Members

Principal Investigators

Lukasz Dziewit
Prof. Lukasz Dziewit
E-mail: l.dziewit@uw.edu.pl
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Lukasz Drewniak
Prof. Lukasz Drewniak
E-mail: ldrewniak@biol.uw.edu.pl
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Senior Researchers (Associated Group Leaders and Co-leaders)

Przemyslaw Decewicz
Przemyslaw Decewicz, Ph.D.
E-mail: decewicz@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Genomics, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of extreme environments
- Antibiotics resistance
- Genomics and molecular biology of phages

Kumar Pranaw
Kumar Pranaw, Ph.D.
E-mail: kpranaw@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion
- Plant growth promotion

Monika Radlinska
Monika Radlinska, Ph.D. D.Sc.
E-mail: m.radlinska@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Genomics and molecular biology of phages

Pawel Sikorski
Pawel Sikorski, Ph.D.
E-mail: pawelsikorski@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- RNA metabolism

Postdoctoral Researchers (Postdocs)

Ph.D. Students

Nur Ajijah
Nur Ajijah, M.Sc.
E-mail: n.ajijah@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Plant growth promotion

Agata Bluszcz
Agata Bluszcz, M.Sc.
E-mail: a.bluszcz@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Antibiotic resistance

Katarzyna Bujak
Katarzyna Bujak, M.Sc. Eng.
E-mail: k.bujak@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Genomics and molecular biology of phages

Martyna Ciezkowska
Martyna Ciezkowska, M.Sc.
E-mail: mciezkowska@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Heavy metals resistance, transformation, biometallurgy and bioremediation
- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Nur Ajijah
Karol Ciuchcinski, M.Sc.
E-mail: k.ciuchcinski@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Genomics, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of extreme environments

Maria Dabrowska
Maria Dabrowska, M.Sc.
E-mail: m.dabrowska@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Nur Ajijah
MIkolaj Iwan, M.Sc.
E-mail: m.iwan2@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Heavy metals resistance, transformation, biometallurgy and bioremediation
- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Namrata Joshi
Namrata Joshi, M.Sc.
E-mail: njoshi@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Tomasz Krucon
Tomasz Krucon , M.Sc.
E-mail: tkrucon@biol.uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Karol Piekarski
Karol Piekarski, M.Sc.
E-mail: k.piekarski2@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Bioprospecting

Nur Ajijah
Anna Rokowska, M.Sc.
E-mail: a.rokowska@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Antibiotic resistance

Nur Ajijah
Zuzanna Ruszkowska, M.Sc.
E-mail: z.ruszkowska@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion

Nur Ajijah
Wojciech Wilczynski, M.Sc.
E-mail: wk.wilczynski@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Genomics, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of extreme environments

Mikołaj Wołącewicz
Mikolaj Wolacewicz, M.Sc.
E-mail: m.wolacewicz@uw.edu.pl
Research area:

- Biodegradation of organic pollutants and anaerobic digestion
- Antibiotic resistance

Project Managers, Technicians

Katarzyna Piatkowska
Katarzyna Piatkowska, M.Sc.
E-mail: kpiatkowska@biol.uw.edu.pl

Lukasz Kozon
Lukasz Kozon, M.Sc. Eng.
E-mail: lukaszkozon@uw.edu.pl

Patryk Mazur
Patryk Mazur
E-mail: pg.mazur3@uw.edu.pl

Weronika Pilecka
Weronika Pilecka, M.Sc.
E-mail: w.pilecka@uw.edu.pl

Master Students


Zuzanna Bienko


Karolina Jankowska


Anna Lang


Katarzyna Nyt


Wiktoria Pietrowicz


Weronika Pyter


Filip Romaniuk


Klaudia Staskiewicz


Nella Tuczko


Stanisław Gołębiewski


Michał Stanowski


Stanisław Świeżewski


Younginn Park


Zofia Godlewska

Bachelor Students


Michalina Byczkowska


Emilia Mańczak


Aleksandra Junkier


Hanna Krasuska


Szymon Kusiak


Kinga Kurzatkowska


Alkham Nyam-Ochir


Zofia Olszewska


Younginn Park


Szymon Rzuczkowski


Mateusz Zbizek

Volunteers & Visitors

Katarzyna Grzelak (student)
Funding: self-funding
Home institution: Utrecht University (Netherlands)
Duration: 05.2017-07.2017

Stine Holm, M.Sc. (Ph.D. student)
Funding: home institution funding
Home Institution: Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (Germany)
Duration: 04.2017-05.2017
Lenka Tisakova, Ph.D. (research fellow)
Funding: FEMS Research Grant
Home Institution: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (Slovakia)
Duration: 09.2016 - 11.2016

Clara Kuper (student)
Funding: GFPS fellow
Home Institution: Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Duration: 10.2015 - 03.2016

Former members


Dawid Grudzinski
Former Lab Manager
(2022)


Michal Styczynski, Ph.D.
Former PhD student
(2017-2022)


Angelika Fiodor, Ph.D.
Former Postdoc
(2021-2022)


Mikolaj Dziurzynski, Ph.D.
Former PhD student
(2017-2022)


Adrian Gorecki, Ph.D.
Former PhD student
(2017-2022)


Jasneet Grewal, Ph.D.
Former Postdoc
(2021-2022)


Marco Gunthel, Ph.D.
Former Postdoc
(2020-2021)


Zhendong Yang "Leo", Ph.D.
Former PhD student
(2017-2021)


Krzysztof Romaniuk, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student
(2016-2020)


Jacek Retka, Ph.D. Eng.
Former Postdoc
(2017-2021)


Joanna Karczewska-Golec, M.Sc.
Former Science Policy Advisor
(2018-2020)


Anna Szych, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student
(2015-2019)
Former Lab Manager
(2020-2021)


Lucian Staicu, Ph.D.
Former Senior Researcher (Associated Group Leader)
(2018-2019)


Witold Uhrynowski, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student
(2014-2020)


Grazyna Jakusz, M.Sc. Eng.
Former Ph.D. student
(2017-2018)


Krzysztof Poszytek, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student
(2013-2020)


Olga Stepkowska, M.Sc.
Former technician
(2015-2017)


Piotr Golec, Ph.D.
Former Postdoc
(2017-2018)