On December 14, at the Działyński Palace, the seat of the Poznań Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the matriculation ceremony of new doctoral students of the Poznań Doctoral School of Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PDS IPAS) and the awarding of diplomas to the doctors promoted in 2023 at the institutes co-creating PDS IPAS took place.

24 people were solemnly admitted to the group of doctoral students of the PDS IPAS, who in 2023 won open, international contests for these positions.

Doctoral diplomas in the disciplines of biological sciences and chemical sciences, from the Director of IBCH PAS, prof. Luiza Handschuh, and the Chairman of the Scientific Council of IBCH PAS, prof. Andrzej Legocki, were awarded to 18 people:

• Dr. Natalia Bartyś
• Dr. Marcin Biesiada
• Dr. Katarzyna Biniek-Antosiak
• Dr. Kinga Ciechanowska
• Dr. Tomasz Jamruszka – (cum laude)
• Dr. Aleksandra Jarmołowicz
• Dr. Paweł Joachimiak
• Dr. Alicja Komur – (cum laude)
• Dr. Konrad Kuczyński – (cum laude)
• Dr. Małgorzata Marszałek-Zeńczak – (cum laude)
• Dr. Katarzyna Nowis
• Dr. Cezary Odrzygóźdź
• Dr. Magdalena Paluch
• Dr. Carolina Pereira Roxo – (cum laude)
• Dr. Piotr Piasecki
• Dr. Agnieszka Szczepańska
• Dr. Łukasz Witucki
• Dr. Marta Wojnicka – (cum laude)

Doctoral diploma in the discipline of physical sciences from the Director of IMP PAS, prof. Zbigniew Trybuła and the Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of IMP PAS, prof. Feliks Stobiecki, received:

• Dr. Eng. Sylwia Zięba

Doctoral diplomas in the discipline of medical sciences from the Vice-President of the Poznań Branch of the PAS, prof. Jerzy Kaczorowski, and the Director of IHG PAS, prof. Michał Witt, were awarded to 2 people:

• Dr. Karolina Rassek – (cum laude)
• Dr. Monika Drobna-Śledzińska – (cum laude)

Doctoral diplomas in the discipline of agriculture and horticulture from the Director of IPG PAS, prof. Paweł Krajewski, and the Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of IPG PAS, prof. Tomasz Pniewski, were awarded to 3 people:

• Dr. Dorota Jasińska
• Dr. Katarzyna Elżbieta Mikołajczak
• Dr. Paweł Barzyk

During the ceremony, the newly promoted doctors took the doctoral oath, and the newly admitted doctoral students took the doctoral student’s oath.