Stępień Lab

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Marcin Stępień

Professor, Group leader

Portrait of Marcin Stępień.

Prof. Marcin Stępień🇵🇱

ORCID: 0000-0002-4670-8093

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław

Address: F. Joliot-Curie 14, Wrocław, PL

Office: 2.032

Phone: +48 71 375 7019

Email: marcin.stepien@uwr.edu.pl

Marcin develops synthetic approaches to functional π-conjugated molecules, especially heterocyclic nanographenes, curved aromatic systems, and stable open-shell compounds. His work combines organic synthesis, spectroscopy, crystallography, and computation to understand how molecular shape, symmetry, aromaticity, and redox state control optical, magnetic, and supramolecular behavior. His contributions to the chemistry of functional aromatic molecules were recognized with the 2023 Foundation for Polish Science Prize.

Qualifications

  1. 1999MSc in chemistry, University of Wrocław
  2. 2003PhD in chemistry, University of Wrocław
  3. 2010Habilitation, University of Wrocław
  4. 2017Professor title, President of the Republic of Poland

Recognition

  1. 2000Znatowicz award, Polish Chemical Society
  2. 2003FNP START scholarship, Foundation for Polish Science
  3. 2004Ph.D. dissertation award, Ministry of Education
  4. 2008Team research award, Ministry of Education
  5. 2008Young researcher scholarship, Ministry of Education
  6. 2010W. Kołos scientific award, Polish Academy of Sciences
  7. 2010Polityka Weekly “Zostańcie z nami” award
  8. 2011Habilitation award, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  9. 2018Research excellence award, Ministry of Science
  10. 2018Liebig Lectureship, GDCh
  11. 2019Zasshikai Lectureship, University of Tokyo
  12. 2020Maria Skłodowska-Curie Prize, Polish Academy of Sciences
  13. 2023Foundation for Polish Science Prize

Roles

University of Wrocław logoUniversity of Wrocław

Faculty of Chemistry

  1. 2003–2015Research associate
  2. 2015–2019Associate professor
  3. since 2015Group leader
  4. 2016–2020Vice-dean for research
  5. since 2019Full professor
  6. 2020–2024Chair of the Scientific Council

Faculty of Chemistry · Department of Organic Chemistry

  1. since 2021Head
Polish Academy of Sciences logoPolish Academy of Sciences

Academy of Young Scholars

  1. 2012–2017Member

Institute of Organic Chemistry · Scientific Advisory Board

  1. 2019–2023Scientific Advisory Board member
  1. since 2025Corresponding Member