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I am passionate about making the semiconductor industry more sustainable. I find this topic fascinating due to its complexity and the intersectionality it presents. It offers so many opportunities: new technological developments, business changes, employee action, and social justice. My first publication was a collaboration with the Innovation Research Interchange and Babson College researchers:

• "Transforming Inspiration for Environmental Sustainability into Self-Organized Action at Lam Research" IRI 2024

More recently, I was a first author on the analysis of how simulation and AI can minimize carbon emission in the R&D environment by reducing the need for physical experimentation in the cleanroom:

• "Achieving Sustainability in the Semiconductor Industry: The Impact of Simulation and AI" IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 2024

One of my areas of interest enabled by work at Lam Research (more details in the Projects section).

• "Human–machine collaboration for improving semiconductor process development" Nature 2023
• "Achieving Sustainability in the Semiconductor Industry: The Impact of Simulation and AI" IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 2024

I have been experimenting with writing longer-form content on Medium. My first article covers my impressions after reading a variety of career books on effective work in large corporations. The second article describes my career transition into sustainability and some universal lessons from this experience. I also added an English translation of an article I published in a Polish newspaper, "Gazeta Wyborcza".

My main research topic in academia (or at least the one I thought I'd study the most). My experience with electrochemistry started at Warsaw University during high school summers. I got captivated by artificial photosynthesis thanks to Yale's Gary Brudvig and then continued the vision of exploring the use of renewable electricity for catalytic conversion at UC Berkeley with my advisor, Paul Alivisatos (now at UChicago). 

• "Factors and Dynamics of Cu Nanocrystal Reconstruction under CO2 Reduction" ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019
• "Structure and Dynamics of Cu and Cu-Ag" Nanocrystal Catalysts during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. My dissertation containing otherwise unpublished Cu-Ag catalytic results. 2019
• Introductory Perspectives to "Electrochemical Engineering: From Discovery to Product" Wiley 2018
• "Surfactant-mediated electrodeposition of a water-oxidizing manganese oxide" Dalton Transactions 2015
• "Study of selenium electrodeposition at gold electrode by voltammetric and rotating disc electrode techniques" J. Electroanalytical Chem 2015

The journey toward a PhD is full of surprises, and my initial research endeavors did not yield the results I had hoped for. However, this experience taught me the importance of pursuing intriguing discoveries and bouncing back from setbacks. I think that successful science always involves teamwork. It was a challenging yet fulfilling process of acquiring valuable skills and discovering how they can benefit the work of others.

• "Tailoring morphology of Cu–Ag nanocrescents and core–shell nanocrystals guided by a thermodynamic model" JACS 2018
• "Self-Limiting Shell Formation in Cu@ Ag Core–Shell Nanocrystals during Galvanic Replacement" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020
• "Design Principles for Trap-Free CsPbX3 Nanocrystals: Enumerating and Eliminating Surface Halide Vacancies with Softer Lewis Bases" JACS 2018
• "The making and breaking of lead-free double perovskite nanocrystals of cesium silver–bismuth halide compositions" Nano Lett. 2018
• "Probing the Stability and Band Gaps of Cs2AgInCl6 and Cs2AgSbCl6 Lead-Free Double Perovskite Nanocrystals" Chem. Mater. 2019