Category: Postdoctoral Fellows & Associates

Marta Mikuła-Zdańkowska, PhD Eng.

University Degree:

PhD degree at the Warsaw University of Technology (2021)

Position at ICTER:

Post-doc

Research Areas:

interferometry, digital holography microscopy, optical metrology, biophotonics

Scopus Profile: 0000-0002-4451-2492
Researcher's ORCID Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4451-2492

Dr. Marta Mikuła-Zdańkowska graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw (Application of Physics in Biology and Medicine, specialist – Ocular Optics and Optometry) and in 2012 started her master’s studies at Warsaw University of Technology (Photonics Engineering).

Her doctoral work was devoted to digital holographic microscopy for optical microobject shape reconstruction. The aim of the research carried out within the framework of her PhD studies was to develop new solutions and measurement methods in holographic microscopy to overcome the basic measurement limitations of this technique.

Dr. Mikuła-Zdańkowska joined the Physical Optics and Biophotonics team at ICTER in December 2022 for a postdoctoral position within the NCN DAINA project. At our centre, she is expanding her knowledge and combining her experience in optometry and photonics by developing the OCT method.

Natalia Ochocka-Lewicka, PhD

University Degree:

Dr. Natalia Ochocka-Lewicka obtained her Master’s degree in Neurosciences in 2016 from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. In 2022, she earned her PhD in Biological Sciences.

Research Areas:

cellular heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment and sex differences in immune activation in response to tumors

Researcher's ORCID Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-6382

During her doctoral studies Dr. Ochocka-Lewicka studied the role of immune cells in glioma progression at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw. She was also engaged in commercial projects on TCR immunotherapies.

Dr. Ochocka-Lewicka was a leader of an NCN Preludium grant. She is also a laureate of the FNP START award and a co-author of 8 publications, including papers in Nature Communications and Cell Reports.

At ICTER, she currently works in the Computational Genomics group as a Postdoctoral Fellow; her position is linked to the OPUS 21 grant.

Jagoda Płaczkiewicz, PhD

University Degree:

PhD, Department of Molecular Virology, University of Warsaw, Department of Cytology, University of Warsaw

Position at ICTER:

Post-doc

Research Areas:

Molecular Biology, Genetics, Virology

Postdoctoral fellow, performs research work in the area of molecular biology, genetics and virology. The main part of her experimental activity is research on creating and modifications of viral vectors for therapeutic use.

Sławomir Tomczewski, PhD

University Degree:

PhD, Warsaw University of Technology

Position at ICTER:

Post-doc

Research Areas:

Optoretinography, Optical coherence tomography, Interferometry, Holography

Slawomir Tomczewski has obtained his PhD degree from Warsaw University of Technology. While doing his PhD, he also participated in three ACTPHAST projects, in which he cooperated with companies. Two of the projects were conducted with Kongsberg Automotive and one with Difrotec.

After finishing his PhD, he gained commercial experience while working at EDC Warsaw (General Electric Aviation) as a Software Engineer. Finally, before starting his current position, he worked as a Holographic System Engineer at Envisics LTD (Milton Keynes, UK).

Slawomir Tomczewski is currently developing flicker optoretinography, a method in which OCT is used to measure retina’s response to stimulation with periodic light pulses.