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Dr. Andrzej T. Plichta

Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
aplichta@andrew.cmu.edu

EDUCATION
	Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland	2005

	Ph.D. Chemistry
	Research on synthesis and structure of polymeric materials obtained from heterocyclic monomers and carbon dioxide (The Highest Distinction from the Faculty Council)

	Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland	2001
	M.S. Chemistry
	Research on synthesis and properties of UV/Visible-sensitive and fire-resistant polyarylates.

Postdoctoral Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry

October 2007—Present

Assistant Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemistry , Warsaw, Poland

January 2006—Present

Ph.D. student, Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemistry , Warsaw, Poland

2000—2005

Internship: PPH Polimarky, Rzeszów, Poland

Polymer processing, plastic pipes production, quality control of processed plastics (ISO 9002)

2000 (1 month)

1999		„Socrates-Erasmus” Scholarship for three months at Napier University in Edinburgh, UK, 1999.
2005-2008		Polish and abroad workshops on polymer synthesis, analysis and processing, during Ph.D.

	•	Fire resistant, UV/Visible sensitive polyarylates and copolymers: Zhang, H.; Coughlin, E. B.; Westmoreland, P. R.; Farris, R. J.; Plichta, A.; Brzozowski, Z. Polymer Preprints 2002, 43, 340.
	•	Thermal decomposition and flammability of fire-resistant, UV/visible-sensitive polyarylates, copolymers and blends: Zhang, H.; Westmoreland, P. R.; Farris, R. J.; Coughlin, E. B.; Plichta, A.; Brzozowski, Z. K. Polymer 2002, 43, 5463.
	•	Cyclic carbonates in the synthesis of biodegradable polymers: Plichta, A.; Florjanczyk, Z.; Rokicki, G. Polimery, 2005, 50, 537 (in Polish).
	•	Ring opening polymerization initiated by methylaluminoxane/AlMe3 complexes: Florjanczyk, Z.; Plichta, A.; Sobczak, M. Polymer 2006, 47, 1081.
	•	Organically Modified Aluminophosphates: Transformation of Boehmite into Nanoparticles and Fibers Containing Aluminodiethylphosphate Tectons: Florjanczyk, Z.; Wolak, A.; Debowski, M.; Plichta, A.; Ryszkowska, J.; Zachara, J.; Ostrowski, A.; Zawadzak, E.; Jurczyk-Kowalska, M. Chem. Mater. 2007; 19; 5584.
	•	E. Zygadlo-Monikowska, Z. Florjanczyk, A. Wolak, A. Lasota, A. Plichta; Polish patent application P.368877 of July 1, 2004.
	•	A. Plichta, Z. Florjanczyk, Polish patent application P.380754 of October 4, 2006.

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