Bioanalytical Applications
Prof. Agnieszka Kamińska-Michota
(Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Agnieszka Kamińska graduated in chemistry from the University of Warsaw in 1999. Then, in 2004, she completed her PhD at the same Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. After completing an internship at the University of Dublin, she returned to Poland and started working at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2017, she has led the "Plasmonic nanostructures for bio-spectroscopic analysis" group (www.bio-sers.com) at the Institute of Physical Chemistry. She co-authors over 85 publications, 12 Polish and nine international patents, and six patent applications.
Her research interest is focusing on the Raman vibrational and the surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), as well as the surface plasmon resonance for the detection and identification of biomolecules (e.g., peptide, protein, DNA, viruses, antigens, antibodies, bacteria, fungi, cancer cells) for analytical and biomedical applications.
Prof. Anna Sroka-Bartnicka
(Medical University of Lublin, Poland)
Anna Sroka-Bartnicka graduated chemistry at Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland in 2005. She did PhD in Poland at The Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of Mass spectrometry and Solid State NMR of biodegradable polymers in Lodz in 2011. As a Post Doc she did discipline hoping to Vibrational Spectroscopy and chemical imaging of biomaterials and tissues. Anna worked in several outstanding units including Imperial College London in UK and Stockholm University in Sweden. She returned to Poland, to Medical University of Lublin where she develop her scientific passions about imaging spectroscopy in case of structural analysis of biomaterials and biological samples (plants and animal tissues). Her research focuses in the application of an interdisciplinary approach using different complementary spectroscopic techniques vibrational spectroscopy imaging (IR and Raman spectroscopy) and mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI MSI). Anna was as the principal investigator in 3 research projects financed by the Foundation for Polish Science, National Science Centre and National Science Center for Research and Development ( 1 successful commercialization and implementation of the patent). She was project contactor in several projects. Her current project is based on lipidomic and metabolomic analysis in tissues in biomarkers identification of pathological conditions. Anna Sroka-Bartnicka currently is head of the Independent Unit of Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging at Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
Enhanced Techniques
Prof. Kamilla Małek
(Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland)
Kamilla Malek holds a PhD and habilitation (DSc) in Chemistry from Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland). In 2023, she was appointed as a full professor at the Faculty of Chemistry of JU and has been working in the Raman Imaging Group. Her research is focused on developing FTIR- and SERS-based diagnostic tools for recognizing cancer- and inflammation-related diseases. She has a particular focus on advanced vibrational spectroscopy and its imaging approaches to provide insights into biochemistry and recognition of early phases of inflammation and civilization diseases in bodily fluids (spectral liquid biopsy), cells (spectral cytology), and tissues (spectral histopathology). Now prof. Malek develops IR and Raman data fusion to assess the functionality of the 3D models of the blood-brain barrier. She has published over 100 articles and book chapters and 2 patents. The JU Rector and the Ministry of Science awarded Kamilla Malek's research several awards.
Prof. Simion Aştilean
(Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
Biomedical Applications
Prof. Hidetoshi Sato
(Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Hidetoshi Sato is a professor of School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University. His final destination is to develop quantitative and measurable biology. He currently applies Raman and FUV spectroscopies and multivariate analyses to live cells and tissues to study various life activities, including virus infection, fat metabolism, cell viability, microplastics intake, and so on.
Prof. Maria Paula M. Marques
(University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Maria Paula M. Marques (October 1960, Portugal) received her MSc in Physical-Chemistry (1987), her PhD in Biochemistry (1995) and her habilitation in Biosciences (2018) from the University of Coimbra (Portugal).
M.P.M. Marques is currently an associate professor (with habilitation) at the Dep. Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra, and assistant-coordinator of the R&D Group “Molecular Physical-Chemistry” (QFM-UC). QFM-UC encompasses the vibrational spectroscopy laboratory VIBIMA (Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory for Bioprobing) which is a facility of excellence in the field of optical vibrational spectroscopy, comprising state-of-the-art versatile equipment: both macro- and microRaman and FTIR (far and mid-IR, with transmission and ATR configurations).
M.P.M. Marques has authored over 220 scientific papers, 9 book chapters and co-edited 3 books (H-index=38, ca. 5900 citations). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the European Spallation Source Science Advisory Committee and of the ISIS User´s Committee, belongs to the Clinical Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnosis (CLIRSPEC) as well as to the scientific societies Portuguese Society of Chemistry, Portuguese Society of Biochemistry, Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, and Biophotonics World and International Society for Plant Spectroscopy, is the Portuguese delegate at the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA), and is the president of the Group “Neutron and Muon Users in Portugal”. MPM has been a member of the editorial board of several international scientific journals. She was the recipient of the ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Impact Award 2019/Public Engagement & Society, and her team´s work has received several highlights from national and international facilities.
At present, her research is centred on: (i) design of Pt/Pd-based anticancer agents; (ii) development of novel spectroscopic methods for an early diagnosis of cancer and an accurate identification of surgical margins in malignant tumours, aiming at a translation to the clinics; (iii) characterisation of human burned bones, for forensic and archaeological purposes; (iv) improvement of food products/nutraceuticals, through the use of phytochemical compounds as potential chemopreventive agents. Vibrational spectroscopy is the main methodology applied, including leading-edge synchrotron-based methods (FTIR and EXAFS) and neutron scattering techniques.
Prof. Peter Gardner
(Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Dr Monica Marini
(National Metrological Research Institute, Italy)
Nanoscale Analysis
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Non-Linear Optics and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Prof. Gonzalo Manuel Angulo Nunez
(Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences)
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Molecular Spectroscopy
Prof. Marian Wolszczak
(Lodz University of Technology, Poland)
Prof. Tadeusz Andruniów
(Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Tadeusz Andruniów received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Jagiellonian University, Poland, in 1999.
During his doctoral studies, he participated in an Erasmus program at Lund University (four months), where he worked in the group of a member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry - Prof. Bjorn O. Roos.
He did his postdoctoral trainings at the University of Louisville, USA, with Prof. Paweł M. Kozlowski and at University of Nancy/CNRS in France, with Dr. Fabrice Leclerc. In 2002 he was awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission to become a research staff member of Prof. Massimo Olivucci group at the University of Siena, Italy. He joined the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland, upon receiving Marie Curie Reintegration Grant from the European Commission in 2005. In 2008 he received his habilitation degree in Biophysics from Jagiellonian University. In 2009 he was awarded POLITYKA prize for young scientists. He is currently a Full Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Materials at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. His research deals with the application of computational chemistry methods for understanding the molecular basis of photo-induced processes in biological systems.
Chemometric Advances
Dr. Mark Keating
(Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
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Dr hab. Katarzyna Cieślik-Boczula
(University of Wroclaw, Poland)
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Isotopic Labelling
Prof. Andreas Barth
(Stockholm University, Sweden)
Andreas Barth has been active in research in Germany, Great Britain, and Sweden, becoming Associate Professor at Stockholm University in 2002 and Full Professor in 2006. Over the past three decades, he has actively developed and applied biological infrared spectroscopy. His current research focuses on aggregates of the amyloid-β peptide, which are implicated in Alzheimer's disease. He investigates these aggregates using a combination of isotope-edited, experimental and computational infrared spectroscopy, both in bulk solution and on the nanoscale.