Maciej Pilarek, Ph.D., Eng.

Tomasovsky vyhlad; Slovensky Raj NP, Slovakia (2006)
Warsaw University of Technology
Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
ul. Warynskiego 1
00-645 Warsaw
Poland

e-mail: pilarek@ichip.pw.edu.pl
tel.: ++48-22-2346272
Skype: maciekp
homepage: www.ichip.pw.edu.pl/pilarek

Emloyment History:: from October 2008: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering; 2004-2008: Warsaw University of Technology, Centre for Biotechnology
Education:: 1999-2003: Ph.D. Studies in Biochemical Engineering
Warsaw Univeristy of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
Ph.D. thesis (October 2003): "Studies on kinetics of enzymatic alcoholysis of triacylglycerols"; 1994-1999: Graduated M.Sc., Eng. Studies in Industrial Biotechnology
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering
M.Sc. thesis (June 1999): "Biochemical properties of chitin deacetylase from Absidia orchidis"
Research activities: - perfluorochemicals (fluorocarbons, PFC) as oxygen carriers in cell cultures; - bioreactors for plant and animal cell cultures
- enzymatic alcoholysis of lipids
Publications:: Pilarek M., Chaber E., Szewczyk K.W., "Perfluorinated systems for culture of animal cells", Inzynieria i Aparatura Chemiczna 48 (2009), 83-84 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Dębowska J., Szewczyk K.W., "Culture of Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells in a membrane bioreactor with perfluorinated oxygen carrier", Inzynieria i Aparatura Chemiczna 48 (2009), 85-86 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., Chaber E. "Animal cell cultures on liquid/liquid interfacial area", Acta Biochimica Polonica 4-Supplement (2008), 54.; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Effects of perfluorinated oxygen carrier application in yeast, fungi and plant cell suspension cultures", Biochemical Engineering Journal 41 (2008), 38-42.; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Application of a liquid oxygen carrier in plant cell suspension cultures", Journal of Biotechnology 131 (2007), S143.; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Kinetic model of 1,3-specyfic triacylglycerols alcoholysis catalyzed by lipases", Journal of Biotechnology 127 (2007), 736-744.; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., Stepniewski J., Anderszewska A. "The use of a perfluorinated oxygen vector in cultures of microorganisms", Przemysł Chemiczny / Chemical Review 85 (2006), 1131-1133 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., Stepniewski J. "Perfluorodecalin as an oxygen vector in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultures", Inzynieria i Aparatura Chemiczna 44 (2005), 76-78 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Perfluorochemicals as liquid vectors of respiratory gases used in medicine and biotechnology" Biotechnologia 69 (2005), 125-150 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Kinetic model of enzymatic tricaprylin isopropanolysis" Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa / Chemical and Process Engineering 25 (2004), 1495-1501 (in Polish).; Szewczyk K.W., Pilarek M., Tymosiewicz R., Pec K., "The effect of fatty acid chain length on kinetics of enzymatic alcoholysis" Przemysł Chemiczny / Chemical Review 82 (2003), 1100-1103 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., "Enzymatic isopropanolysis of triacylglycerols" Inzynieria i Aparatura Chemiczna 41 (2002), 116-117 (in Polish).; Pilarek M., Szewczyk K.W., Wrona M. "Trends and perspectives of lipases applications" Biotechnologia 57 (2002), 146-164 (in Polish).; Szewczyk K.W., Pilarek M., Wrona M. "Enzymatic propanolysis of triacetin" Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa / Chemical and Process Engineering 22 (2001), 1351-1356 (in Polish).; Jaworska M. M., Pilarek M., Konieczna E. "Chitin deacetylase from Absidia orchidis", Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and Its Derivates 7 (2001), 79-86.
Congress and conference presentations:: "Perfluorinated systems for culture of animal cells"- presentation at 10 Bioreactor Engineering Advances Conference, Lodz (PL) 2009.; "Culture of Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells in a membrane bioreactor with perfluorinated oxygen carrier" - poster at 10 Bioreactor Engineering Advances Conference, Lodz (PL) 2009.; "Animal cell cultures on liquid/liquid interfacial area" - poster at Central European Congress of Life Sciences EUROBIOTECH 2008, Krakow (PL) 2008.; "Application of a liquid oxygen carrier in plant cell suspension cultures" - poster at 13^th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona (SP) 2007.; "Suspension cultures of Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells with perfluorinated oxygen carrier" - poster at 3^th National Congress on Biotechnology, Poznan (PL) 2007.; "The use of a perfluorinated oxygen vector in cultures of microorganisms" - presentation at 5 National Congress on Chemical Technology, Poznan (PL) 2006.; "Perfluorodecalin as an oxygen vector in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultures" - presentation at 9 Bioreactor Engineering Advances Conference, Lodz (PL) 2005.; "Callus induction in variety of Nicotiana tabacum L." - poster at 9 Bioreactor Engineering Advances Conference, Lodz (PL) 2005.; "Kinetic model of enzymatic tricaprylin isopropanolysis" - poster at 18^th Nationwide Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, Szczyrk (PL) 2004.; "The effect of fatty acid chain length on kinetics of enzymatic alcoholysis" - presentation at 4 National Congress on Chemical Technology, Lodz (PL) 2003.; "Mathematical modelling of enzymatic alcoholysis of triacylglycerols" - presentation at 2^nd National Congress on Biotechnology, Lodz (PL) 2003.; "Enzymatic isopropanolysis of triacylglycerols" - presentation at 8 Bioreactor Engineering Advances Conference, Lodz (PL) 2002.; "1,3-specyfic alcoholysis of triacylglycerols" - poster at 4^th European Symposium on Biochemial Engineering Science (ESBES-4), Delft (NL) 2002.; "Enzymatic propanolysis of triacetin" - poster at 17^th Nationwide Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, Polanica Zdroj (PL) 2001.; "Enzymatic alcoholysis of triacetin" - poster at 10^th European Congress on Biotechnology, Madrid (SP) 2001.
Teaching activities:: Plant and Animal Cell and Tissue Cultures - obligatory lecture for Biotechnology students (6^th semester).; Biochemistry - laboratory exercises for Biotechnology students (4^th semester).
Teaching publications:: Walory J., Pilarek M., Kalinowska M., Jaworowska-Deptuch H. "Biochemistry. Laboratory exercises", Warsaw University of Technology Publishing Department, ISBN 83-7207-393-7, Warsaw 2003 (in Polish).; "Laboratory of Bioprocesses" edited by Szewczyk K.W., Warsaw University of Technology Publishing Department, ISBN 83-7207-371-6, Warsaw 2002 (in Polish).
Other teaching and popular-science experience:: EFB RBO Warsaw Poland - Manager of European Federation of Biotechnology Regional Branch Office for Poland, Ukraine and Belarus.; KNB "Herbion" - tutor of Scientific Biotechnology Group "Herbion" at Warsaw University of Technology.; Scientific Festival and Science Picnic - lectures organizer during most known popular-science events in Poland.; SNSBio (Science Seminarium for Biotechnology Students) - organization of annual meeting for biotechnology students of various Warsaw Universities.; ONS Bio PW (Scientific Camps for Biotechnology Students) - organization and leadership of annual scientific camps for biotechnology students from Warsaw University of Technology.
;-) Leisure activities:: Planning and organization of treking and hiking trips to National Parks in Poland and tours round Europe.; Photography of nature.; GPS navigation.

Last modified: 2009.09.04.