Team Leader

Education:

• 2025 – Full Professor (assigned February 03, 2025)
• 2011 – DSc (habilitation)-Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz (UL)
• 2009–2010 – Postgraduate studies, University of Lodz and University of Texas, Austin, Master of Science in Science and Technology Commercialization
• 2002 – PhD-Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, UL

Employment:

• 03.2025 – pres. Professor, Institute of Medical Biology PAS (IMB PAS)
• 2013-2025 – Professor of IMB PAS
• 2012–pres. – Head of Screening Laboratory, IMB PAS
• 2003-2013 – Research Associate, IMB PAS (formerly Centre for Microbiology and Virology PAS)
• 1997-2002 – Research Assistant, Centre for Microbiology and Virology, PAS

Prizes and awards:

• Maria Sklodowska-Curie commemorative medal of the Polish Chemical Society for exceptional contributions to the Polish Chemical Society (PTChem), 2022, Poland.
• Badge of Honor of PTChem, 2022, Poland
• Award Director of the IMB PAS for articles published in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014-2016, 2021-2025
• Award Presidium of the Lodz Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools on Lodz – for scientific output, November 2008
• First prize for the best presentation – The International Meeting on Boron Chemistry. IMEBORON XIII, September 21-25, 2008, Platja d’Aro, Spain
• Paper: Z. J. Leśnikowski, E. Paradowska, A. B. Olejniczak, M. Studzińska, P. Seekamp, U. Schusler, D. Gabel, R. F. Schinazi, J. Plesek, “Towards new boron carrier for boron neutron capture therapy; metallacarboranes and their nucleoside conjugates“, Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2005, 13, 4168-4175, was one of the fifty most cited papers in 2005-2009, Organic & Inorganic Chemistry Publishing House, Elsevier LTD, UK
• Warsaw Scientific Society and Foundation for Polish Science – conference grants for young researchers, Warsaw, 2005 (participation in the Conference on Boron Chemistry IMEBORON-XII, Sendai)

Book chapters:

• A. B. Olejniczak, Z. J. Leśnikowski, “Boron Clusters as Redox Labels for Nucleosides and Nucleic Acids“, in: Handbook of Boron Science with Applications in Organometallics, Catalysis, Materials and Medicine, vol. 4. Boron in Medicine. (Eds.: N. S. Hosmane, R. Eagling), World Scientific, 2019, pp 1-13.
• B. A. Wojtczak, A. B. Olejniczak, Z. J. Lesnikowski, “Nucleoside modification with boron cluster and their metal complexes“, Curr. Protoc. Nucleic Acid Chem., 2009, chapter 4, unit 4.37, pp. 1-26.
• Z. J. Lesnikowski, A. B. Olejniczak, R. F. Schinazi, “At the crossroads of biological and inorganic chemistry – oligonucleotides and oligophosphates containing boron clusters“, Frontiers in Nucleic Acids, IHL Press, Informed Horizons, LLC, Tucker, GA, 2004, pp. 577-592.

Patents: 

• No. 240992 „Pochodna naftalimidu, sposób wytwarzania oraz jej zastosowanie”, A. Bogucka-Kocka, P. Kołodziej, A. B. Olejniczak, B. Gruner, J. Nekvinda
• No. 234565 „Pochodne kwasu 6-aminopenicylanowego (6-APA), związki pośrednie, sposób ich wytwarzania oraz ich zastosowanie medyczne”, A. B. Olejniczak, Z. J. Leśnikowski, D. Różycka
• No. 222314 „Bioczujnik elektrochemiczny oraz zastosowanie bioczujnika”, A. B. Olejniczak, Z. Leśnikowski, A. B. Góra-Sochacka, J. Radecki, H. Radecka, I. Grabowska, A. Sirko
• No. 207183 „Pochodna nukleozydu, modyfikowany oligonukleotyd oraz sposób otrzymywania pochodnej nukleozydu”, Z. J. Leśnikowski, A. Olejniczak
• U.S. Patent No. 8026348 “Nucleoside Derivative, Modified Oligonucleotide, Method for Their Synthesis and Applications Thereof”, Z. J. Leśnikowski, A. Olejniczak

Organizational activities:

• 2025 – chairwoman of the Organizing Committee of 10. European Conference on Boron Chemistry, Euroboron10, Lodz, Poland, 2025, July 6-10 (www.euroboron10.eu)
• 2025-2028 – Member of the Management Board of the Łódź Branch of PTChem
• 2024 – member of the scientific committee of 20^th International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy, ICNCT 20, Krakow, Poland, 2024, June 24-28
• 2023 – pres.-member of the International Advisory Committee of Imeboron and Euroboron conferences
• 2020-2021 – chairwoman of the Organizing Committee of the 63^rd Scientific Congress of PTchem, September 13-17, 2021, Lodz
• 2019-2024 -chairwoman of the Lodz Branch of PTChem (www.ptchem.lodz.pl) and Member of the Board of Directors of PTChem
• 2008 – co-organization of European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop on BioBor – Exploring New Opportunitiesof Boron Chemistry Towards Medicine, 2008, May 9-12, Lodz, Poland