Scientific interests:

• Atomically-precise metallic nanoclusters
• Linear and nonlinear optical properties of nanomaterials
• Development of the strategies to enhance fluorescence of weakly emissive fluorophores
• Determination of the origin of chirality in nanoclusters
• Application of nanoclusters as fluorescent probes in complexed biosystems

Expertise:

• Syntheses of gold and silver nanoclusters and their alloys
• Multiphoton microscopy and advanced spectroscopy of nanostructures
• Characterization of linear and nonlinear chiroptical properties of nanostructures
• Advanced data and image analysis (OriginPro, Nanoscope, ImageJ)
• Construction and modification of optical and microscopic systems

Achievements:

• (2021-now) Scholarship holder at the PhD position in SONATA Bis (NCN, 2019/34/E/ST5/00276) project of prof. J. Olesiak-Bańska
• (2020-2021) Laureate of PWr contest for raised PhD Scholarship rearding scientific achievements
• (2017-2018) Laureate of École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay scholarship

Education:

• Currently: PhD studies in Chemical Sciences, Doctoral School of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
• MSc in Physique, specialty: Molecular nano- and bio-photonics for telecommunications and biotechnologies, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, France and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• MSc in Material Engineering, specialty: Advanced Functional Materials, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Contact: anna.pniakowska@pwr.edu.pl