Prof. Ewa Gorecka (University of Warsaw) is the head of Laboratory of  Dielectrics and Magnetics at Warsaw University, Department of Chemistry, her group specialises in characterization of soft matter structure.  Ewa Gorecka is a leading expert in the field of liquid crystals.  Her main  interests are: chiral liquid crystalline structures build of achiral molecules,  hybrid inorganic–organic structures, polar phases, gels and complex structure of polymers. She is an expert in applying X-ray techniques to study soft matter. She has published over 300 articles that have been cited over 7,000 times.

Awards:

1990 Japanese Applied Physical Society award for the participation in the discovery of the antiferroelectric liquid crystals

1998 Prof. Kemula award for the research related to liquid crystals

2015 Wojciech Swiętosławski Warsaw University award for research related to liquid crystals

2018 Prime Minister award for research related to soft matter

2020 Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej https://www.fnp.org.pl/prof-ewa-gorecka-laureatka-nagrody-fnp-2020/

Member of the International conference boards: International Liquid Crystal Conferences, European Liquid Crystal Conferences and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conferences

Reviewer: national and European projects (E RC Advanced grants); international Chemistry and Physics journals in the field of liquid crystals (Phys Rev, Angew. Chem, Soft Matter etc)

Editor: associated editor of Soft Matter journal and Liquid Crystal journal

Member of international organizations: International Liquid Crystalline Society Awards Committee: every second year nominates scientists for the most important prices in liquid crystal research (Glen Brown, Michi Nakata and de Genne’s awards).