Warsaw Scientific Society

Leon Marchlewski (1869-1946), organic chemist, professor of chemistry at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, president (rector) of the University from 1926 to 1928, member of the Polish Academy of Skills and the Warsaw Scientific Society. Discovered similarities in the chemical structure of chlorophyll and haemoglobin in 1912. Author of numerous publications, including the academic textbook Chemia Organiczna (Organic Chemistry). 

Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie (Warsaw Scientific Society) Warsaw 1907-present... 

Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie (Cracow Scientific Society), 238, 239, 253, 254 Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie (Warsaw Scientific Society), 239, 249, 250, 253 Towarzystwo Politechniczne (Eemberg Polytechnical Society or Polytechnical Society), 242, 253... 

In the University of Warsaw, in years 1945-1950, Prof. Kemula published only one paper in the Reports of the Warsaw Scientific Society (1948) on the catalytic electroreduction of oxygen. However, already in 1950, several papers prepared by Professor Kemula and his yoimg coworkers appeared. All these papers, with one exception, were devoted to various aspects of polarography. These papers (6) were published either in Polish in Reports of the Warsaw Scientific Society (3) or in English, in Czechoslovak chemical journal—Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. In the latter journal, important papers on polarography were published earlier by researchers from different countries all over the world. 

Formed a little later than its Warsaw counterpart, Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie (1815-1872, The Cracow Scientific Society) was founded by 40 members. In 1872 the Cracow Scientific Society was transformed into Polska Akademia Umiejqtnosci (the Polish Academy of Skills), which is still active today. Chemists belonged to the department of natural and mathematical sciences, as well as the Komisja Balneologiczna (Balneological Committee, formed in 1858) and the Komisja Fizjograficzna (Physiographic Committee, established in 1865). 

Urszula Domahska has been professor. Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology since February 1995. She has been the Head of the Physical Chemistry Division since September 1991 and vice director of the Institute of Fundamental Chemistry (1988-1990). She had long-term scientific visits as visiting professor Laboratoire De Thermodynamique Ft D Analyse Chimique, University of Metz, France University of Turku, Finland Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Natal, South Africa Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, United States. Her interests have included such areas of physical chemistry as thermodynamics, especially thermodynamics of phase equilibria, VLE, LLE, SLE, high-pressure SLE, separation science, calorimetry, correlation and prediction of physical-chemical properties, and ionic liquids. She is a member of the Polish Chemical Society member of the Polish Association of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis member of lUPAC Commission on Solubility member of International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics and scientific advisor at the Journal of Chemical Engineering Data. 

Refs. [i] Sillen LG, Martell AE (1964) Stability constants of metalion complexes, 2ni edn. Hie Chemical Society, London [ii] Sillen LG, Martell AE (1971) Stability constants of metal-ion complexes, supplement no. 1. 7he Chemical Society, London [Hi] Kotrly S, Sticha L (1985) Handbook of chemical equilibria in analytical chemistry. Ellis Horwood, Chichester [iv] 7he IUPAC stability constants database http //www.iupac.org/dhtml home.html [v]GalusZ(1994)Fundamentals of electrochemical analysis, 2ni edn. Ellis Horwood, New York, Polish Scientific Publ PWN, Warsaw... 

Michal Ksawery Cyrailski was born in Warsaw, Poland (1970). In 1994 received his M.Sc. degree and in 1999 his Ph.D. degree, both at the Chemistry Department of Warsaw University. In 1997 he was a holder of the Foundation for Polish Science grant in 1998 he received the distinction of the Kemula Reward (by the Polish Chemical Society) and in 1999 the Kolos Reward for the best Ph.D. work (by the Department of Chemistry of Warsaw University). In 1998-2000 he was a secretary of the Executive Committee of the Polish Chemical Society (elected). His main scientific interests are the structural chemistry of small organic compounds, crystallochemistry, molecular modeling (ab initio), structural aspects of aromatic character of r-electron systems, and definition of aromaticity. So far, he has published over 30 original papers and 5 reviews and presented 5 lectures and over 30 poster and oral communications. His hobby is classical music, especially by J. S. Bach, and singing in a professional choir. 

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