PhD student and graduate of the Doctoral School among Poland’s top 100 researchers under 30 | Gdańsk University of Technology

MSc Eng. Michał Baranowski

Doctoral student at the Doctoral School at Gdańsk Tech, affiliated with the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics – began his PhD training in the 2021/2022 academic year under the supervision of Dr. Adam Lamęcki, Associate Professor at Gdańsk Tech, from the Department of Microwave and Antenna Engineering. His research focuses on the development of new passive microwave circuits using shape deformation techniques. As a result of his work, an integrated design method for high-frequency electronic circuits was proposed. He applied this method to create an efficient optimisation procedure for the design of irregularly shaped circuits, which was used to develop novel microwave resonators and filters with smooth profiles, manufactured using 3D printing technology. These devices feature improved electromagnetic properties, and the proposed design tool is unique in the field of microwave engineering. His current research includes the design of concentric low-pass filters produced by 3D printing (in collaboration with Prof. Miguel Laso’s team at the Public University of Navarre) and modelling the surface roughness of copper foils used in RF PCBs using shape deformation techniques (in collaboration with the company EM Invent).

PhD Eng. Adrian Olejnik

Graduate of the Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology – defended his doctoral dissertation in the discipline of Materials Engineering in 2024 under the supervision of Professor Robert Bogdanowicz, DSc (Eng), MSc (Eng) and Katarzyna Siuzdak, DSc (Eng), MSc (Eng), Associate Professor at the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN). He currently works at the Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, in Prof. Bogdanowicz’s research group. His work focuses on photoelectrochemical biosensing, aiming to develop analytical methods for detecting biologically relevant compounds (molecules, proteins). He specialises in the characterisation and modification of semiconductor materials as well as the development of measurement techniques for efficient detection. An essential aspect of his research is the integration of experimental and theoretical approaches. His scientific achievements include 30 publications listed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), including a paper in the prestigious journal ACS Nano (IF = 16). He was the project manager of the Diamond Grant (Ministry of Education and Science) and the PRELUDIUM project (National Science Centre), both carried out at the Laboratory of Functional Materials at IMP PAN in Gdańsk, with support from Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Siuzdak.

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