Prof. Piotr Polanowski graduated from the University of Lodz. He was awarded a master's degree in physics in the Faculty of Mathematics Physics and Chemistry in 1987. He joined Lodz University of Technology in 1994, first at the Institute of Polymers, and later at the then newly established Department of Molecular Physics. In 2002, he received his PhD in chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry of Lodz University of Technology, whereas in 2013 he was awarded a postdoctoral degree in physics in the Faculty of Physics of the University of A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
Prof. P. Polanowski has concentrated his research interest on the behavior of simple and complex liquids, such as alloys, polymer solutions, gels, colloidal systems, their dynamic properties, e.g., diffusion or relaxation, and static properties generally related to the topology of the systems. His preferred research tool are network algorithms including DLL (dynamic lattice liquid model) and CMA (cooperative motion algorithm).
Both methods rely on the concept of cooperative movements and both were proposed by prof. Tadeusz Pakuła in the late 20th century. The algorithms, as all Monte Carlo methods, enable effective fluid simulations. Their main advantage is that they can be used to carry out simulations with a network fill factor value if equal to one, which means that all nodes of the network contain elements of the simulated system. Thus, the DLL and CMA methods make simulations of really dense systems, such as exists in the natural world, possible. In general terms, experimental and theoretical findings arrived as a result of the application of these methods are characterized by a high degree of concordance.
Prof. P. Polanowski's research output comprises more than 60 scientific publications, including 55 listed in the Journal Citation Reports . He is a co-author of 4 inventions filed with the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, and a co-author of two inventions and two patent applications for the area of the European Union. He was the principal investigator of 3 grants funded by the KBN and NCN, and worked as a researcher in many other national and European research projects.
In his free time , prof. Piotr Polanowski enjoys bike rides.