[cwiklik_lab]

bio/interfaces

J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

About Lukasz Cwiklik

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

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Current position

Other academic posts:

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