ProfessorMaciej Trejda

Head of Heterogeneous Catalysis Department

Maciej Trejda obtained his D.Sc. in 2005 (title of thesis: “Characterization of iron active species in mesoporous materials and silica”, PhD thesis supervisor: prof. dr hab. Maria Ziółek) and a postdoctoral degree of habilitation in 2015 (title of scientific achievement: “Nanoporous materials effective in transformation of alcohols”). Since 2018 he is an associate professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Chemistry, and from 2020 he is a Head of Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis. He completed numerous internships abroad: France (Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, CNRS, Villeurbanne - 2002; Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, ISMRA Universite, Caen – 2003 i 2006), Germany (Technische Universität Dresden –  2004), The Netherlands (Delft University of Technology, Delft - 2007) and Taiwan (National Tsing Hua Univeristy, Hsinchu – 2018). He was a secretary of 6th International Symposium on Group Five Elements (Poznań, 7-10 maja 2008 r.).  In the period of 2015-2018 he was a Vice-President of the Polish Zeolite Association. Maciej Trejda was a Managing and Guest Editor of a special issue of Catalysis Today “Fascinating Catalysis”.

    Functions:

  • Head of Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the A. Mickiewicz University Publishing House (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM) in Poznań
  • Member of Polish and International Zeolite Associations
  • Member of Polish Catalysis Club
  • Awards:

  • Leonardo da Vinci scholarship, 2004
  • Kulczyk’s Fundation award for remarkable scientific achievements Poznań, January 2005
  • The individual award for remarkable PhD thesis from the Rector of A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, August 2005
  • Award for the best PhD thesis on Faculty of Chemistry at Adam Mickiewicz University (2005/2006) Poznań, September 2006
  • President’s of Poznań Scholarship for young scientists Poznań, October 2007
  • Team awards (10) for the achievement in the research from the Rector of A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
  • Award "Longo sed proximus intervallo" A. Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Poznań 24 September 2014
  • Nanomaterials – synthesis, modification and characterization
  • Acid-base catalysis
  • Catalytic oxidation processes
  • Sustainable chemistry, renewable raw materials