We would like to announce, with the tear in the eye that the Sylinda project, which carried us through 42 months of marvelous collaboration with partners from ALBA, HN and UBO gave us the opportunity to grow and get to know each other better, has come to an end. On June 30, 2024, the Sylinda…
We have opened registration for the upcoming Sylinda Symposium, planned for 7th – 8th March 2024! The hybrid event will focus on X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and will will feature presentations from leaders of scientific groups from world top universities and beamline scientists from synchrotron light sources around the globe. You can find more information…
A fourth issue of the Solaris News has been published . This time, we focus on the X-ray multimodal imaging technique, and the update from the project team on the pilot experiment with the cosmetics industry completed within the framework of the Sylinda project. We also report on our participation in the Life Science Open…
Sylinda team from SOLARIS has recently participated in 13th Life ScienceOpen Space conference, organized by the LifeScience Cluster. The event, which has taken place between 30.11.2023 and 01.12.2023 and attracted over 300 participants, was co – organized by the SANO Centre for Computational Personalized Medicine, recently established within the framework of Horizon 2020 Teaming for…
Prof. Marek Stankiewicz
Cooperation representative of the SOLARIS Centre
Prof. Marek Stankiewicz is the cooperation representative of the SOLARIS Centre. He holds a PhD degree in atomic and molecular physics and has extensive experience in working with synchrotron radiation. He has intensively collaborated with numerous international partners, including University of Reading, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Imperial College London.
Dr. Alejandro Sánchez
Associate director for the Industrial Liaison Office
Dr. Alejandro Sánchez is associate director for the Industrial Liaison Office at ALBA synchrotron. He has 14 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and more than 4 years related with European projects. He has 14 years of experience in synchrotron activities dealing with the construction phase, budget, industrial customers and European projects.
Dr. Marta Avila
Scientist of the Industrial Liaison Office
Dr. Marta Avila is a scientist of the Industrial Liaison Office of the ALBA Synchrotron. She has a PhD in Chemistry focused on the use of synchrotron techniques, mainly X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, for the characterization of environmental samples. She was a member of the staff of the ALBA XAS beamline, CLAESS, for 2 years.
Dr. Henning Lichtenberg
Scientific associate at the Hochschule Niederrhein Institute
Dr. Henning Lichtenberg is a scientific associate at the Hochschule Niederrhein Institute for Surface Technology (HIT), specialized in materials research using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). His responsibilities include building up the new XAS beamline at SOLARIS, with a strong focus on projects of researchers at Niederrhein University.
Dr. Piotr Ciochoń
Industry Liaison Officer at the SOLARIS Centre
Dr. Piotr Ciochoń is the Industry Liaison Officer at the SOLARIS Centre. He has several years of experience as a project coordinator and a project leader of national and European R&D projects. He has completed MBA studies and has an entrepreneurial side, being involved in the technology transfer and commercialization activities and co-authoring several patents.
Michał Młynarczyk
The deputy director of the SOLARIS Centre
Michał Młynarczyk is the deputy director of the SOLARIS Centre and has over 15 years of experience in project management and fundraising. He was a coordinator of the largest Polish project in educational infrastructure, Auditorium Maximum. He is a trainer and advisor in business planning for initial stage initiatives and has substantial experience in technology.
Dr. Alexey Maximenko
The SOLABS beamline at the SOLARIS Centre coordinator
Dr. Alexey Maximenko is responsible for the SOLABS beamline at the SOLARIS Centre. He has substantial experience in nanomaterials research, as a leader and employee in several fundamental and applied research projects. He is a co-author of several patents and co-supervisor in several master and bachelor theses.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 952148.
