CeNT Symposium 2026
26 05 2026
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Last week, on May 21, the CeNT 2026 Symposium took place at the University of Warsaw’s Center for New Technologies. The Center for New Technologies is currently in the process of recruiting five new group leaders for its laboratories, and the CeNT Symposium serves as the culminating event of the recruitment process, during which 13 final candidates presented their research and their vision for leading research groups.
The event was opened by CeNT Director Prof. Jacek Jemielity, followed by a speech by the Vice Rector for Research at the University of Warsaw and Chair of the CeNT Scientific Council, Prof. Zygmunt Lalak.
At the CeNT 2026 Symposium, 13 candidates for laboratory directors delivered lectures, representing fields as diverse as archaeology, quantum physics, immunology, bioinformatics, and materials chemistry, and hailing from the University of Warsaw, other Polish universities and research institutes, as well as foreign universities. Full list of candidates and symposium schedule is available here: https://cent.uw.edu.pl/cent-symposium-2026-may-21/
On the second day, the recruitment committee:
Prof. Jacek Jemielity – Center for New Technologies, University of Warsaw, committee chair,
Prof. Bartosz Trzaskowski, – Center for New Technologies, University of Warsaw, committee vice-chair
Prof. Adam Kubas – Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki, – International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw
Prof. Agnieszka Szumna – Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Michał Tomza – Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Prof. Renata Bilewicz – Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, member recommended by the Scientific Council for the Discipline of Chemical Sciences,
Prof. Piotr Fita – Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, member recommended by the Scientific Council for the Discipline of Physical Sciences,
Prof. Anna Karnkowska – Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, member recommended by the Scientific Council for Biological Sciences,
held individual meetings with the candidates and recommended five candidates to serve as new research group leaders:
Małgorzata Kot, Center for New Technologies, University of Warsaw
Piotr Kowalski, University College Cork
Radosław Nowak, University of Bonn
Barbara Uszczyńska-Ratajczak, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Sidney Wright, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society