RESEARCH PROJECTS
LIDER project
MNiSW project
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Leader - Iwona Gorczynska, PhD
Correspondence Address:
Institute of Physics
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Grudziadzka 5
87-100 Torun, POLAND
Phone:+ 48 56 611 2414
Fax : +48 56 611 2411
e-mail: iwa@fizyka.umk.pl
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Employment |
February 1st 2009 - ...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; assistant professor
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March 1st 2006 - January 31st 2009
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; university assistant
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Education |
March 2006 - May 2008
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Postdoctoral position at Research Laboratory of Electonics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA and New England Eye Center, Tufts -
New England Medical Center, Boston,
MA, USA (joint project)
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February 22nd, 2006
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PhD degree granted by the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics Council,
Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Torun, Poland, PhD Thesis:
"Imaging resolution in Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography"
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2001-2006
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PhD studies at Medical Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and
Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Torun, Poland
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2001
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MSc in physics. Master thesis: "Laser speckle and its selected applications in
interferometry"
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1996-2001
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Masters study at Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, major: Laser Physics and Optoelectronics
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Scientific trainings |
September 2009
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"Sychnronously pumped OPO's", APE - Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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June 2008
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The Fifth Annual CARS (Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering) Microscopy Workshop,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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November 2004
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Ophthalmology Clinic, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, project:
application of Spectral OCT for clinical ophthalmic imaging
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July 2003
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Ultrafast Phenomena Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw
University, Poland, project: application of supercontinuum generated in photonic
crystal fiber in Spectral OCT
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May 2002-March 2003
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Marie Curie Training Site at Applied Optics Group, University of Kent at
Canterbury, United Kingdom, project: Sampling Function in en face OCT
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Research grants |
2010 - 2013
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National Centre for Research and Development, Grant No. LIDER/11/114/L-1/09/NCBiR/2010,
"Development of Fourier domain Optical Coherence Tomography methods for neural tissue
activity imaging", principal investigator
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2009 - 2012
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Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant No. N N202 207637, "White
light interferometry in assessment of the optical parameters and function of the eye",
principal investigator
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2008 - 2011
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Grant Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, No. N N402 084435, "Application
of swept source OCT for diagnostics of the anterior segment of the eye",
participant
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2006 - 2009
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Polish Ministry of Science, Grant No. MNiI 1P03B 06830, "Development of a method
and construction of an instrument for nanometer-scale, volumetric imaging of
semitransparent objects with partially coherent light",
participant
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2004 - 2005
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Polish Committee for Scientific Research, Grant No. KBN 3T11E 015 26, "Imaging
resolution improvement in Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography",
participant
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2002 - 2005
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Polish Committee for Scientific Research, Grant No. KBN 4 T11E 023 22, "Spectroscopic
blood assessment in retinal vessels with Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography",
participant
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Teaching experience |
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- Solving problems in General Mechanics (1st level*),
- Solving problems in Electrodynamics (2nd level),
- Solving problems in Optics (2nd level),
- Lectures and solving problems in Medical Statistics (3rd level),
- Introduction to Tomography, solving problems (3rd level),
- Inverse Problems in Optics, solving problems (5th level),
- Physics Laboratory (2nd level),
- Electronics Laboratory I (2nd level),
- Medical Physics Laboratory (3rd level),
- Specialized laboratory classes (4th level),
- The Laboratory of Virtual Instruments - LabVIEW course (3rd level),
*level corresponds to the year of study in a 5-year system: 3 (bachelor degree) + 2 (masters degree)
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Popularization of science |
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- The Fifth Festival of Science and Art in Torun, April 2005, coauthor of
the lecture with demonstrations: "All lasers: small and big ones"
- The Fourth Festival of Science and Art in Torun, April 2004, participation
in demonstrations "The art of seeing"
- Student Chapter SPIE lectures in physics for high school students,
April 20th, 2004 and June 15th 2004, author of a lecture: "Physics in medicine;
electromagnetic waves in medial diagnostics"
- Demonstrations in physics for high school students, September 2001,
coauthor of a lecture with demonstrations: "Physics in Medicine"
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Scientific organizations |
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- SPIE (the International Society for Optical Engineering)
- OSA (the Optical Society)
- ARVO (the Associacion for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
- Polish Physical Society
- In 2002 - 2005 member of the Student Chapter SPIE at Nicolaus Copernicus
University, a co-funder of the Chapter and the President in years 2002 - 2004
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Awards |
2010
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Nicolaus Copernicus University President's Individual Award for gaining external
funds for research,
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2009
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Nicolaus Copernicus University President's Award for a research group, Award for
Scientific Achievements in 2008
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2009
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European Journal of Ophthalmology Travel Grant, ARVO Annual Meeting,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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2006
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Award of the Voivode of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship in Poland, category:
Inventions in Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2006
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2005
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Nicolaus Copernicus University Rector's Award for a research group, Award for
Scientific Achievements in 2005
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2005
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Award for the best publication of the dry eye syndrome studies in the journal
Okulistyka - Okulistyka 4, 26-29 (2005)
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2003
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SPIE Educational Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering
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Languages |
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English - fluent
German - basic
Russian - basic
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Peer reviewed publications
2010
- Srinivasan, V. J., Sakadzic, S., Gorczynska, I., Ruvinskaya, S., Wu, W. C.,
Fujimoto, J. G., Boas, D. A., "Quantitative cerebral blood flow with Optical
Coherence Tomography," Optics Express, 18, 2477-2494 (2010)
- Sull, A. C., Vuong, L. N., Price, L. L., Srinivasan, V. J., Gorczynska,
I., Fujimoto, J. G., Schuman, J. S., Duker, J. S., "Comparison of Spectral/Fourier
Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Instruments for Assessment of Normal Macular
Thickness," Retina-the Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, 30, 235-245 (2010)
2009
- Witkin, A. J., Vuong, L. N., Srinivasan, V. J., Gorczynska, I., Reichel, E., Baumal,
C. R., Rogers, A. H., Schuman, J. S., Fujimoto, J. G., Duker, J. S., "High-speed
Ultrahigh Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography before and after Ranibizumab
for Age-related Macular Degeneration," Ophthalmology, 116, 956-963 (2009)
- Srinivasan, V. J., Sakadzic, S., Gorczynska, I., Ruvinskaya, S., Wu, W., Fujimoto,
J. G., Boas, D. A., "Depth-resolved microscopy of cortical hemodynamics with optical
coherence tomography," Opt. Lett., 34, 3086-3088 (2009)
- Srinivasan, V., Sakadzic, S., Gorczynska, I., Yaseen, A., Fujimoto, J., Boas, D.,
"Depth-resolved microscopy of cerebral blood flow and volume during somatosensory
stimulation with doppler optical coherence tomography," Journal of Cerebral Blood
Flow and Metabolism, 29, S111-S112 (2009)
- Chen, Y., Vuong, L. N., Liu, J., Ho, J., Srinivasan, V. J., Gorczynska, I.,
Witkin, A. J., Duker, J. S., Schuman, J., Fujimoto, J. G., "Three-dimensional
ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography imaging of age-related macular
degeneration," Opt. Express, 17, 4046-4060 (2009)
- Wojtkowski, M., Sikorski, B. L., Gorczynska, I., Gora, M., Szkulmowski, M.,
Bukowska, D., Kaluzny, J., Fujimoto, J. G., Kowalczyk, A., "Comparison of
reflectivity maps and outer retinal topography in retinal disease by 3-D Fourier
domain optical coherence tomography," Optics Express, 17, 4189-4207 (2009)
- Grulkowski, I., Gorczynska, I., Szkulmowski, M., Szlag, D., Szkulmowska,
A., Leitgeb, R. A., Kowalczyk, A., Wojtkowski, M., "Scanning protocols dedicated
to smart velocity ranging in Spectral OCT," Optics Express, 17, 23736-23754 (2009)
- Grulkowski, I., Gora, M., Szkulmowski, M., Gorczynska, I., Szlag, D., Marcos,
S., Kowalczyk, A., Wojtkowski, M., "Anterior segment imaging with Spectral OCT
system using a high-speed CMOS camera," Optics Express, 17, 4842-4858 (2009)
- Gorczynska, I., Srinivasan, V. J., Vuong, L. N., Chen, R. W., Liu, J. J., Reichel, E.,
Wojtkowski, M., Schuman, J. S., Duker, J. S., Fujimoto, J. G., "Projection OCT fundus
imaging for visualising outer retinal pathology in non-exudative age-related
macular degeneration," Br J Ophthalmol, 93, 603-609 (2009)
2008
-Srinivasan, V. J., Monson, B. K., Wojtkowski, M., Bilonick, R. A., Gorczynska,
I., Chen, R., Duker, J. S., Schuman, J. S., Fujimoto, J. G., "Characterization
of outer retinal morphology with high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution optical
coherence tomography," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49, 1571-1579 (2008)
- Srinivasan, V. J., Adler, D. C., Chen, Y., Gorczynska, I., Huber, R., Duker, J. S.,
Schuman, J. S., Fujimoto, J. G., "Ultrahigh-speed Optical Coherence Tomography
for Three-Dimensional and En Face Imaging of the Retina and Optic Nerve Head",
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, accepted for publication, (2008)
- Potsaid, B., Gorczynska, I., Srinivasan, V. J., Chen, Y., Jiang, J., Cable, A.,
Fujimoto, J. G., "Ultrahigh speed Spectral / Fourierdomain OCT ophthalmic imaging
at70,000 to 312,500 axial scans per second," Optics Express, 16, 15149-15169 (2008)
- Chen, R. W. S., Gorczynska, I., Srinivasan, V. J., Fujimoto, J. G., Duker, J. S.,
Reichel, E., "High-speed ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography findings
in chronic solar retinopathy," Retinal Cases & Brief Reports, 2, 103-105 (2008)
2007
- Kaluzny, J. J., Szkulmowska, A., Bajraszewski, T., Szkulmowski, M., Kaluzny, B. J.,
Gorczynska, I., Targowski, P., Wojtkowski, M., "Retinal imaging by spectral optical
coherence tomography," European Journal of Ophthalmology, 17, 238-245 (2007)
- Yoon, M. K., Chen, R. W., Hedges, T. R., 3rd, Srinivasan, V. J., Gorczynska,
I., Fujimoto, J. G., Wojtkowski, M., Schuman, J. S., Duker, J. S., "High-speed,
ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography of the retina in Hunter syndrome",
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 38, 423-428 (2007)
- Srinivasan, V. J., Huber, R., Gorczynska, I., Fujimoto, J. G., Jiang, J. Y.,
Reisen, P., Cable, A. E., "High-speed, high-resolution optical coherence tomography
retinal imaging with a frequency-swept laser at 850 nm," Optics Letters, 32, 361-363 (2007)
- Adler, D. C., Stenger, J., Gorczynska, I., Lie, H., Hensick, T., Spronk, R.,
Wolohojian, S., Khandekar, N., Jiang, J. Y., Barry, S., Cable, A. E., Huber,
R., Fujimoto, J. G., "Comparison of three-dimensional optical coherence tomography
and high resolution photography for art conservation studies," Optics Express, 15, 15972-15986 (2007)
2006
- Kaluzny, B. J., Kaluzny, J. J., Szkulmowska, A., Gorczynska, I., Szkulmowski,
M., Bajraszewski, T., Wojtkowski, M., Targowski, P., "Spectral optical coherence
tomography - A novel technique for cornea imaging," Cornea, 25, 960-965 (2006)
- Kaluzny, B. J., Kaluzny, J. J., Szkulmowska, A., Gorczynska, I., Szkulmowski,
M., Bajraszewski, T., Targowski, P., Kowalczyk, A., "Spectral optical coherence
tomography: a new imaging technique in contact lens practice," Ophthalmic and
Physiological Optics, 26, 127-132 (2006)
2005
- Targowski, P., Gorczynska, W., Szkulmowski, M., Wojtkowski, M., Kowalczyk, A.,
"Improved complex spectral domain OCT for in vivo eye imaging," Optics Communications, 249, 357-362 (2005)
- Szkulmowski, M., Wojtkowski, A., Bajraszewski, T., Gorczynska, I., Targowski, P.,
Wasilewski, W., Kowalczyk, A., Radzewicz, C., "Quality improvement for high resolution
in vivo images by spectral domain optical coherence tomography with supercontinuum
source," Optics Communications, 246, 569-578 (2005)
- Szkulmowska, A., Wojtkowski, M., Gorczynska, I., Bajraszewski, T., Szkulmowski,
M., Targowski, P., Kowalczyk, A., Kaluzny, J. J., "Coherent noise-free ophthalmic
imaging by spectral optical coherence tomography," Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 38, 2606-2611 (2005)
2004
- Wojtkowski, M., Bajraszewski, T., Gorczynska, I., Targowski, P., Kowalczyk, A.,
Wasilewski, W., Radzewicz, C., "Ophthalmic imaging by spectral optical coherence
tomography.," American Journal of Ophthalmology, 138, 412-419 (2004)
- Targowski, P., Wojtkowski, M., Kowalczyk, A., Bajraszewski, T., Szkulmowski, M.,
Gorczynska, I., "Complex spectral OCT in human eye imaging in vivo," Optics Communications, 229, 79-84 (2004)
- Gorczynska, I., Wojtkowski, M., Bajraszewski, T., Cyganek, M., Targowski, P., Kowalczyk, A.,
"Imaging of the eye by spectral optical coherence tomography," Physica Medica, 20, 67-69 (2004)
2002
- Wojtkowski, M., Kowalczyk, A., Targowski, P., Gorczynska, I., "Frequency domain
optical coherence tomography techniques in eye imaging," Acta Physica Polonica A, 102, 739-746 (2002)
- Wojtkowski, M., Kowalczyk, A., Targowski, P., Gorczynska, I., "Fourier-domain optical
coherence tomography: next step in optical imaging," Optica Applicata, 32, 569-580 (2002)
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