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


Employment
February 1st 2009 - ...
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; assistant professor
March 1st 2006 - January 31st 2009
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; university assistant
Education
March 2006 - May 2008 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)
February 22nd, 2006 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"
2001-2006 PhD studies at Medical Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Torun, Poland
2001 MSc in physics. Master thesis: "Laser speckle and its selected applications in interferometry"
1996-2001 Masters study at Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, major: Laser Physics and Optoelectronics
Scientific trainings
September 2009 "Sychnronously pumped OPO's", APE - Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
June 2008 The Fifth Annual CARS (Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering) Microscopy Workshop, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
November 2004 Ophthalmology Clinic, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, project: application of Spectral OCT for clinical ophthalmic imaging
July 2003 Ultrafast Phenomena Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Poland, project: application of supercontinuum generated in photonic crystal fiber in Spectral OCT
May 2002-March 2003 Marie Curie Training Site at Applied Optics Group, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom, project: Sampling Function in en face OCT
Research grants
2010 - 2013 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
2009 - 2012 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
2008 - 2011 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
2006 - 2009 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
2004 - 2005 Polish Committee for Scientific Research, Grant No. KBN 3T11E 015 26, "Imaging resolution improvement in Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography", participant
2002 - 2005 Polish Committee for Scientific Research, Grant No. KBN 4 T11E 023 22, "Spectroscopic blood assessment in retinal vessels with Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography", participant
Teaching experience
- 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)
Popularization of science
- 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"
Scientific organizations
- 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
Awards
2010 Nicolaus Copernicus University President's Individual Award for gaining external funds for research,
2009 Nicolaus Copernicus University President's Award for a research group, Award for Scientific Achievements in 2008
2009 European Journal of Ophthalmology Travel Grant, ARVO Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2006 Award of the Voivode of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship in Poland, category: Inventions in Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2006
2005 Nicolaus Copernicus University Rector's Award for a research group, Award for Scientific Achievements in 2005
2005 Award for the best publication of the dry eye syndrome studies in the journal Okulistyka - Okulistyka 4, 26-29 (2005)
2003 SPIE Educational Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering
Languages
English - fluent
German - basic
Russian - basic

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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