SONATA “Graphene biosensors and biophysics”

Education

19.02.2014 – PhD in Chemical Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland).

05.03.2014 – PhD in Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Université Lille1 (France)

PhD thesis title: “Preparation and applications of platforms based on gold nanoparticles and graphene”; under supervision of Prof. Marcin Opałło and Dr. Rabah Boukherroub.

01.07.2009 – Master of Science in Physics; University of Gdańsk (Poland)

Thesis title: “Investigations of energy transfer in two-component systems with traditional and SPCE spectroscopy”; under supervision of Prof. Piotr Bojarski.

Research experience

01.09.2021 – ongoing

Junior Group Leader – Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München | Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, group of Prof. Philip Tinnefeld.

03.01.2018 – ongoing

Postdoctoral researcher – Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, group of Prof. Jacek Waluk.

01.01.2016 - 30.11.2017

Postdoctoral researcher – Braunschweig University of Technology (Germany), Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, group of Prof. Philip Tinnefeld.

02.04.2014 - 31.12.2015

Postdoctoral researcher – Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland), Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Institute of Physics, group of Prof. Sebastian Maćkowski.

01.11.2013 – 28.02.2014

Research assistant – Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Electrode Processes, group of Prof. Marcin Opałło.

15.03.2011 – 15.03.2012

PhD student – Université Lille1 (France), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, group of Dr. Rabah Boukherroub and Prof. Sabine Szunerits.

01.11.2009 – 31.10.2013

PhD student – Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Electrode Processes, group of Prof. Marcin Opałło.

Scientific internship

2015    

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (Germany), Prof. Monika Fleischer (2 weeks).

2011 – 2013

Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (France), Dr. Rabah Boukherroub and Prof. Sabine Szunerits (13 months).

2011 – 2013

Université de Technologie de Troyes (France), Prof. Pierre-Michel Adam (2 months).

2007                                          

Institute of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University in Gdansk, Poland (1 month, student internship).

Selected publications

1. I. Kamińska*, J. Bohlen, R. Yaadav, P. Schüler, M. Raab, T. Schröder, J. Zähringer, K. Zielonka, S. Krause and P. Tinnefeld*, “Graphene Energy Transfer for Single-Molecule Biophysics, Biosensing & Superresolution Microscopy”, Advanced Materials 33 (2021), 2101099.
2. I. Kamińska*, J. Bohlen, S. Rocchetti, F. Selbach, G. P. Acuna, P. Tinnefeld, “Distance dependence of single-molecule energy transfer to graphene measured with DNA origami nano-positioners”, Nano Letters 19 (2019) 4257-4262.
3. I. Kamińska*, J. Bohlen, S. Maćkowski, P. Tinnefeld, G. P. Acuna*, “Strong plasmonic enhancement of a single peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein complex on DNA origami-based optical antennas”, ACS Nano 12 (2018) 1650-1655.
4. I. Kamińska, C. Vietz, Á. Cuartero-González, P. Tinnefeld, A. I. Fernández-Domínguez,
   G. P. Acuna, “Strong plasmonic enhancement of single molecule photostability in silver dimer optical antenna”, Nanophotonics 7 (2018) 643-649.
5. C. Vietz, I. Kamińska, M. Sanz Paz, P. Tinnefeld, G. P. Acuna, “Broadband fluorescence enhancement with self-assembled silver nanoparticle optical antennas”, ACS Nano 11 (2017) 4969-4975.
6. I. Kamińska*, K. Wiwatowski, S. Maćkowski, “Efficiency of the energy transfer decreases
   with the number of graphene layers”, RSC Advances 6 (2016) 102791-102796.
7. I. Kamińska, T. Maurer, R. Nicolas, M. Renault, T. Lerond, R. Salas-Montiel, Z. Hierro, M. Kazan, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, J. Plain, P.-M. Adam, R. Boukherroub, S. Szunerits, “Near-field and far-field sensitivities of LSPR and SPR sensors”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 9470-9476.
8. I. Kamińska, W. Qi, A. Barras, J. Sobczak, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, P. Woisel, J. Lyskawa, W. Laure, M. Opałło, M. Li, R. Boukherroub, S. Szunerits, “Thiol-yne click reaction on alkynyl-dopamine modified reduced graphene oxide (rGO)”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 19 (2013) 8673-8678.
9. I. Kamińska, M. Opałło, A. Łaszcz, A. Czerwiński, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, “(Bio)electrocatalysis at tin-doped indium oxide nanoparticulate film decorated with gold”, Electrochimica Acta 106 (2013) 165-171.
10. I. Kamińska, M. Jönsson-Niedziółka, A. Kamińska, M. Pisarek, R. Hołyst, M. Opałło, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, “Electrodeposition of well-adhered multifarious Au-particles at a solid|toluene|aqueous electrolyte three-phase junction”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (2012) 22476-22485.
11. I. Kamińska, M. R. Das, Y. Coffinier, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, J. Sobczak, P. Woisel, J. Lyskawa,
    M. Opałło, R. Boukherroub, S. Szunerits, “Reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide sheets using biomimetic dopamine derivatives in one step”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 4 (2012) 1016-1020.
12. I. Kamińska, M. R. Das, Y. Coffinier, J. Niedziółka-Jönsson, P. Woisel, M. Opałło, S. Szunerits,
    R. Boukherroub, “Preparation of graphene/tetrathiafulvalene nanocomposite switchable surfaces”, Chemical Communications 48 (2012) 1221-1223.
13. I. Kamińska, A. Roguska, J. Niedziołka-Jönsson, M. Opałło, “Electrodeposition of gold nanoparticles at a solid|ionic liquid|aqueous electrolyte three-phase junction”, Electrochemistry Communications 12 (2010) 1742-1745.