Expert Database of the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS: scientists open for media collaboration

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary  of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS), we are launching a new Expert Database. This resource was created in response to a growing number of media inquiries and is designed to provide convenient access to our researchers. The database connects journalists with scientists ready to collaborate through comments, interviews, and consultations.

The database's scope reflects the diversity of research at IPC PAS. Our experts work across a wide range of fields, including: advanced medical diagnostics, RNA therapies, biophysics, tissue engineering, micro- and nanomaterials, spectroscopy, photonics, laser technologies, quantum chemistry, astrochemistry, and processes that occur under extreme conditions. It also covers environmental chemistry, climate studies, catalysis for sustainable energy, photocatalysis, drug design, chemoinformatics, and research commercialization. 

Below, we present the directory of researchers, including their areas of specialization and contact information.

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Expert Database: 

• Adam Kubas, PhD, Professor and Director of the Institute – the role of Polish Academy of Sciences institutes in the national system of science and higher education, science management, quantum chemistry, theoretical chemistry, computational chemistry, catalysis, e-mail: akubas@ichf.edu.pl  
• Jan Paczesny, PhD, Prof. of the Institute – bionanotechnology, physical chemistry of biological systems, self-organization, antibacterial and antiviral agents, bacteriophages, e-mail: jpaczesny@ichf.edu.pl
• Jacek Gregorowicz, PhD, Prof. of the Institute – research commercialization, technology transfer, innovation, R&D management, e-mail: jgregorowicz@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Agnieszka Michota-Kamińska, PhD – advanced medical diagnostics of bacterial and viral infections, application of spectroscopic methods (SERS, Raman, UV-Vis) in health and medicine, e-mail: akamin@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Robert Hołyst, PhD – physics of biological systems, RNA therapies, strategies for science communication and research funding, soft matter physics, nanotechnology, microfluidics, science policy and higher education organization, e-mail: rholyst@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Janusz Lewiński, PhD – metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), quantum dots, perovskite materials, solar cells, small-molecule activation, mechanochemistry, e-mail: jlewinski@ichf.edu.pl  
• Prof. Marcin Drąg, PhD – drug design, proteases, unnatural amino acids, vaccines, viruses, bioorganic chemistry, enzymology, peptides, amino acids, peptide-based drugs, e-mail: marcin.drag@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Piotr Garstecki, PhD – microfluidics, medical diagnostics, antibiotic resistance, research funding and spin-off strategies, knowledge and technology transfer, e-mail: pgarstecki@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Juan Carlos Colmenares Quintero, PhD Eng. – photocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, nanomaterials, green chemistry, biomass conversion, composite materials, renewable energy, environmental protection, hydrogen generation and CO₂ reduction, water purification (e.g., from microplastics), e-mail: jcarloscolmenares@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Rafał Szmigielski, PhD – smog and its consequences, air pollution and its impact on health, suspended particles PM2.5 and PM10, climate change, volatile compounds in the atmosphere and their role, water and soil pollution – environmental analyses, analytical techniques (mass spectrometry, chromatography), e-mail: rszmigielski@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka, PhD – Electrochemistry, biosensors, chemical and immunosensors, electron microscopy (SEM), nanomaterials, e-mail: martinj@ichf.edu.pl 
• Prof. Jacek Waluk, PhD – spectroscopy, photophysics and photochemistry, hydrogen bond, porphyrin isomers, e-mail: jwaluk@ichf.edu.pl  
• Emilia Witkowska-Nery, PhD – sensors and chemical detectors, trace detection of biologically active substances, electrochemistry, biosensors, e-mail: ewitkowskanery@ichf.edu.pl 
• Bartłomiej Wacław, PhD – bacterial infections, bacterial growth control, systems biology, mathematical modeling, bacterial biofilms, antibiotic resistance, e-mail: bwaclaw@ichf.edu.pl 
• Paweł Borowicz, PhD – vibrational and UV-spectroscopy, quantum-chemical modeling by means of Density Functional Theory, e-mail: pborowicz@ichf.edu.pl 
• Sylwester Gawinkowski, PhD – molecular nanophotonics, light–matter interactions at the nanoscale, ultrasensitive detection and single-molecule spectroscopy, materials with unique photochemical and photophysical properties e-mail: sgawinkowski@ichf.edu.pl 
• Humberto Fernandes, PhD – proteins related to vision; phototransduction, visual cycle, structural biology, x-ray crystallography, cryoEM, diabetic retinopathy, e-mail: hfernandes@ichf.edu.pl 

Our researchers are ready to share their knowledge and experience. For journalists seeking expert commentary or interviews, we encourage you to contact our scientists directly using the IPC PAS Expert Database presented above.

Contact for the press: 

Communication & PR Manager 
Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz, PhD 
e-mail: aprzybylo-jozefowicz@ichf.edu.pl