied Chemistry and Biotechnology within the College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MISMaP) at the University of Warsaw. During his studies, he spent two summer projects in the lab of Prof Henning Hopf at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany where he studied cyclophanes. In 2012 he moved to Zurich, Switzerland, where he did his PhD with Prof. François Diederich at ETH Zurich studying functional cumulene-based synthetic materials. In 2015 he joined the group of Prof. Harry L. Anderson at the University of Oxford as a Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow and in 2017 he was appointed as a research associate in Kebe College. In Oxford, Przemek was studying sp-hybridized allotropes of carbon stabilizing them on the surface and by supramolecular encapsulation. In line with his interest in materials science, Przemek moved to Cambridge Display Technology Ltd. in 2019 where he was developing new materials in a broad area of digital transformation. In October 2020 Przemek received a Polish Returns grant from the National Agency for Academic Exchange to start his research group at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His academic interests include carbon-rich chemistry, materials science, organic optoelectronics, and supramolecular chemistry. In his free time, Przemek likes to spend time with his family, traveling on his motorbike, mountain biking, snowboarding, and sailing.

Team

Leader
Przemysław Gaweł

Postdocs / Researchers
soon

PhD students
soon

Selected projects

Selected publications

• Pareek A., Mehboob M.Y., Cieplak M., Majdecki M., Szabat H., Noworyta K., Połczyński P., Morawiak M., Sharma P.S., Foroutan-Nejad C., Gaweł P.
  Indoloindolizines: The Complete Story of a Polycyclic Aromatic Scaffold from Theoretical Design to Organic Field-Effect Transistor Applications
  (2025) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (7), pp. 5996 – 6005
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c16189
• Baronas P., Lekavičius J., Majdecki M., Elholm J.L., Kazlauskas K., Gaweł P., Moth-Poulsen K.
  Automated Research Platform for Development of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion Systems
  (2025) ACS Central Science, 11 (3), pp. 413 – 421
  DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c02059
• Majdecki M., Hsu C.-H., Wang C.-H., Shi E.H.-C., Zakrocka M., Wei Y.-C., Chen B.-H., Lu C.-H., Yang S.-D., Chou P.-T., Gaweł P.
  Singlet Fission in a New Series of Systematically Designed Through-space Coupled Tetracene Oligomers
  (2024) Angewandte Chemie – International Edition, 63 (16), art. no. e202401103
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401103
• Gaweł P., Foroutan-Nejad C.
  Carbon rings push limits of chemical theories
  (2023) Nature, 623 (7989), pp. 922 – 924
  DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-03575-5
• Kaiser K., Scriven L.M., Schulz F., Gawel P., Gross L., Anderson H.L.
  An sp-hybridized molecular carbon allotrope, cyclo[18]carbon
  (2019) Science, 365 (6459), pp. 1299 – 1301
  DOI: 10.1126/science.aay1914

Contact

Dr Przemysław Gaweł
email: p.gawel@cent.uw.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 55 43xxx
office: 03.46