Karol Wolski was born in Lublin in 1988. He studied chemistry at Jagiellonian University (JU), where he joined the Nanotechnology of Polymers and Biomaterials group in 2010. In the same year, he earned his bachelor's degree. In 2012, he obtained an MSc degree in chemistry from Jagiellonian University (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Szczepan Zapotoczny). 

In 2016, he completed his PhD studies at Jagiellonian University with a thesis entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Conductive Polymer Nanobrushes Grafted from Flat Surfaces” (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Szczepan Zapotoczny). Simultaneously, he completed the interdisciplinary English-language doctoral program "Society – Environment – Technologies" at Jagiellonian University (2013–2016). After that, he worked as a PostDoc within the OPUS 9 project at the Faculty of Chemistry, UJ. In 2018, he was promoted to assistant professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, JU.

In 2018, he conducted a short research internship in the group of prof. Holger Schönherr at the University of Siegen (Germany), where he received hands-on training in AFM nanomechanical characterization of thin films. In 2024, he visited the group of prof. Paul Blom at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, where, in collaboration with dr hab. Tomasz Marszałek and prof. dr hab. Wojciech Pisula, he focused on the application of polymer brushes as interlayers in field-effect transistors (FET). 

Dr. Wolski was awarded the "START" scholarship for talented young scientists in 2018 (budget: 28 000 PLN), funded by the Foundation for Polish Science, as well as the Minister of Science and Higher Education scholarship for outstanding young scientists in 2021 (duration 2021-2024, budget:194 040 PLN). He was awarded 4 times by Jagiellonian University Rector's team award (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

Research interest 

• Conductive polymer nanobrushes with advanced architecture 
• Organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors (OMIECs)
• Kinetics of radical polymerization with reversible deactivation 
• Atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the study of structure, electrical, and mechanical properties of nanomaterials 
• Nanolithography and nanomanipulation using scanning probe microscopy
• Organic electrical devices: memristive devices, field-effect transistors (FET), electrolyte-gated transistors (EGOFET)
• Phase separation processes in multicomponent polymer blends

Publication portfolio: co-author of 59 research papers, 1 book chapter and 2 popular science articles, cited: 867, H-index: 18 (Scopus)

• defended theses: 5 BSc students (supervisor), 4 MSc students (supervisor), 3 PhD (co-supervisor) 
• currently co-supervisor of 3 PhD students