Education:
1971 - MSc in Chemistry from Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Inst. of Chemistry,
1979 - D.Sci. in Metallurgy from Techn.Univ.Czestochowa
1988 - Dr. habilitation in Metallurgy from Acad.Mining & Foundry, Cracow

Career:
1979 to present: Research Associate, Assistant Professor, Professor,
from 1997 - to present, Head of Chemistry Department, Technical University of Czestochowa, Czestochowa, Poland

Field of activity:

• Inorganic chemistry
• Corrosion mechanisms and materials protection against corrosion (iron and Fe-alloys, Nd-Fe-B type permanent magnets)
• Corrosion inhibitors
• Hydrogen absorption from gaseous phase and cathodic hydrogenation of materials <

Main publications:

1. S.Szymura, H.Bala, Yu.M.Rabinovich, W.Nowy-Wiechula; High-energy sintered (Nd,Dy)-(Fe,Co)-M-B (M = (Re,W,Zr), (Al.,Cr), (Al.,Cr,Nb) magnets, J.Phys.Studies, 3(1), 107-112, (1999)
2. S.Szymura, A.A.Lukin, A.A.Zhuravlyev, M.C.Margaryan, Yu.M.Rabinovich, H.Bala; Peculiarities of forming of magnetic hardening in sintered Nd15Fe76.2Ti1.0Al0.8B7 permanent magnet by ageing, Phys. stat. sol. (a), 174, 513-519 (1999)
3. A.A.Lukin, Yu.M.Rabinovich, H.Bala, S.Szymura, A.A.Zhuravlev, J.Wiechula; Hydrogen stability of SmCo5 permanent magnet, Kovove Mater. (Metallic Materials), 38 (No.2), 107-115 (2000)
4. A.A.Lukin, S.Szymura, A.A.Zhuravlyev, S.M.Margaryan, H.Bala; Post-sintering heat treatment effect on the coercivity of sintered (Nd,Dy)15(Fe,Co,Mo,Al)77B8 permanent magnets, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 65, 74-78 (2000)
5. S.Szymura, Yu.M.Rabinovich, H.Bala, T.K.Sergeyeva, A.A.Lukin; Peculiarities in electrochemical hydrogenation of Nd-Fe-B type permanent magnets, Kovove Mater., (Metallic Materials), 39(No.1), 55-64 (2001)