Agata Hochół, MSc,Eng., a first-year PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Rzeszów University of Technology and a member of the Chmielarz Research Group (https://pchmielarz.v.prz.edu.pl/en/group-members), as well as the chairwoman of the Student and Doctoral Scientific Society of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering "IPSUM" (https://ipsum.prz.edu.pl), has been awarded the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Medal "PRIMUS INTER PARES". Now in its twentieth year, this medal was awarded to the best graduates from the various faculties of Rzeszów University of Technology.
She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry with a high-grade point average in Chemical Technology, and also won a competition for the best master's thesis in chemistry, biology or physics on the issues of surface physicochemistry and interfacial phenomena, organized by the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Physicochemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Moreover, Ms Agata Hochół has significant scientific achievements, including co-authorship of three articles in reptuable scientific journals from the Philadelphia List (Polymer Degradation and Stability (IF5Y 5.8) and European Polymer Journal (IF5Y 5. 1)), and has participated as a speaker in four international conferences (RSC Poster: a global online poster conference, 36th European Conference of Surface Science, Modern Polymeric Materials for Environmental Applications (MPM2023) and Horizons of Science 2022). The graduate also participated in the implementation of research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science within the framework of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of the programme “Student science clubs create innovation,".
The current research activity of Agata Hochół focuses on the application of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) techniques for the synthesis of flame retardants and surface modification of textile materials, such as cotton, to reduce its flammability. Furthermore, the PhD student, in collaboration with members of the KN IPSUM, will begin work on the development of a methodology for the synthesis of innovative, functional urethane-methacrylate copolymers using a non-toxic chemical compound of natural origin, curcumin, replacing dioles from non-renewable sources, as part of the 4th edition of the “Student science clubs create innovation”.
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