Mentor Role Description:

Within the ENHANCE Research Internship Programme, each student will work under the guidance of two academic mentors – one from the home institution and one from the host university. Mentors are crucial in supporting students throughout their research journey, including:
  • Assisting in the preparation of the internship proposal, defining research objectives and methodology
  • Approving the proposal as an academic supervisor
  • Providing ongoing research guidance during the internship
  • Reviewing and giving feedback on the final evaluation report
Mentors play a key role in fostering academic collaboration, ensuring high-quality research project design, and supporting students in achieving their academic and professional goals.
Below is a list of mentors available for support at Gdańsk University of Technology. However, if a student is already collaborating with another faculty member not included in the list, they may also invite that person to serve as their mentor within the programme.
You may also use the Bridge of Knowledge platform: https://mostwiedzy.pl/en/ to find a mentor working at Gdańsk Tech in the field of science you are interested in.


Mentors for PhD students/candidates:


Faculty of Management and Economics:
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Piotr Grudowski
    Research expertise:
    • Progressive management concepts,
    • QM,
    • TQM,
    • Lean Management,
    • Six Sigma,
    • Business Excellence,
    • Management Systems Standards,
    • Diversity Management,
    • Organizational Resilience
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Krystian Zawadzki
    Research expertise:
    • Financial markets;
    • Sports finance & economics
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Anna Lis
    Research expertise:
    • Innovation management,
    • Inter-organisational cooperation,
    • Industrial clusters,
    • Sustainable development
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Ewa Lechman
    Research expertise:
    • AI-based economy,
    • Digital economy,
    • Digital networks,
    • Development economics,
    • Mathematical models,
    • Diffusion of innovations,
    • Economic policy
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology:
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Daniel Chuchała
    Research expertise:
    • The main topic of research interest is the analysis of machining processes, with a particular focus on wood and materials exhibiting anisotropic properties. The interests also include the analysis of the manufacturing process of wood products, mainly at the first production stage, the sawmill. However, a significant amount of research activity focuses on sustainable manufacturing processes from different materials (subtractive and additive manufacturing). One of the main additional research areas is the analysis of the influence of milling strategies on machining quality. The research analyses are supported by many years of industrial experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, programmer of multi-axis CNC machine tools.
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Jakub Montewka
    Research expertise:
    • Risk and safety of maritime transportation;
    • Human performance in maritime operations;
    • Risk-based/informed decision making
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Mariusz Deja
    Research expertise:
    • Additive manufacturing,
    • Machining
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering:
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Grzegorz Boczkaj
    Research expertise:
    • Inżynieria środowiska environmental engineering,
    • Chemical engineering,
    • Chemistry,
    • Circular economy,
    • Wastewater treatment,
    • Separation techniques,
    • Analytical chemistry,
    • Petroleum and petrochemical technologies,
    • Advanced oxidation processes,
    • Advanced reduction processes,
    • Cavitation-based processes,
    • Deep eutectic solvents
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Michał Nitka
    Research expertise:
    • Numerical calculations in DEM,
    • Concrete fragmentation
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Jacek Mąkinia
    Research expertise:
    • Wastewater treatment
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Mikołaj Miśkiewicz
    Research expertise:
    • Application of Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) in Bridge Construction
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Paweł Dąbrowski
    Research expertise:
    • Mechanical engineering: heat transfer, fluid flow, electronics cooling, experimental study, flow distribution
Faculty of Technical Physics and Applied Mathematics:
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Natalia Wójcik
    Research expertise:
    • Synthesis of glass and glass-ceramic synthesis;
    • Bioglasses,
    • Semiconducting glasses,
    • Ferroelectrics,
    • Impedance spectroscopy,
    • Structural characterization,
    • In vitro dissolution studies
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Jacek Ryl
    Research expertise:
    • Applied electrochemistry, including: sensors and biosensors, material degradation and corrosion science, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis, wastewater treatment
    • Research activities: development of advanced tools for surface engineering and monitoring non-stationary and non-homogeneous charge transfer processes
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Tomasz Klimczuk
    Research expertise:
    • Material science,
    • Quantum materials,
    • Synthesis,
    • Crystal growth
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics:
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Adrian Bekasiewicz
    Research expertise:
    • Unsupervised design of microwave and antenna structures
    • Constrained optimization, including multi-objective optimization
    • Robust design
    • Development of heuristic algorithms
    • Signal processing and machine learning
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Sławomir Ambroziak
    Research expertise:
    • Radiocommunication,
    • Radio wave propagation,
    • Radio channel modelling,
    • Body Area Networks
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Julian Szymański
    Research expertise:
    • Artificial intelligence,
    • Signal analysis,
    • Natural language processing,
    • Image analysis
Faculty of Chemistry:
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Błażej Kudłak
    Research expertise:
    • Ecotoxicology,
    • Toxicity of chemical mixtures,
    • Environmental modelling,
    • Environmental monitoring,
    • Analytical chemistry
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Michał Strankowski
    Research expertise:
    • Polymers,
    • Polyurethanes,
    • Nanocomposites,
    • Self-healing materials,
    • Polymer blends,
    • Nanoparticles
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Anna Zielińska-Jurek
    Research expertise:
    • The design, synthesis and application of functional materials, photocatalysts and their environmental applications.
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Agnieszka Pladzyk
    Research expertise:
    • Chemistry of coordination compounds, their luminescence, catalytic and magnetic properties
       
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Paweł Sachadyn
    Research expertise:
    • Epigenetic basis of regeneration and regenerative drug discovery
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Anna Stanisławska-Sachadyn
    Research expertise:
    • Functional analyses of selected genetic variants and miRNAs
    • The metabolism of the C1 (methyl) group
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Justyna Płotka-Wasylka
    Research expertise:
    • Analytical chemistry;
    • Separation science;
    • Gas chromatography;
    • Electrophoresis;
    • Endocrine disruptor compounds;
    • Green analytical chemistry;
    • Sustainable environment
       
  • PhD, DSc, Eng. Monika Wilamowska-Zawłocka
    Research expertise:
    • Energy storage devices;
    • Composite electrode materials;
    • Batteries;
    • Recycling of Li-ion batteries
Faculty of Architecture:
  • Prof. PhD, DSc. Eng. Arch. Lucyna Nyka
    Research expertise:
    • Urban greenery,
    • Nature-based solutions,
    • Adaptation to climate change,
    • Blue-green infrastructure in cities
       
  • PhD, DSc. Eng. Arch. Dorota Kamrowska-Załuska
    Research expertise:
    • Urban design and planning;
    • Artificial Intelligence tools;
    • Geo-Big Data;
    • Smart City;
    • Participation