Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry: 2005-2008 & 2008-2012
Head od Department of Chemical Technology: 2011-2015, 2015-2019 and 2019-

Professional experience gained abroad:

1989/1990 (September 1989 - August 1990) Institute of Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, "Controlled surface reactions of SnEt₄ with VIII group metals supported on different metal oxides and carbon", one-year research internship in the team of prof. Josef Margitfalvi.

1992 (March-July) Ecole National Superieure de Chimie de Lille, France, "Investigations of hydrocarbons conversion over tungsten catalysts", four-month research internship in the team of prof. Ginette Leclercq.

Reviews of 31 Ph.D. Thesis and 18 applications for the professor position made at the request of the authorities of Pakistani universities (Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, University of Punjab, Sargodha University, Government College University Faisalabad, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, University of Balochistan Quetta).

Born at February 24^th, 1959. Graduated from the secondary school with the final exam (1978, Elblag). Graduated from Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun (Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry – 1983). Ph.D. thesis under supervision of professor J. Barcicki (University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska – 1992). D.Sc. (habilitation) in 2004 (University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska). Scientific title of professor (2014).

The author and co-author of  169 published scientific articles, 316 announcements and presentations as well as about 340 different forms of scientific activity (e.g. a referee of scientific articles, PhD and DSc thesis, applications for the professor position and scientific professor title as well as national and international lectures).

Faculty representative in European Chemistry Thematic Network Association (ECTNA). Eurobachelor and Euromaster Label Committee Member (2006-2008 and 2008-2010). Since 2014 this Team advisor.

The scientific interest is focused on the preparation of supported mono- and bimetallic catalysts, application of infrared spectroscopy (including photoacoustics) for characterization of adsorbents, catalysts and solids.

Married, three children. Wife - Beata, is a biology teacher in XIV vocationally-oriented secondary school as well as a main expert for the teachers' training in the Department of Education at the Lublin Municipal Council.

Daughter - Marta graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (graphic arts) 

                as well as at Catholic University of Lublin (history of art; Doctor 2019).
Daughter – Aleksandra (M.Sc. architecture engineer) graduated from Lublin University of Technology.
Son – Aleksander intern doctor, graduated from Lublin Medical University.
Granddaughter - Natalia (14 years).

 Activity for Maria Curie-Sklodowska University   

• Member of the Faculty Board (Faculty of Chemistry): 1993-1999, 2002-2019;
• Member of the Institute of Chemical Sciences Board: 2019-;
• Member of the University Senate: 2008-2012;
• Member of the Library Council: 2008-2012, 2012-2016, 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 (chairman of the council);
• Member of the Rectors’ Commission for credit system – based on ECTS (1996-1999);
• Co-author (together with prof. J. Rogalski) of the first university application for Socrates Programme;
• Co-author and administrator of one year Tempus project CME -03059 QUALITY OF EDUCATION SYSTEM TESTING – QUEST (the co-ordinator and contractor was prof. J. Szynal);
• Author and administrator of over 3 year Tempus project S_JEP -12228 UMCS - CHEMICAL STUDIES REORGANIZATION - UMCS-CSR (the co-ordinator and contractor was prof. J. Rayss; the project was supported by the European Commission in the amount of ca. 300 thousand EUR);
• Faculty Co-ordinator for International Programmes (2003 - 2005);
• Faculty (2004-2006) and University (2004-2016) Co-ordinator for Bologna Process and European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System - ECTS;
• Member of the Rectors’ Commission for strategy elaboration of the university development (29.06.2004 – 31.08.2005).

Prizes and distinctions

• Since March 1995 till 2006 the official correspondent of the scientific journal Applied Catalysis A: General News Brief;
• In the frame of Socrates Programme series of lectures at Limerick University (Republic of  Ireland) - June 2000, at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering Porto University (Portugal) - November 2001, in Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille (France) - January 2005, in South Karelia Polytechnic, Imatra (Finland) - March 2005, Aalborg University (Denmark) - April 2008;
• Many times Rectors' prizes;
• Rector’s scientific grant (09.2002 – 08.2003);
• W. Kemula prize admitted by the Board of Polish Chemical Society - XLVI Annual Meeting of Polish Chemical Society, 15-18.09.2003 Lublin, Poland;
• Appointed by the European Commission as a member of the national team of Bologna Promoters (09.2004-12.2006), confirmed by the Polish Minister of National Education (21.10.2004, Warsaw). Member of the National Team of Bologna Experts (2007-2011).
• Member of the Executive Board of the Polish Chemical Society 2013-2015, 2016-2018 and 2019-2021,
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of New Chemical Synthesis In Pulawy, 2015-2019,
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Physicochemistry of Surfaces in Cracow 2019-2021,
• Medal of the National Commission for Education (23.10.2009).
• Gold Cross of Merit (23.10.2010).
  Polish Chemical Society occasional medal for his contribution to the Association and for activities
  in the Executive Board in the term of office 2013-2015 (Gdańsk 21.09.2015).

Selected scientific articles
1.J. Ryczkowski, IR spectroscopy in catalysis, Catal. Today, 68 (2001) 263-381.
2. J. Ryczkowski, M. Kuśmierz, D. Nazimek, S. Pasieczna, Hydrogenolysis of n-butane over
    Ru/Al₂O₃ catalysts, Adsorp. Sci. Technol., 20 (2002) 995-1011.
3. J. Ryczkowski, Ruthenium red interaction with alumina surface – FT-IR/PAS studies, 
     Vibr. Spectrosc., 34 (2004) 247-252.
4. J. Ryczkowski, S. Pasieczna, J.L. Figueiredo, M.F.R. Pereira, T. Borowiecki,
   Characterization of activated carbons by FT-IR/PAS and TPD,
   J. Phys. IV, 117 (2004) 57-64.
5. Sadiq-ur-Rehman, Khadija Shahid, Saqib Ali, Mohammad Mazhar, Amin Badshah, George
    Eng, Xueqing Song, Janusz Ryczkowski, Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and in
    vitro biological activity of organotin(IV) complexes of (E)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-
    2-propenoic acid, Heteroatom Chem., 16 (2005) 175-183.
6. J. Ryczkowski, J. Goworek, T. Borowiecki, W. Gac, S. Pasieczna, Temperature removal of
    templating agent from MCM-41 silica materials, Thermochim. Acta, 434 (2005) 2-8.
7. J. Ryczkowski, IR studies of EDTA alkaline salts interaction with the surface of inorganic
    oxides, Appl. Surf. Sci., 252 (2005) 813-822.
8. T. Borowiecki, J. Ryczkowski, Promoters of the catalysts for methane conversion into
    synthesis gases, in Focus on Catalysis Research (L.P. Bevy, Ed.), Nova Publishers
    (ISBN: 1-59454-810-2, 2006, pp 101-146.
9. J. Ryczkowski, Spectroscopic evidences of EDTA interaction with inorganic supports
     during the preparation of supported metal catalysts, Vibr. Spectrosc., 43 (2007) 203-209.
10. J. Ryczkowski, Application of infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy in catalysis,
       Catal. Today, 124 (2007) 11-20.
11. J. Ryczkowski, Laser Spectroscopy Applied to Catalysis Research, Chapter 14 in Lasers in Chemistry:
      Probing and Influencing Matter (M. Lackner, Ed.), Wiley-VCH, ISBN: 978-3-527-31997-8, 2008,
      pp 403-422.
12. M. Kijeńska, E. Kowalska, B. Pałys, J. Ryczkowski, Degradability of composites of low density
       polyethylene/polypropylene blends filled with rape straw,
       Polymer Degrad. Stability, 95 (2010) 536-542.
13. J. Ryczkowski, Infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy in catalysis and surface science, 
       Appl. Surf. Sci.,  256 (2010) 5545-5550.
14. M. Barczak, A. Dąbrowski, S. Pikus, J. Ryczkowski, P. Borowski, M. Kozak, Studies of the structure
       and chemistry of SBA-15 organosilicas functionalized with amine, thiol, vinyl and phenyl groups,
       Adsorption, 16 (2010) 457-463.
15. K. Antoniak, P. Kowalik, W. Próchniak, M. Konkol, A. Wach, P. Kuśtrowski, J. Ryczkowski,
       Effect of flash calcined alumina support and potassium dopping on the activity of Co-Mo catalysts
       in sour gas shift process, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 423-424 (2012) 114-120.
16. T. Borowiecki, M. Dmoch, E. Franczyk, A. Gołębiowski, P. Kowalik, J. Ryczkowski, Skroplony
      gaz ziemny (LNG). Właściwości i zastosowanie w przemyśle azotowym,
      Przem. Chem., 92 (2013) 2331-2338.
17. K. Antoniak-Jurak, P. Kowalik, W. Próchniak, W. Raróg-Pilecka, P. Kuśtrowski, J. Ryczkowski,
      Sour gas shift process over sulfided Co-Mo-K catalysts supported on carbon material - support
      characterization and catalytic activity of catalysts, Fuel Proc. Tech., 138 (2015) 305-313.

18. A. Klyushina, K. Pacultová, St. Krejcová, G. Słowik, K. Jirátová, F. Kovanda, J. Ryczkowski,
      L. Obalova, Advantages of stainless steel sieves as support for catalytic N₂O decomposition,
      over K-doped Co₃O₄, Catal. Today, 257 (2015) 2-10.
19. D. Macina, Z. Piwowarska, K. Taracha, K. Góra-Marek, J. Ryczkowski, L. Chmielarz,
      Mesoporous silica materials modified with alumina polycations as catalysts for the synthesis of
      dimethyl ether from methanol, Mater. Res. Bull., 74 (2016) 425-435.
20. K. Antoniak-Jurak, P. Kowalik, M. Konkol, W. Próchniak, R. Bicki, W. Raróg-Pilecka,
      P. Kuśtrowski, J. Ryczkowski, Sulfur tolerant Co–Mo–K catalysts supported on carbon materials
      for sour gas shift process — Effect of support modification, Fuel Process. Technol., 144 (2016) 305–313.

21. M. Bonarowska, Z. Kaszkur, G. Słowik, J. Ryczkowski, Z. Karpiński, Tetrachloromethane as an
      effective agent for transforming nanoparticles of palladium and gold in supported catalysts,
      ChemCatChem, 8 (2016) 2625-2629.
22. J. Kurczewska, J. Ryczkowski, S. Pasieczna-Patkowska, G. Schroeder, Photoacoustic infrared
      spectroscopic studies of silica gels with organically functionalized surface,
      Spectrosc. Lett., 49 (2016) 529-534.
23. L. Chmielarz, A. Kowalczyk, M. Skoczek, M. Rutkowska, B. Gil, P. Natkańskia, M. Radko, M. Motak, 
      R. Dębek, J. Ryczkowski, Porous clay heterostructures intercalated with multicomponent pillars as catalysts 
      for dehydration of alcohols, Appl. Clay Sci., 160 (2018) 116-125.
24. P. Pączkowski, M. Grochowicz, A. Chabros, B. Gawdzik, J. Ryczkowski, Infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy
      as an alternative tool for the analysis of surface-modified glycidyl-based polymeric microspheres,
      Polymer Testing, 76 (2019) 173–180.
25. M. Pawlaczyk, S. Pasieczna-Patkowska, J. Ryczkowski, G. Schroeder, Photoacoustic infrared spectroscopic
      studies of silica surface functionalized by dendrimers, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 103 (2019) 102943.
      DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2019.102943
26. J. Ryczkowski, EDTA – synthesis and selected applications, Annales UMCS,  Sectio AA Chemia, 74 (2019)
      1-8. DOI: 10.17951/aa.2019.74.1.1-8
27. R. Bicki, K. Antoniak-Jurak, K. Michalska, M. Konkol, P. Kowalik, M. Pańczyk, J. Ryczkowski, G. Słowik,
      T. Borowiecki, The effect of La₂O₃ i CeO₂ modifiers on properties of Ni-Al catalysts for LNG prereforming,
      Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 46 (2021) 11664-11676; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.01.038
28. J. Ryczkowski, The future of carbon dioxide, Prog. Petrochem. Sci. (PPS.000578), 4(1) (2021) 391-393;
      DOI: 10.31031/PPS.2021.04.000578

Heterogeneous catalysis. Application of infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy for solids characterization.