Mikołaj Janicki, Ph.D.

Mikołaj Janicki studied the photochemistry and photophysics of biologically and prebiotically relevant heterocyclic molecules during his work with the group. His research examined how solvent molecules, substituents and neighbouring chromophores influence excited-state relaxation and photochemical reactivity.

Doctoral thesis

Theoretical studies of the influence of environment on photochemical and photophysical properties of selected heterocyclic compounds.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 2022. Supervisor: Robert W. Góra. Co-supervisor: Jiří Šponer. Subsidiary supervisor: Rafał Szabla.

Title page and English abstract (PDF, 3 pages)

The full thesis is available on request through private correspondence. Please contact Robert W. Góra by email to request a copy.

Shared publications

1. Żaneta A. Mała, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Robert W. Góra, Krzysztof A. Konieczny, Rafał Kowalczyk. Mechanochemical Assisted Chemoselective and Stereoselective Hydrogen‐Bonding Catalyzed Addition of Dithiomalonates to Enones. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2023, 365, 3342-3352.
2. Mikołaj Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Robert Góra. Fotoreaktywność związków heterocyklicznych w warunkach zmieniającego się otoczenia chemicznego w świetle chemii obliczeniowej. Wiadomości Chemiczne, 2023, 77, 995-1014.
3. Mikołaj J. Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra. Photoinduced water–chromophore electron transfer causes formation of guanosine photodamage. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022, 24, 8217-8224.
4. Marta Dudek, Marco Deiana, Kinga Szkaradek, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Ziemowit Pokładek, Robert W. Góra, Katarzyna Matczyszyn. Light-Induced Modulation of Chiral Functions in G-Quadruplex–Photochrome Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 9436-9441.
5. Mikołaj J. Janicki, Corinna L. Kufner, Zoe R. Todd, Seohyun C. Kim, Derek K. O’Flaherty, Jack W. Szostak, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Rafał Szabla. Ribose Alters the Photochemical Properties of the Nucleobase in Thionated Nucleosides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 6707-6713.
6. Jianfeng Xu, Václav Chmela, Nicholas J. Green, David A. Russell, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Robert W. Góra, Rafał Szabla, Andrew D. Bond, John D. Sutherland. Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleosides. Nature, 2020, 582, 60-66.
7. Żaneta A. Mała, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Natalia H. Niedźwiecka, Robert W. Góra, Krzysztof A. Konieczny, Rafał Kowalczyk. Stereoselectivity Enhancement During the Generation of Three Contiguous Stereocenters in Tetrahydrothiophenes. ChemCatChem, 2020, 13, 574-580.
8. Żaneta A. Ignatiuk, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Robert W. Góra, Krzysztof Konieczny, Rafał Kowalczyk. Applications of Thermal Activation, Ball-milling and Aqueous Medium in Stereoselective Michael Addition of Nitromethane to Enynones Catalyzed by Chiral Squaramides. 2019.
9. Mikołaj J. Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra. Electron-driven proton transfer enables nonradiative photodeactivation in microhydrated 2-aminoimidazole. Faraday Discussions, 2018, 212, 345-358.
10. Loren Ban, Joel Bowman, Stephen Bradforth, Gilberte Chambaud, Martin Dracinsky, Ingo Fischer, Robert Góra, Majdi Hochlaf, Mikolaj Janicki, Adam Kirrander, Anne B. McCoy, Jens Petersen, Jeremy Richardson, Petr Slavicek, Krzysztof Szalewicz, Anne Zehnacker-Rentien. Molecules in confinement in liquid solvents: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 2018, 212, 383-397.
11. Mikołaj J. Janicki, Samuel J. Roberts, Jiří Šponer, Matthew W. Powner, Robert W. Góra, Rafał Szabla. Photostability of oxazoline RNA-precursors in UV-rich prebiotic environments. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 13407-13410.
12. Mikołaj J. Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra. Solvation effects alter the photochemistry of 2-thiocytosine. 2018.
13. Rafal Szabla, Robert Władysław Góra, Mikołaj Janicki, Jiri Sponer. Photorelaxation of Imidazole and Adenine via Electron-Driven Proton Transfer Along H2O Wires. 2016.