Research profile
Born 1974; Ph.D. in physical chemistry 2002 (WUT); faculty of chemistry since 2003 (WUT). Research interests in theoretical chemistry, intermolecular interactions and how they influence the molecular properties

Publications
- B. Skwara, R. W. Góra, R. Zaleśny, P. Lipkowski, W. Bartkowiak, H. Reis, M. Papadopoulos, J. M. . Luis, B. . Kirtman, On the Electronic Structure, Bonding, Spectra, and Linear and Nonlinear Electric Properties of Ti@C28, J. Phys. Chem. A 115 (37), 10370–10381 (2011) DOI
- K. M. Langner, T. Janowski, R. W. Góra, P. Dziekoński, W. A. Sokalski, P. Pulay, The ethidium--UA/AU intercalation site: effect of model fragmentation and backbone charge state, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 7 (8), 2600-2609 (2011) DOI
- R. W. Góra, R. Zaleśny, A. Zawada, W. Bartkowiak, B. Skwara, M. Papadopoulos, . da Silva, D., L., Large Changes of Static Electric Properties of Linear HCN Oligomers Induced by Hydrogen Bonding. An Ab Initio Study , J. Phys. Chem. A 115 (18), 4691–4700 (2011) DOI
- Ż. Czyżnikowska, R. W. Góra, R. Zaleśny, P. Lipkowski, K. Jarzembska, P. Dominiak, J. Leszczynski, Structural variability and the nature of intermolecular interactions in Watson-Crick B-DNA base pairs, J. Phys. Chem. B 114 (29), 9629–9644 (2010) DOI
- Ż. Czyżnikowska, P. Lipkowski, R. W. Góra, R. Zaleśny, A. Cheng, On the nature of intermolecular interactions in nucleic acid base-amino acid side-chain complexes, J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (33), 11511–11520 (2009) DOI
- B. Skwara, A. Kaczmarek, R. W. Góra, W. Bartkowiak, On the decomposition of interaction-induced electric properties of HF dimer, Chemical Physics Letters 461 203-206 (2008) DOI
- Ż. Czyżnikowska, R. Zaleśny, M. Ziółkowski, R. W. Góra, P. Cysewski, The nature of interactions in uracil dimer: An ab initio study, Chem. Phys. Lett. 450 (1-3), 132-137 (2007) DOI
- J. Borkowska-Burnecka, R. W. Góra, P. Jamróz, B. Kozłowska-Kołodziej, B. Kułakowska-Pawlak, A. Leśniewicz, B. Prusisz, P. Rutkowski, E. Ingier-Stocka, P. Wojciechowski, J. Wódka, M. Zabłocka-Malicka, W. Zierkiewicz, B. Ziółek, Metodyka nauczania zagadnień chemicznych w oparciu o system zarządzania kursami Moodle, In: Wykorzystanie technologii informatycznych w akademickiej dydaktyce chemii, p. 24-27 Editor: I. Maciejowska, M. Ruszak, S. Witkowski, Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 2007 [ISBN 978-83-921505-3-4]
- B. Skwara, W. Bartkowiak, A. Zawada, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, On the cooperativity of the interaction-induced (hyper)polarizabilities of the selected hydrogen-bonded trimers, Chem. Phys. Lett. 436 (1-3), 116-123 (2007) DOI
- R. W. Góra, On the influence of intermolecular interactions on the electric properties of molecular aggregates, In: Recent Progress in Computational Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 7, (B), p. 1210-1213 Editor: T. Simos, G. Maroulis, Series: Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers 2006
- J. Szymczak, R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, D. Majumdar, J. Wang, S. Grabowski, J. Leszczynski, Proton bound open shell systems – theoretical studies on O2H+(O2)n (n=1–6) complexes., Mol. Phys. 104 (13-14), 2327-2336 (2006) DOI
- B. Skwara, W. Bartkowiak, R. W. Góra, W. Niewodniczański, S. Roszak, On the weak intermolecular interactions and their influence on the optical properties of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Part 1: Two-body interactions., Mol. Phys. 104 (13-14), 2263-2271 (2006) DOI
- P. Wielgus, R. W. Góra, B. Szefczyk, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, On the influence of microsolvation by argon atoms on the electron affinity properties of water dimer, J. Chem. Phys. 124 (9), 094304 (2006) DOI
- R. W. Góra, S. Grabowski, J. Leszczynski, Dimers of formic acid, acetic acid, formamide and pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid: an ab initio study., J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (29), 6397-6405 (2005) DOI [Feature article]
- R. W. Góra, W. A. Sokalski, J. Leszczynski, V. Pett, The nature of interactions in the ionic crystal of 3-pentenenitrile, 2-nitro-5-oxo, ion(-1), sodium., J. Phys. Chem. B 109 (5), 2027-2033 (2005) DOI
- B. Skwara, W. Bartkowiak, R. W. Góra, W. Niewodniczański, Theoretical Investigations of the Intermolecular Interactions between Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: π-cojugated and π-cumulated Oligomers, Annals Pol. Chem. Soc. 4 662-666 (2005)
- B. Skwara, R. W. Góra, W. Bartkowiak, On the influence of non-additive interactions on the optical properties of the selected subsystems of crystalline urea., Chem. Phys. Lett. 406 (1-3), 29-37 (2005) DOI
- K. T. Giju, S. Roszak, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, The micro-solvation of Na+: theoretical study of bonding characteristics in weakly bonded ArnNa+ (n=1-8) clusters, Chem. Phys. Lett. 391 (1-3), 112-119 (2004) DOI
- R. W. Góra, W. Bartkowiak, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, Intermolecular interactions in solution: Elucidating the influence of the solvent, J. Chem. Phys. 120 (6), 2802-2813 (2004) DOI
- I. D. Petsalakis, G. Theodorakopoulos, R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, Theoretical ab initio study on the electronic states of GaO and Ga2O, J. Mol. Struc. (THEOCHEM) 672 (1-3), 105-111 (2004) DOI
- J. Szymczak, S. Roszak, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, Molecular properties of protonated homogeneous and mixed carbon oxide and carbon dioxide clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 119 (13), 6560-6570 (2003) DOI
- R. W. Góra, W. Bartkowiak, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, A new theoretical insight into the nature of intermolecular interactions in the molecular crystal of urea., J. Chem. Phys. 117 (3), 1031-1039 (2002) DOI
- I. Zilberberg, R. W. Góra, G. M. Zhidomirov, J. Leszczynski, Bonding in the oxo ferrous iron species: a complete active-space self-consistent-field theory verification of the molecular-oxygen-like pattern., J. Chem. Phys. 117 (15), 7153-7161 (2002) DOI
- Y. Sheng, R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, M. Kaczorowska, J. Leszczynski, The molecular structures, energetics, and nature of interactions in ArnN2H+ (n=1-12)., J. Phys. Chem. 106 (46), 11162-11167 (2002) DOI
- S. Roszak, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, Photoinduced gas-phase solvated ions: experimental and theoretical endeavours., In: Dynamics and transformations of the molecular materials. VIII Polish-French Seminar, Czocha Castle, Poland, p. 153-156 Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej 2001
- M. Kowal, R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, I-H2O and its neutral precursors: similarities and differences., J. Chem. Phys. 115 (20), 9260-9265 (2001) DOI
- S. Roszak, M. Kowal, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, The influence of the detachment of electrons on the properties and the nature of interactions in X-H2O (X=Cl, Br) complexes., J. Chem. Phys. 115 (8), 3469-3473 (2001) DOI
- R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, The molecular structures and nature of interactions in CH3+Arn (n=1-8) complexes., J. Chem. Phys. 115 (2), 771-777 (2001) DOI
- G. Hill, R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, The structure and properties of cis- and trans-MeCl2(NH3)2, Me=Pd and Pt complexes, in ground and excited states., Int. J. Quantum Chem. 83 (3-4), 213-219 (2001) DOI
- W. A. Sokalski, R. W. Góra, W. Bartkowiak, P. Kobylinski, J. Sworakowski, A. Chyla, J. Leszczynski, New theoretical insight into the thermal cis-trans isomerization of azo compounds: Protonation lowers the activation barrier., J. Chem Phys. 114 (13), 5504-5508 (2001) DOI
- R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, Properties and nature of interactions in Cl-(H2O)n n=1,6 clusters: a theoretical study., Chem. Phys. Lett. 325 (1-3), 7-14 (2000) DOI
- R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, The electron affinity properties of NO(N2O)n- (n=1,2) complexes., Asian J. Spectrosc. 4 (1), 1-9 (2000)
- E. D. Jemmis, G. Subramanian, A. Nowek, R. W. Góra, R. H. Sullivan, J. Leszczynski, C–H...π interactions involving acetylene: an ab initio MO study, J. Mol. Struc. 556 (1-3), 315-320 (2000) DOI
- S. Roszak, R. W. Góra, J. Leszczynski, A theoretical study of the structures and energetics of O-Arn (n=1-6) clusters., Chem. Phys. Lett. 313 (1-2), 198-204 (1999) DOI
- R. W. Góra, S. Roszak, J. Leszczynski, Structure and nature of the interaction of CH3N2+ jon shellvated by H2 molecules: CH3N2+(H2)n=1-9, J. Phys. Chem. A 103 (45), 9138-9143 (1999) DOI
Tematy prac dyplomowych i badawczych (Research topics for students)
- studia II stopnia - praca magisterska, chemia: Weryfikacja modelu wiązań wodorowych wspomaganych rezonansem w ramach teorii sprzężonych spinowo wiązań walencyjnych (Verification of the resonance-assisted hydrogen bond model within Spin-Coupled Valence Bond theory)
- studia II stopnia - praca magisterska, biotechnologia: Teoretyczne badania mechanizmu powstawania nukleotydów w warunkach prebiotycznych (Theoretical studies of the mechanism of nucleotides formation in prebiotically plausible conditions)
- studia jednolite - praca dyplomowa, biotechnologia:Teoretyczne badania mechanizmu powstawania nukleotydów w warunkach prebiotycznych (Theoretical studies of the mechanism of nucleotides formation in prebiotically plausible conditions)
- studia jednolite - praca dyplomowa, chemia: Weryfikacja modelu wiązań wodorowych wspomaganych rezonansem w ramach teorii sprzężonych spinowo wiązań walencyjnych (Verification of the resonance-assisted hydrogen bond model within Spin-Coupled Valence Bond theory)
- studia I stopnia - projekt inżynierski, biotechnologia: Badania ab initio fotochemii i fotofizyki 2-amino-oksazolu - potencjalnego prebiotycznego prekursora rybonukleotydów (An ab initio study of photochemistry and photophysics of 2-amino-oxazole - a potential prebiotic precursor of ribonucleotides)
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