Education:

• MSc studies (1993-1998): College of Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences
• PhD studies (1998-2002): Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Doctoral dissertation: “The Scattering Patterns of Self-Assembled Cubic Phases in Amphiphilic Mixtures”
• Postdoctoral fellowship (2002-2005): Harvard University, USA, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, George Whitesides Research Group

Experience:

• since 2006 Head of the Microfluidics and Complex Fluids Research Group at IPC PAS
• since 2014 Full Professor

Email address: pgarstecki@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: microfluidics, microbiology, „lab on a chip”, antibiotic susceptibility, medical diagnostics

Co-author of more than 160 publications in renowned scientific journals, including Nature, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, Nature Physics.

H-Index: 45

ORCID: 0000-0001-9101-7163
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piotr-Garstecki

Education: University of Gdańsk (English philology ) and University of Warsaw (American Studies)

E-mail address: microfluidics@ichf.edu.pl; jgruszka@ichf.edu.pl

Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justynagruszka/

Education:

• MSc studies (1999-2005): Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• PhD Studies (2009-2013): Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS, Warsaw
• Thesis title: “Designing droplet microfluidic systems: from chemistry of surfaces, through rheological properties of fluids to geometries of the channels”
• Postdoctoral fellowship (2014-2015): ESPCI, Paris, France
• Postdoctoral fellowship (2014-2017): University of Padova, Italy

Experience:

• since 2017 adjunct in the Microfluidics and Complex Fluids Research Group at IPC PAS
• since 2020 young leader in Team NET FNP project

Mail: lderzsi@ichf.edu.pl

Scientific interests: microfluidics, „lab on a chip”, photolithography, microengineering, emulsions, surface chemistry, microbiology
Co-author of 21 scientific publications, 3 patents
H-Index: 11

ORCID: 0000-0002-3562-0758
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ladislav-Derzsi

Education:

• MSc studies (1982-1987): Politechnika Warszawska
• PhD studies (1989-1992): Institute of Organic Chemistry, PAS, Warsaw
• Doctoral dissertation: “Zastosowanie epoksysilanów do syntez alkoholi allilowych i pochodnych cyklopropanu”
• Postdoctoral fellowship (1993): Southampton University, Department of Chemistry, Southampton, Great Britain
• Postgraduate studies (2011-2012): “Management of commercialization of scientific research”, Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Innowacji, Lublin

Experience

• 1987-1989 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
• 1994-2003 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
• 2003-2008 Research Chemist w BioXell, Inc.: Nutley, NJ, US
• since 2008 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: pjankowski@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: microfluidics, organic synthesis, flow chemistry, surface modification, cheminformatics

ORCID: 0000-0002-0426-9221
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pawel-Jankowski-8

Education:

• MSc studies (1998-2003): Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
• PhD studies (2003-2008): Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. Doctoral dissertation: “Potentiometric determination of activities of phosphatases in human serum”
• Postgraduate studies (2010-2011): Postgraduate studies of evidence law, forensic science and related sciences, Center for Forensic Science, University of Warsaw
• Postgraduate studies (2011-2012): Postgraduate studies of management of commercialization of scientific research, University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin
• Postgraduate studies (2014-2016): Postgraduate studies of protection and security in the workplace, Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute, Warsaw

Experience:

• since 2008 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: dogonczyk@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: microfluidics, flow chemistry, surface modification, electrochemistry, nanomaterials

ORCID: 0000-0002-7191-4817

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dominika-Ogonczyk

Education:

• MSc studies (1983-1988): Department of Physics, University of Warsaw
• PhD studies (1988-1991): Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS
• Doctoral dissertation: „Mechanika statystyczna uporządkowania w cieczy”
• Postdoctoral fellowship (1992-1994): Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

Experience:

• Since 1994 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: asamborski@ichf.edu.pl; ahsamborski@gmail.com

Research interests: statistical physics of simple fluids and liquid crystals, polymers, bulk ordering and surface ordering, Voronoy polyhedra, microfluidics, diffusion, chemical kinetics

ORCID: 0000-0001-8088-3891

Education:

• MSc studies (2002-2007): Ternopil State Ivan Pul’uj Technical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
• PhD studies (2007-2011): Ternopil State Ivan Pul’uj Technical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Experience:

• 2012-2013 research assistant, Ternopil State Ivan Pul’uj Technical University, Ternopil
• 2014-2016 assistant professor, Ternopil State Ivan Pul’uj Technical University, Ternopil
• 2017-2021 specialist, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• since 2021 senior postdoc at Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Mail: jpromovych@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: electrical impedance tomography, droplets and particle manipulation and detection in microfluidic systems, signal and image analysis

ORCID: 0000-0002-4917-6635

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yurii-Promovych

Education:

• Bachelor studies (2006-2009) Biotechnology, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Poland
• MSc studies (2005-2010) Engineering, Biotechnology, Specialization Agrobiotechnology, Politechnika Bydgoska, Poland
• PhD studies (2010-2016) Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Warsaw
• Doctoral dissertation (defense 2018): “Novel inhibitors of rRNA methyltransferases responsible for bacterial resistance to antibiotics”

Experience:

• 2010-2014 Ph.D. research, Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
• 2016-2017 Laboratory Assistant II, Celia Goulding, Prof. Ph.D. Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, USA
• 2017-2019 Jr. Specialist II, Albert Siryaporn, Ph.D. Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, USA
• 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Albert Siryaporn, Ph.D. Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, USA
• 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• since September 2020 Assistant Professor, position under PD2PI project, supervisor Piotr Garstecki, Microfluidics and Complex Fluids Research Group, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Mail: ifoik@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: bacteria-host interactions, interbacterial interactions, bacterial infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics, microfluidics

ORCID number 0000-0002-5927-5776
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ilona-Foik-2

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree: University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Master’s Degree: University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

PhD (2016-2022): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

PhD Thesis: “Development of Impedance and Capacitance Based Sensors for The Estimation of Adulterant Ingredients in Different Bio-Consumables”.

Experience:

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022-2023): EECS Department, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Research Interests:

Bioelectronics, Food Safety, Microfluidics, Gas Sensors, Lithography, Flexible Electronics, Wearable Sensors, 3D Printing, Biomedical devices, Electrochemistry, Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy, Microfabrication

Email: cdas@ichf.edu.pl

ORCID ID : 0000-0001-7473-5905

ResearchGate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chirantan-Das

Education:

• MSc studies: Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Indie
• PhD studies (2012-2016): University of Victoria, Canada
• Doctoral dissertation: “Double nanohole optical tweezers for single molecule and nanoparticle analysis”

Experience:

• 2017-2021 University of Texas, Austin, USA
• since 2021 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: akotnala@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: biophotonics, biomedical optics, plasmonics, optical tweezers

ORCID: 0000-0002-6129-9005
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhay-Kotnala

Education:

• MSc studies (2009-2011): Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, India
• PhD studies (2015-2021): Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Teheran, Iran
• Doctoral dissertation: “Systematic evaluation of outer membrane protein (OmpA) function in response to oxidative inducing agents, in a native phenol-degrading bacterium, Acinetobacter sp. SA01”

Experience:

• 2013-2015 Research Internship, Biochemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
• 2021-2022 Research Associate, Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Teheran, Iran
• since 2022 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: sshahryari@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, bacterial responses to toxic agents, molecular interactions of microbial persistence, rapid diagnostics of antibiotic susceptibility, microfluidics

ORCID: 0000-0003-3484-3500
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shahab-Shahryari-2

Education:

• Master studies (2012-2014): Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw
• PhD studies (2015-2021): Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS, Warsaw

Experience:

• since 2015 assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS

Mail: npacocha@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: Developing innovative microfluidic systems for fast, high-throughput, and precise analysis of bacterial populations with a particular interest in antimicrobial heteroresistance.

ORCID: 0000-0001-9543-7122

Education:

• Bachelor studies (2011-2014): Botany, University of Delhi, India
• Master studies (2014-2016): Biomedical Sciences, University of Delhi, India

Experience:

• 2015 Summer trainee, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
• 2016 Master thesis, CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
• 2016 –2017 Junior Research Fellow, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• 2017 – August 2019 Junior Research Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Mail: sahmad@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: microbiology, molecular biology, microfluidics, biochemistry

ORCID: 0000-0002-0791-0598
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shakeel-Ahmad-48

Education:

• Bachelor studies (2013-2016): Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Master studies (2016-2018): Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Thesis title: “Fluidization of concentrated emulsions in herringbone-decorated microfluidic channels”

Experience:

• 2016 internship, National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy
• 2017 internship, National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy
• 2018-2019 internship, Surfaces and Interfaces Physics Laboratory (LaFSI), Italy

Mail: fnalin@ichf.edu.pl, francesco1.nalin@gmail.com

Research interests: microfludics, droplet microfludics, microbiology

ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-0359

Education:

• Master studies (2007-2012): Microbiology, University of Łódz
• PhD studies (since 2012): Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Experience:

• since 2012 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: aruszczak@ichf.edu.pl aruszczak@gmail.com

Research interests: microbiology, mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, bacterial heterogeneity, droplet microbioreactors

ORCID: 0000-0002-5328-4057

Education:

• Master studies (2010-2015): Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Amity University, Indie

Experience:

• 2015 Graduate researcher at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany
• 2015-2017 Post Grad researcher at EMPA, St. Gallen and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2018- 2019 Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, India

Mail: svasantham@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: single-cell analysis, label-free imaging, microfluidics, optical tweezers, ultra-fast microscopy

ORCID: 0000-0002-2212-9230

Education:

• Bachelor studies (2015-2019): Biotechnology, Politechnika Warszawska, Poland
• Master studies (2019-2021): Biotechnology, Politechnika Warszawska, Poland

Experience:

• 01.2021 – 03.2021 laboratory assistant, Cellis Sp. z o.o.
• 01.2021 – 03.2021 assistant, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
• 07.2020 – 01.2021 technician, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
• 07.2019 – 09.2019 intern, Laboratorium Genomiki Funkcjonalnej i Strukturalnej, Centrum Nowych Technologii (CeNT)
• 09.2018 intern, Instytut Biotechnologii i Antybiotyków
• 07.2018 intern, Laboratorium Cytoszkieletu i Biologii Rzęsek, Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego

Mail: kgluchowska@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: antimicrobial resistance, microfluidics, microbiology, genetics

ORCID: 0000-0002-0836-9713

Education:

• Bachelor studies (2008-2012) Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Master studies (2013-2014): Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Experience:

• Since 2014 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Mail: lkozon@ichf.edu.pl

Research interests: microfluidics

ORCID: 0000-0001-7178-252X
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukasz-Kozon