About Lukasz Cwiklik

Prof. Lukasz Cwiklik, PhD, DSc
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry CAS

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Current position

• full professor, senior scientist at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (since 2010)

Other academic posts:

• Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (scientist, with the group of Prof. Pavel Jungwirth, since 2009)

• Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (external faculty, since 2016)

• Biological Physics and Soft Matter Group, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland (international member, since 2021)

• BBA Biomembranes (Editorial Board member, since 2019)

• Cell Biomaterials (Advisory Board member, since 2024)

Academic carrier

• 2019: Full Professor

• 2012: DSc (habilitation) at the J. Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland

• 2005: PhD at the Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

• 2001: MSc at the Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Professional experience

• visiting scientist at the Faculty of Physics, Unviversity of Technology, Tampere, Finland; in the group of Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen (2013-2017)

• postdoctoral position at The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; in the group of Prof. Victoria Buch (2007-2009)

• postdoctoral position at The Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and at Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems, Prague, Czech Republic; in the group of Prof. Pavel Jungwirth (2005-2007)

Scientific interests

• properties of biologically relevant interfaces, investigated using computational/theoretical and experimental approaches

• structure and stability of human tear film

• properties of pulmonary surfactant

• lipid membranes, films, layers, multilayers

• bio/non-bio interfaces, biocompatibility of solid surfaces

Methods

• Computational: classical molecular dynamics

• Experimental: Langmuir films, mesofluidics, fluorescence microscopy

Other

• languages: English, Polish (native), Czech

• hobbies: swimming, new technologies

• my name in Polish: Łukasz Ćwiklik