Professor of Physics (2003), habilitation in Physics (2010) at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
ICTER Chair and POB Group Leader
Biomedical Imaging
Prof. dr hab. Maciej Wojtkowski (born 1975) is a physicist specializing in applied optics and medical and experimental physics. He started his scientific career at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. There he defended his master’s thesis, and then his doctoral thesis and postdoctoral thesis (habilitation). All degrees were awarded by the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science. From 1998 to 1999 he was employed as a researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria, and from 2003 to 2005 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and Tufts New England Eye Center, Boston, USA.
Prof. Wojtkowski is the inventor of the first prototype clinical SdOCT device for eye imaging, built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and tested at the New England Eye Center in Boston USA, and the second built at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and tested at the Jurasz Ophthalmology Clinic in Bydgoszcz.[1][2][3] This device is used for non-invasive, non-contact eye examinations in clinics all over the world to monitor the onset, progression, and therapy of eye diseases.
Since 2016, Prof. Wojtkowski has headed the Department of Physical Chemistry of Biological Systems, and since 2019 the International Centre for Translational Eye Research – both institutions are subunits of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He has authored more than 240 scientific publications, as well as several patents and patent applications. His work has been published in the following leading journals, among others: “Ophthalmology”, “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”, “Nature Medicine”, “Optics Express”, “Journal of Biomedical Optics” and “Optics Letters”. He was the first to design a spectral optical coherence tomograph used for non-invasive, non-contact eye examinations. This invention has found a wide application and is used in clinics all over the world. In 2012 he was honored with the prestigious Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) Award in Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering.
PhD in Optics at the University of Besançon
Deputy Chair for Scientific Affairs
Former Director of Scientific Research CNRS in Besançon, France.
Technological expertise: novel MOEMS architectures for sensing with the development of miniature parallel on-chip microscopes, experience in transferring IP to industrial companies.
Served as National Secretary of the French Society of Optics (SFO).
MBA from Porto Business School, Portugal
Managing Director
Anna Pawlus has been associated with the optics and photonics community since 2016, starting her adventure as a lab manager and coordinator of a research group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences. She holds M.Sc. degree from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and completed the International MBA programme at Porto Business School. She gained professional experience in the International Cooperation Office at the U.Porto, IBM Global Delivery Centre in Wroclaw, and Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, mainly in the areas of coordination and management of international projects.
In 2011, she participated in a project organized by the US non-profit organisation TechnoServe in Africa (Mozambique), working on social entrepreneurship.
Anna volunteers for campaigns supporting gender equality & promotion of multiculturalism. She is also a change advocate in improving communication channels for scientific institutions.
PhD in Political Science, University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deputy Chair for International Cooperation
Dr. Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz brings 18 years of international experience in both the public and private sectors, with a diverse background as a diplomat, manager, consultant, translator, writer, and university lecturer. She led the Political and Economic Section at the Polish Embassy in Brazil, serving as a liaison and organizer of trade and scientific national tours at the EU Delegation in Brazil, and also held the position of Vice-Consul at the Polish Embassy in Argentina.
She earned her Master of Arts degree in French Language, Literature and Culture from the University of Alberta in Canada, and her PhD in Political Science with a focus on Communication from the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires. Dr. Przybyło-Józefowicz was also a translator for the Red Seal exams for the Provincial Government of Alberta in Canada, and a language lecturer at the University of Alberta. She has published academic papers and a novel in Spain, has been a freelance columnist, and member of the Rotary Club Ciudad CABA in Argentina. Anna is fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English. She currently manages Communications and PR for ICTER and the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences.
