I graduated in Chemistry (with the Rector’s Diploma for outstanding achievements) from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in 2005. In 2010 I received my PhD (obtained with Honors and PhD Thesis Award) from the same University, under the supervision of Prof. K. M. Pietrusiewicz. I gained scientific experience in the research department at Hoffmann - La Roche (Basel, 2009). Then in 2013-2014, I spend around two years as a posdoctoral fellow at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, under the guidance of Prof Alexandre Alexakis. In 2017, I was appointed to my present position at the UMCS, where I joined Prof. M. Stankevič’s group as an Assistant Professor.

My research interests focuses on the asymmetric synthesis; methodology development; homogenous and heterogenous catalysis; organocatalysis and organometallic chemistry.

Publications:

Desymmetrization Approach to the Synthesis of Optically Active P-Stereogenic Phosphin-2-en-4-ones. Łastawiecka, E., Frynas, S., Pietrusiewicz, K. M. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86(9), 6195–6206. doi:10.1021/acs.joc.0c03055

Efficient Oxidative Resolution of 1-Phenylphosphol-2-Ene and Diels–Alder Synthesis of Enantiopure Bicyclic and Tricyclic P-Stereogenic C-P Heterocycles. Pietrusiewicz, K. M., Koprowski, M., Drzazga, Z., Parcheta, R., Łastawiecka, E., Demchuk, O. M., Justyniak, I. Symmetry, 2020, 12(3), 346. doi:10.3390/sym12030346

[4+2] Cycloaddition of vinylphosphine oxides to α-oxy-o-xylylene as a route to phosphorylated naphthyl and biaryl scaffolds. Frynas, S., Łastawiecka, E., Koziol, A. E., Flis, A., Pietrusiewicz, K. M. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019, 84, 1818–1832. doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b02659

 P-Arylation of secondary phosphine oxides catalyzed by nickel-supported nanoparticles. Łastawiecka, E., Flis, A., Stankevič, M., Greluk, M., Słowik, G., Gac, W. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 ,5(13), 2079–2085. doi:10.1039/c8qo00356d 

The reactivity of arylphosphine oxides under Bouveault-Blanc reaction conditions. Korzeniowska, E., Kozioł, A. E., Łastawiecka, E., Flis, A.,  Stankevič, M. Tetrahedron, 2017, 73(34), 5153–5162. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2017.07.004

Asymmetric Bromine-Lithium Exchange: Application toward the Synthesis of New Biaryl-Diphosphine Ligands. Graff, J., Łastawiecka, E., Guénée, L., Leroux, F., Alexakis, A. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2015, 357(13), 2833–2839. doi:10.1002/adsc.201500323