Eligiusz Wajnryb Crriculum vitae

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First name:          Wajnryb, Eligiusz

Researcher unique identifier(s) (such as ORCID, Research ID, etc. ...): Research ID: E-5057-2015

Nationality:                                   Polish

Date of birth:                              01.01.1955

URL for web site:                      http://bluebox.ippt.pan.pl/~ewajnryb/

 

·        EDUCATION

2013                Full professor, Poland

1999                Habilitation in Fluid Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

1983                PhD in Kinetic Theory of Fluids (with distinction), Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Poland

1999                Master Degree, Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Poland

 

·        CURRENT POSITION

Since 2004       Professor position in Institute of Fundamental Technological Research. Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

 

·        PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1994 – 2004     Associate Professor in Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

1987 – 1994     Senior Associate Professor in Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

1978 – 1987     Assistant Professor in Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Poland

 

·        FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2008-2015        Award of the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Research Activities Workers of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research for scientific activity and achievements, Poland

2005-2008        Numerous Fellowships (NSF projects) of the Yale University, USA

 

·        SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

2011                Marcin Kedzierski, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, PhD promotion

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO PhD DISSERTATION PREPARATION

2010                Gustavo Abade, Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw, Poland

2003                Gao Gue-Jie, Yale University, New Haven, USA,

2001                Piotr Szymczak, Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw, Poland

2000                Hans Gunter, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

2000                Andre Collet, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

 

·        TEACHING ACTIVITIES

1980 – 1987     Lectures on Statistical Physics, Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Poland

1992 – 1997     Lectures on hydrodynamic interactions for Low Reynold numbers, Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota, USA

1998 – 2000     Lectures on Hydrodynamic Algorithms in Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

2003 – 2004     Lectures on hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal suspensions, Mechanical Engineering Department, Yale University, USA


INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Since 2010       Head of the Department of Mechanics and Physics of Fluids, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Since 2010       Head of the Complex Fluids Division, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Since 2000       Member of the Scientific Council of Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Since 2014       Member of the Faculty Committee of Mechanics of Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

 

·        MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Since 2004     American Physical Society, Member

 

·        MAJOR COLLABORATIONS

Prof. Howard Stone, Simulations of knot formation by elongated fibers, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Naegele, Transport coefficients of colloidal liquids, Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Prof. Ubbo Felderhof, Multipole method for Hydrodynamic interactions, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

Prof. Bogdan Cichocki, Brownian motion of axisymmetric particles, hydrodynamic interactions, effective properties of suspensions, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Antoine Sellier, LadhyX, Effective viscosity in confined geometries, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Prof. Francois Feuillebois, Hydrodynamical lubrication in confined geometries, Laboratory for Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (LIMSI), France

Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Hydrodymamical interactions in microchannels, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

Prof. Haim Diamant, Quasi 2-dimensional diffusion in colloidal suspensions, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Prof. Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives, Neuroscience, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (ICREA-IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Dr hab. Piotr Szymczak, Fast numerical algorithms in hydrodynamics of suspensions, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Maria Ekiel-Jezewska, Applications of the multipole method in Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics, Department of Mechanics and Physics of Fluids, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Janusz Szczepanski, Neuroinformatics, Information Theory, Department of Mechanics and Physics of Fluids, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Jan Karbowski, Neurons and neuronal networks models, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland

 

·        MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

Web of Knowledge:    92 publications, 1283 citations, h-index 19

SCOPUS:                     96 publications, 1217 citations, h-index 18

Google Scholar:         130 publications, 1465 citations, h-index 20

 

My contributions are in physics of hydrodynamic interactions, stochastic process in physics of fluids, information transmission in neuronal systems

 

Reviewer of papers in: Journal of Chemicals Physics, Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Physics of Fluids, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Archives of Mechanics.

Review of several PhD. Dissertations and projects.

 

Research monographs


Appendix: All ongoing and submitted grants and funding of the PI (Funding ID)

 

On-going Grants

Project Title

Funding source

Amount

(Euros)

Period

Role of the PI

Relation to current

ERC proposal

The influence of Brownian motion and interfaces on dynamics of suspensions

National Science Centre, Poland

150 000

2013-2016

Project leader

Direct

Revealing adsorption mechanisms of anisotropic proteins under well-defined transport conditions

National Science Centre, Poland

200 000

2013-2016

Main investigator

Indirect, Numerical models

 

Applications

Project Title

Funding source

Amount

(Euros)

Period

Role of the PI

Relation to current

ERC proposal

Analysis of transmission efficiency in terms of Information Theory in the brain networks treated as communication channels.

 

National Science Centre, Poland

200 000

2016-2019

Main investigator

Indirect, Numerical codes

 

 

Top 10 publications as a senior author

 

1.      Dynamics and Topology of Flexible Chains: Knots in Steady Shear Flows, Kuei S., Slowicka A.M., Ekiel-Jeżewska, M.L., Wajnryb, E., Stone H.A., New Journal of Physics 17, 053009, 2015.

  1. High-frequency viscosity of a dilute suspension of elongated particles in a linear shear flow between two walls, :Feuillebois, F.; Ekiel-Jezewska, M.L.; Wajnryb, E.; Sellier, A.; Blawzdziewiez, J., Journal of Fluid Mechanics 764: 133-147, 2015, 0 citations
  2. Generalization of the Rotne-Prager-Yamakawa mobility and shear disturbance tensors, Wajnryb, E.; Mizerski, K.A.; Zuk, P.; Szymczak, P., Journal of Fluid Mechanics 731: R3-1-12, 2013, 2 citations
  3. Layering Instability in a Confined Suspension Flow, Zurita-Gotor, M.; Blawzdziewicz, J.; Wajnryb, E., Physical Review Letters 108: 068301-1-5, 2012, 8 citations
  4. Fibrinogen conformations and charge in electrolyte solutions derived from DLS and dynamic viscosity measurements, Adamczyk, Z.; Cichocki, Bogdan; Ekiel-Jezewska, M. L.; Slowicka, A.; Wajnryb, E., Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 385: 244-257, 2012 14 citations
  5. Streaming potential studies of colloid, polyelectrolyte and protein deposition, Adamczyk, Z.; Sadlej, K.; Wajnryb, E.; et al., Advances in Colloidal Interface Science, 153: 1-29, 2010, 43 citations
  6. Hydrodynamic crystals: Collective dynamics of regular arrays of spherical particles in a parallel-wall channel, Baron, M.; Blawzdziewicz, J.; Wajnryb, E., Physical Review Letters, 100, 2008, 20 citations
  7. Mutual information and redundancy in spontaneous communication between cortical neurons, Szczepanski J., Arnold M.M., Wajnryb E., Amigo J.M., Sanchez-Vives M.V., 2011, , Biological Cybernetics, 104 (3): 161-174, 7 citations
  8. Swapping trajectories: A new wall-induced cross-streamline particle migration mechanism in a dilute suspension of spheres, Zurita-Gotor, M.; Blawzdziewicz, J.; Wajnryb, E., Journal of Fluid Mechanics 592: 447-469, 2007, 35 citations
  9. Hydrodynamic interactions of spherical particles in suspensions confined between two planar walls, Bhattacharya, S.; Blawzdziewicz, J.; Wajnryb, E., Journal of Fluid Mechanics 541: 263-292, 2005, 53 citations

 

Research monographs and chapters

  • Cichocki B., Ekiel-Jeżewska M.L., Naegele G., Wajnryb E., Drops and Bubbles in Contact with Solid Surface, chapter: Hydrodynamic Interactions Between Solid Particles at a Fluid-Gas Interface, Ferrari M., Liggieri L., Miller R., CRC Press, Leiden, 93-104, 2012

 

Completed Projects

Project Title

Funding source

Amount

(Euros)

Period

Role of the PI

Relation to current

ERC proposal

Microparticles – synthesis and applications innovative materials and technologies (FUNANO)

EU Funds, Regional Development Funds

1100 000

2010-2014

Main investigator

Indirect, numerical codes

Multiphase flows in micro channels

National Science Centre, Poland

60 000

2010-2013

Project leader

Indirect, numerical codes

New quantitative method of colloidal particles interactions with phase boundaries

National Science Centre, Poland

150 000

2010-2013

Main investigator

None

Properties of colloidal suspensions in finite geometries

National Science Centre, Poland

60 00

2007-2009

Project leader

Indirect, numerical models

COST P21 Grant, Physics of droplets

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Travel expences

2007-2010

Main investigator

Direct, numerical codes

MANAR Network, New Nanomaterials

Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

 

400 000

2007-2009

Main investigator

Indirect, numerical codes

Information-Theoretical and Cryptographic aspects of Neuronal Discharges

Polish-Spanish Joint Project, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Visit expenses

2004-2005

Main investigator

Analysis of the neuronal signals by Lempel-Ziv complexity