Tomasz Marszalek honoured with the Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Habilitation Achievements
Prestigious national distinction for pioneering research in organic field-effect transistors
Tomasz Marszalek, group leader at the MPI for Polymer Research, received the Polish Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Achievements in Habilitation in Physics. The award recognises his innovative research on optimising charge carrier transport in thin organic field-effect transistors, highlighting a major contribution to the advancement of organic electronics.
The Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Achievements in Habilitation in Physics in Poland (2025) has been conferred upon Tomasz Marszalek in recognition of his exceptional scientific accomplishments. His awarded habilitation achievement, entitled “Charge Carrier Transport Optimisation in Thin Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, was submitted by Lodz University of Technology. The award is granted only once per year in each scientific discipline, making it one of the most prestigious distinctions for academic excellence in Poland.
The Prime Minister’s Award honours highly advanced research that significantly contributes to the development of science. Marszalek’s work was recognised for its originality and impact in the field of organic electronics, particularly for advancing the understanding of how molecular structure, substituent effects and interfacial microstructure influence charge carrier transport in organic semiconductor devices.
About Tomasz Marszalek
Tomasz Marszalek studied Technical Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Lodz University of Technology, where he obtained his Master of Science degree. He completed his PhD in Chemical Technology in 2012 at the Department of Molecular Physics under the supervision of Professor Jacek Ulański. Following his doctorate, he carried out postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz in the department of Professor Klaus Müllen. He later joined the group of Professor Uwe Bunz at Heidelberg University while simultaneously remaining affiliated with MPI-P as a postdoctoral guest researcher in the Molecular Electronics group led by Professor Paul Blom.
In January 2018, he additionally joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research as a group leader in the Department of Molecular Electronics.
