Silvio Osella appointed as university professor

21 05 2026

On May 20th, the Senate of the University of Warsaw appointed the group leader, Silvio Osella, as university professor (profesor uczelni).

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G. Wen^#, F. Xu^#, A. Tries^#, W. Zheng, L. Di Virgilio, S. Fu, X. Chen, L. Yang, Z. Xiao, M. Kläui, S. Osella, J. Ma, X. Wang, X. Feng, Y. Mai, M. Bonn^*, H. I. Wang^∗ “Hot Exciton Dissociation in Graphene Nanoribbons” (# equal contribution) Nature Commun. 17, 5260 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74158-x.
J-J. Zhang, J. Zhang, G. Wen, S. Osella, Z. Qiu, S. Böckmann, X. Wang, B. Maib, Y. Fu, X. Yu, M. R. Hansen, J. Maultzsch, M. Calame, M. L. Perrin, H. I. Wang, M. Bonn, J. Ma*, K. Müllen, X. Feng* “Cyclophane-based Shielding Strategy for Singly Dispersed Graphene Nanoribbons” Nature Chem. (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-026-02172-z.
L. Cartabia,* Y. Dubinina, M. Barbieri, M. Wlazło, P. Schweitzer, M. Wang, F. Lamberti, G. Zoppellaro, D. Schlettwein, B. Smarsly, S. Osella, L. Đorđević, P. Giusto,* T. Gatti* “Sustainable Synthesis of P-doped Carbon Nitride from Fertilizers Sources for Enhanced Photocatalysis” Chem. Photo. Chem. 10, e202600008 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202600008.
J. Wang,^§ C. Liu,^§ H. Huang,^§ S. Osella, S. Ai, Y. Zhang, J. Yang, J-F. Chen,* F. He* “Discovery of Trolox Amide Derivatives as Potent Membrane-Targeted Ferroptosis Inhibitors for Corneal Injury Therapy” Eu. J. Med. Chem. 313, 118880 (2026), (§ equal contribution) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.118880.
H. Zhao, A. Magni, M. Langer, R. Muñoz-Mármol, Q. Chen, H. Hanayama, S. Osella, G. M. Paternò, A. Narita, Amphiphilic Nanographene with Aggregation-Induced Type-I Photodynamic Properties, Aggregate 7, e70348 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70348.
D. D. Kruger, M. Cabrero-Antonino, S. Osella, F. Y. Xu, J. G. Yu, A. Primo and H. Garcia, Surface-State-Regulated Product Distribution in Photothermal CO2 Hydrogenation Over MXene-Based S-Scheme Catalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e8425918 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.8425918.

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G. Wen#, F. Xu#, A. Tries#, W. Zheng, L. Di Virgilio, S. Fu, X. Chen, L. Yang, Z. Xiao, M. Kläui, S. Osella, J. Ma, X. Wang, X. Feng, Y. Mai, M. Bonn*, H. I. Wang∗ “Hot Exciton Dissociation in Graphene Nanoribbons” (# equal contribution) Nature Commun. 17, 5260 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74158-x. J-J. Zhang, J. Zhang, […]