A world-renowned scholar. His most important discovery is the development of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP), which allows for the controlled synthesis of macromolecules with a strictly defined structure, as well as copolymers, the production of which by classical methods is impossible. Author of many books and several hundred scientific publications and dozens of patents. Editor of "Progress in Polymer Science" and "Central European Journal of Chemistry".
Foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the American Academy of Engineering Sciences. Laureate of the Polish Science Foundation award. Honorary doctorate of Lodz University of Technology, University of Ghent, and Russian Academy of Sciences.
The ceremony was attended by the Rector of TUL, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik.
In the biography prepared for the ceremony of granting the highest academic dignity of the Rzeszów University of Technology, we read:
The impact of His work is evidenced by the number of citations reaching over 131,000 according to Web of Science (>134,000 according to Scopus, >178,000 according to Google Scholar), which translates into the value of the h-index = 174 according to Web of Science (176 according to Scopus, 204 according to Google Scholar), which is one of the 10 highest among all chemists from around the world.
In addition to these impressive scientific achievements, Prof. Matyjaszewski established consortia bringing together the largest chemical companies from around the world. Their goal is to commercialize the results of research obtained in His team. Over the past few years, he has collaborated with over 60 international companies from Europe, Japan, Korea, South Africa, and North America. The result of this cooperation is 68 American and 155 international patents. In addition, 17 licenses have been granted, based on which the ATRP process is currently used in the production of polymers in companies in Japan, the USA, and Europe.