I am a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester. I received my MSc degree in biophysics of Light Harvesting Complexes of higher green plants from the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska (Lublin, Poland). After that, I was drafted to the army to finish the compulsory training for army officers. In May 2002, I joined the Photonics Group in the Department of Physics at the University of Sheffield to start my PhD studies under supervision of Dr Martin Grell. In April 2005, I obtained my PhD degree working on the development of alternative dielectrics for low-voltage organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) (e.g. high-k/low-k dielectric systems, self-assembled monolayers, ferroelectric-like polymeric insulators and organic/inorganic nanocomposites). In May 2005, I joined the M&N Group in the School of EEE, the University of Manchester, as a Research Associate to study alternative device concepts for high switching speed planar organic rectifiers and transistors. In March 2007, I was awarded RCUK Fellowship "Technology at the extreme" to be held in the same school. After successful completion of my fellowship, in January 2012 I was promoted to lecturer.

• Institute of Physics (IoP) - Fellow
• Higher Education Academy (HEA) - Fellow
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) - Member
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - Senior Member
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - Expert Member
• American Chemical Society (ACS) - Invited Member
• Materials Research Society (MRS) - Member

CPhys, MSc, PhD

Special interest groups

• Advanced functional materials

Special interest organisations

• Organic Materials in Electronics Consortium
• Organic Materials Innovation Centre

My research interests are in the physics and engineering of organic/inorganic/hybrid electronic materials and devices.

Particularly, I am interested in:

• introduction of alternative materials to electronic devices;
• novel fabrication techniques for semiconductor devices and integrated circuits;
• characterisation, evaluation and optimisation of new electronic materials.

Current teaching

1. Microelectronic Components (Year 2)

2. Current Trends in Optical Devices (Year 3)

2011-2019 Foundation Year EEE Project - Academic lead/Project supervisor

2020-present 1^st Year Tutor

2023-present 2^nd Year WIE Tutor

Currently, I supervise PhD students who work on a wide range of research projects, namely development of high-k dielectric materials, solution-deposited transparent electronic materials, solution-processed electronic devices and circuits for healthcare applications and organic/inorganic semiconductor sensors. If you are interested to obtain a PhD degree working with me, please contact me by e-mail.

In order to learn about funding opportunities and find out how to fund your studies, check the links below:

Graphene NOWNANO DTC: https://www.graphene-nownano.manchester.ac.uk/

EPSRC CDT in Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing: https://www.cdt-compound-semiconductor.org/

The University of Manchester: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/

News and events

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - News and events.

IoP PGS Printing for the Future 2023 (1 June 2023, London, UK)

International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (9-12 July 2023, Boston, United States)

LOPEC - International Exhibition and Conference for Printed Electronics (5-7 March 2024, Munich, Germany)