PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATION
Management
Ewa ŚMIGIERA, PhD Sc. Eng.
Director Łukasiewicz – Industrial Chemistry Institute
phone: +48 22 568 22 43,
+48 22 633 97 98,
+48 510 968 563 ewa.smigiera@ichp.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Graduated from the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology (1998). She graduated in 2021 with an MBA in Finance Technology, in 2023. POST MBA Digital Transformation and in 2024 study – Academy of Leadership Psychology at the Business School of Warsaw University of Technology. In 2013, she completed postgraduate studies in Project Management at the College of Ecology and Innovation in Lublin. In 2007, she received a doctorate in technical sciences from the Industrial Chemistry Institute.
Since 1998, she has been employed at the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Chemistry Institute in Warsaw (formerly the Industrial Chemistry Institute).
In 2015-2016, she was Chairman of the Board of ChemSpin sp. z o.o., established by Łukasiewicz – ICI (100% of shares) to commercialize the results of research generated at the Institute.
In 2017-2018, she served as Head of the Technology Transfer Office at Łukasiewicz – ICI.
From 2017 until VI.2024, she was a member (most recently chairperson) of the Supervisory Board of Silikony Polskie sp. z o.o., co-owned by Łukasiewicz – ICI.
Since 2019, he has been a representative of the Minister of Science on the Scientific Council of the Institute of Fuel and Energy Technology (formerly IChPW), and since 2023 – Łukasiewicz – ICI representative on the Employers’ Council (chemistry faculty) at the College of Engineering and Health Sciences in Warsaw.
In January 2018, she was appointed Deputy Director for Research and Commercialization at Łukasiewicz – ICI and was responsible for managing the Research Department (chemistry, biotechnology, pharmacy area) and the Commercialization and Technology Transfer Department.
On May 15, 2024, by decision of the President of the Łukasiewicz Center, she was appointed Director of Łukasiewicz – Industrial Chemistry Institute of named after Prof. Ignacy Mościcki.
Zbigniew ROGULSKI, PhD Sc.
Deputy Director for Research
Łukasiewicz - Industrial Chemistry Institute
phone: +48 453 056 149
zbigniew.rogulski@ichp.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw (1999), PhD in chemical sciences (Faculty of Chemistry, UW, 2004), habilitation in technical sciences – chemical technology (Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, 2016). Completed Postgraduate Managerial Studies in School Management (Faculty of Management, UW, 2017), Postgraduate Legal and Financial Studies – Sustainable Finance (Faculty of Law and Administration, UW, 2024), participant in postgraduate studies ‘Project Management’ (SGH, 2024-2025). Between 2010 and 2014, completed a series of training courses on commercialisation of R&D results and supervision and operation of special purpose vehicles.
From 1999 to 2015, he was a researcher at the Prof. I. Mościcki Institute of Industrial Chemistry. From 2016 to 2024 Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the UW in the field of finance, development and infrastructure.
From 2012-2016 Member of the Management Board and then of the Supervisory Board of a special purpose vehicle of the University of Warsaw dedicated to the commercialisation of research and development (UWRC sp. z o.o.). From 2014 to 2015, President of the Board of the Industrial Chemistry Institute’s special purpose company ChemSpin sp. z o.o. From 2017 to present Chairman of the Board of Łukasiewicz – Institute of Organic Industry.
Manager and main contractor in national and international projects in the field of energy storage, recycling of batteries and accumulators and use of radioisotopes in medical diagnostics. As part of activities related to the development of the infrastructure of the UW Chemistry Department, he was the manager of tasks carried out at the UW under the project Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology – CePTII. He was the initiator and manager of the first laboratory in Poland to conduct preclinical research using isotope techniques (PET/SPECT/CT).
His scientific achievements include (co-authorship and authorship): 60 scientific publications in journals from the Philadelphia list, six patents, two patent applications, two know-how solutions. His research work has been recognised, among others, at invention exhibitions in the form of ten gold and seven silver medals and numerous distinctions, e.g. in the competition for the Polish Product of the Future. Hirsch index – 16.
By decision of the President of the Łukasiewicz Centre, on 1 January 2025 he was appointed Deputy Director for Research Affairs of the Łukasiewicz – Industrial Chemistry Institute.
Wojciech Konarski, M. Sc. Eng
Deputy Director for Finance
phone +48 502 292 707
wojciech.konarski@ichp.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
