Professor Krzysztof Strzelec (Chemical Sciences, Web of Science Core Collection: h-index - 22, no. of publications (2013-2021) - 71, no. of citations for publications from the years 2013-2021 - 935).
His research interests include the synthesis and modification of polymeric materials with a wide range of applications, such as functional polymers and resins, homogeneous catalyst supports, coating and adhesive materials, electroconductive polymers and composites, elastomeric composites and biocomposites, polymeric porous materials, and self-healing plastics.
He is particularly interested in issues related to the use of renewable raw materials in plastics technology.
He has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles in JCR-listed journals and 42 patents.
In 2000-2002, he held a two-year research fellowship at Tokyo University of A&T (TUAT), where he conducted research on the synthesis of conductive polymers for electronics and optoelectronics in Prof. Hisaya Sato's team, as well as taught and lectured to students in three TUAT departments: the Department of Material Systems Engineering, the Department of Applied Chemistry and the Graduate School of Bio-Application and Systems Engineering.
He has participated in and managed numerous ministerial research projects (State Committee for Scientific Research, National Science Centre, National Centre for Research and Development). He collaborates with scientific and industrial centers in the United States and Lithuania.
He led and coordinated the work carried out in three international projects funded by, Covestro North America/Bayer and the U.S. Department of Energy, carried out in cooperation with the Department of Building Materials Physics and Sustainable Design at TUL, Fraunhofer CSE (USA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), Atlas Roofing Corporation (USA), University Tennessee Knoxville.
He was a supervisor in 5 doctoral dissertations.
From 2012 to 2016, he served as Vice-Dean for Quality of Education and Promotion of the Faculty of Chemistry at TUL.
He works at the Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, where he was deputy director for science from 2013-2019, and since 2019 has served as director.