Piotr Garstecki,
 Associate Professor
  • B.Sc. in Mathematics, 1996 - College of Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, 1998 - College of Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Ph.D., 2002 Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • D.Sc., 2007 Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
 
 Education and training:
  • 2002-2005 - Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
 
 Research areas:
  • Microfluidics
    - Formation of bubbles and droplets
    - Applications to material science
    - Flow through networks
    - Lab-on-Chip applications
  • Dynamic Self-Organization in Complex Fluids
    - Control of screening efficiency in electrolyte solutions
    - Self-Assembly based on charge-charge interactions
    - Self-Assembly based on dipol-dipol interactions
    - Self-Assembly in blends of complex fluids
 
 Last ten papers:
  1. P. Garstecki, A.M. Ganan-Calvo, G.M. Whitesides, "Formation of bubbles and droplets in microfluidic systems" Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci. 53, 361-372 (2005)
  2. P. Garstecki, M. Fuerstman, G.M. Whitesides, "Oscillations with uniquely long periods in a microfluidic bubble generator" Nature Physics 1, 168-171 (2005)
  3. D.B. Weibel, P. Garstecki, G.M. Whitesides, "Combining microscience and neurobiology" Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 15, 560-567 (2005)
  4. D.B. Weibel, P. Garstecki, D. Ryan, J. Seto, W. DiLuzio, M. Mayer, G.M. Whitesides, "Microoxen: Microorganisms Move Microscale Loads" PNAS 102, 11963 (2005)
  5. W. DiLuzio, L. Stern, M. Mayer, P. Garstecki, D.B. Weibel, H. Berg, G.M. Whitesides, "E. coli Drive on the Right" Nature (London) 435, 1271 (2005)
  6. P. Garstecki, M.A. Fischbach, G.M. Whitesides, "Design for mixing using bubbles in branched microfluidic channels" Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 244108 (2005)
  7. P. Garstecki, M. Fuerstman, G.M. Whitesides, "Nonlinear dynamics of a microfluidic flow-focusing bubble generator - an inverted faucet" Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 234502 (2005)
  8. P. Garstecki, H.A. Stone, G.M. Whitesides, "Mechanism for flow-rate controlled breakup in confined geometries: A route to monodisperse emulsions" Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 164501 (2005)
  9. S. Takeuchi, P. Garstecki, D.B. Weibel, G.M. Whitesides, "An axisymmetric flow-focusing microfluidic device" Adv. Mater. 17, 1067 (2005)
  10. P. Garstecki, M. Fuerstman, M.A. Fischbach , S. Sia, G.M. Whitesides, "Mixing with bubbles: A practical technology for use with portable microfluidic devices" Lab Chip 6, 207 (2006)
Total number of publications: 29
Number of patents: 4
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