About Institute
Łukasiewicz – the Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (Łukasiewicz – IMiF) belongs to the Łukasiewicz network. We work in line with the Science is Business model. We offer business owners solutions designed to help them streamline their business operations and develop game-changing technologies.
Łukasiewicz Research Network
The third largest research network in Europe and the leader in R&D for Central and Eastern Europe
Modern research institution managing 440 R&D laboratories
Specialist research equipment: 3,762 devices of key equipment, including 497 unique devices in Poland
We support the development of your business
If you are interested in cooperating with Łukasiewicz – IMiF, please email us at: komercjalizacja@imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
We develop technologies for manufacturing new materials; we test their properties and explore the possibilities for putting them to practical use in the following sectors: energy, electronics, photonics, medicine, aviation, defence, and other sectors of the economy.
Mission and Vision of the Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics
Mission:
We develop technologies of the future in response to the challenges of the modern world
Vision:
We want to be a leading partner in implementing valuable technologies and products in microelectronics and photonics
Our guiding
principles
We understand the market needs of our partners
We respond to challenges “from conception to implementation”
We effectively protect intellectual property
We are agile in delivering projects
We deliver high added value technologies and products
We go the extra mile to deliver results
We operate globally
We have founded our growth on the following pillars:
People
The strength of our Institute is our people – outstanding researchers achieving success in many scientific disciplines. Their achievements include hundreds of publications in the world’s leading science journals, dozens of patents – including global patents – and participation in prestigious scientific projects.
Research infrastructure
Our scientific laboratories are where our innovative solutions are developed. We pride ourselves on our advanced research and analytical capabilities – our laboratories feature first-class specialist equipment and unique apparatuses that allow the Institute to secure a high place in the ranks of European scientific organisations.
Technologies
We conduct research and development in the following areas: microelectronics, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, materials engineering, photonics (including nanophotonics), microwave electronics, power electronics, as well as printed, transparent and flexible electronics. We implement and disseminate the results of this work throughout the economy.
Processes
- Concept creation
- Scientific development of microelectronics and photonics
- R&D projects
- Product engineering
- IP value creation
- Commercialization of research findings
Institute Management
Piotr Guzdek is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He obtained a PhD in physics at the Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science of the University of Science and Technology. In the same year he joined the Institute as an assistant, climbing the career ladder from a lab director, then a research unit director to the Deputy Director of an entire branch. He has led five research projects and participated in more than ten projects including POIG, POIR and FP7. He co-authored more than 60 scientific publications from the JCR list and four patents.
Institute Council
Presidium of the Council
Council Chairman:
Janusz Noga, Ph.D., Eng.
Chairman of the Board at Telesystem-Mesko Sp. z o.o.
Vice Council Chairman:
Anna Szerling, Ph.D., D.Sc., Eng.
Head of GaN-Based Devices, Sensors, Thin-film Structures and Porous Materials Research Group, Łukasiewicz-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics
Council Secretary:
Dariusz Szmigiel, Ph.D., Eng.
Head of Silicon Technology and Sensor Systems Research Group, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics
Council Members:
prof. dr hab. inż.
Ryszard Buczyński
Lider Grupy Badawczej Materiały fotoniczne,
Łukasiewicz – IMiF
dr inż.
Tymoteusz Ciuk
Lider Grupy Badawczej Grafen i kompozyty,
Łukasiewicz – IMiF
mgr inż.
Remigiusz Czerniej, MBA
Inwestor ExeMed Sp. z o.o.
mgr inż.
Krzysztof Grudzień
Prezes Zarządu Lars Lighting Sp. z o.o.
dr hab.
Krzysztof Kluza
Szkoła Główna Handlowa
mgr inż.
Wiktor Kuncewicz
Zastępca Szefa Biura Opracowań Specjalnych WB Electronics System S.A.
dr hab.
Paweł Mielcarz
Profesor w Akademii Leona Koźmińskiego –
Kierownik Katedry Finansów
dr inż.
Adam Piotrowski
Prezes VIGO System S.A.
dr hab inż.
Ryszard Piramidowicz, MBA
Profesor w Instytucie Mikroelektroniki i Optoelektroniki Politechniki Warszawskiej – Wydział Elektroniki i Technik Informacyjnych
dr inż.
Kamil Pierściński
Lider Grupy Badawczej Fotonika podczerwieni, Łukasiewicz – IMiF
mgr inż.
Adam Sitnik
Prezes Zarządu DACPOL Sp. z o.o.
dr. hab inż.
Agata Skwarek
Lider Grupy Badawczej Technologia LTCC i elektronika drukowana, Łukasiewicz – IMiF
History of the Institute
