Bogdan Baranowski
Bogdan Baranowski (born 27 October 1927 – 29 June
2014) was a Polish chemist and Professor at the Bogdan Baranowski
Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy Born October 27, 1927
of Sciences (PAN) in Warsaw. He served as President Kępno, Second Polish Republic
of the Polish Chemical Society between 1973 and Died June 29, 2014 (aged 86)
1979. He is known for his theoretical and experimental Warsaw, Poland
research in linear and non-linear non-equilibrium Nationality Polish
thermodynamics and solid state physical chemistry.
Education University of Wrocław
Wrocław University of Science
Life and career and Technology
Known for research on solid state physical
He studied chemistry at the University of Wrocław and chemistry and non-equilibrium
the Wrocław University of Science and Technology thermodynamics
between 1947 and 1951. He became an assistant to discovery of nickel hydride
Professor Kazimierz Gumiński at the Department of Stroka-Baranowski effect
Physical Chemistry. He subsequently continued his Awards
Bourke Award (1973)
scientific work at the newly established Department of Bridgman Award (1995)
Theoretical Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University in
Scientific career
Kraków until 1956 when he joined the Institute of
Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences Fields physical chemistry
in Warsaw. He obtained the title of professor in thermodynamics
[1]
1964. In 1951, he became a member of the Polish Institutions
Jagiellonian University
Chemical Society. He then served as President of the
Polish Academy of Sciences
organization between 1973–1979 and was appointed its
honorary president in 1997.[2] In 1973, he became a
corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and in 1991 he obtained the full membership
status.[3]
He was also a member of many international academies and societies including the German National
Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle, the Deutsche Bunsen Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie,
German Chemical Society, Federation of European Chemical Societies, European High Pressure
Research Group (EHPRG) and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. In the years 1989–1993, he served as
President of the International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology
(AIRAPT).[4]
He was a visiting professor at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, where he conducted
lectures on irreversible thermodynamics (1971–1972), the University of Hannover, and the Solid State
Physics Institute of the Max Planck Society in Stuttgart. He authored or co-authored several hundred
papers and monographs. He served as the editor-in-chief of the Polish Journal of Chemistry since 1991.
He also was a member of editorial boards of Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Journal of
Alloys and Compounds and High Pressure Research.[1]
Awards
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award (1973)
Bourke Award and Bourke Lecture of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1973)
Jędrzej Śniadecki Medal of the Polish Chemical Society (1984)
August Wilhelm von Hofmann Lecutre of the German Chemical Society (1994)
Prime Minister of Poland Award (1994)
Bridgman Award of the International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure
Science and Technology (1995)[5]
Selected publications
Nierównowagowa termodynamika w chemii fizycznej (1974)
High Pressure Chemical Synthesis (with J. Jurczak, 1989)
Free Energy of Hydride Formation in Pd-Ni Alloys (with Lidia Dębowska, 2005)
The Nature of Phase Transition in Me-H Systems. Coherent and Incoherent Equilibria (with
Lidia Dębowska, 2005)
The Vanishing of Thermoelectric Effects in Superconductors (with Lidia Dębowska, 2008)[6]
See also
List of Polish chemists
Timeline of Polish science and technology
References
1. Stanislaw M. Filipek, Izabella Grzegory, Janusz Lipkowski, Stanislaw Sieniutycz. "In
Memoriam: Professor Bogdan Baranowski" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27639
4456_In_Memoriam_Professor_Bogdan_Baranowski). researchgate.net. Retrieved
8 November 2023.
2. "Bogdan Baranowski" (http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,277271,Bogdan-Baranowski-nekrol
og.html). wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 4 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
3. "Bogdan Baranowski" (https://pan.pl/czlonkowie/baranowski_bogdan/). pan.pl (in Polish).
Retrieved 8 November 2023.
4. "Baranowski Bogdan" (https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/3874252/baranowski-bogdan.htm
l). encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
5. "Bridgman Award recipients" (https://www.airapt.org/?q=node/5). airapt.org. Retrieved
8 November 2023.
6. "prof. zw. dr czł. rzecz. PAN Bogdan Baranowski (nie żyje)" (https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/
scientist?id=48297&_k=ga8m78). nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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