Experience

• The University of British Columbia

  Graduate Research Assistant

  a) Bottom-up development of new compounds for photochemical energy conversion; synthesis of Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes bearing laminate ligands requiring multistep synthetic approaches (for both the synthesis of ligands and complexes); characterized through (1D and 2D) NMR and IR spectroscopies in concert with mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray crystallography
  
  b) Elucidation of photophysical properties of novel complexes through various ground state and excited state techniques; including UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence/phosphorescence measurements, emission lifetime (TCSPC), with emphasis on laser pumped picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
  
  c) Carried out electropolymerization to yield photoactive films from select Ru(II) complexes.
  
  d) Extensive experience with other materials characterization methods; electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, NIR emission measurements, actinometry and surface characterization microscopy techniques such as SEM, TEM and AFM.

• Concordia University

  Assistant Professor

  Marek worked at Concordia University as a Assistant Professor

• Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Development of Earth-abundant homogeneous catalysts and hetereogeneous catalytic surfaces for the generation of solar fuels. More specifically, the photodriven reduction of protons generated in water oxidation to hydrogen gas.