Maciej Wojtkowski

This postdoctoral position is based at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, within Team 3 of the ICTER International Centre for Translational Eye Research. The project, “Optical measurements of retinal neuronal responses” , is funded through the NCN MAESTRO 16 programme and led by Prof. dr hab. Maciej Wojtkowski . The research focuses on developing and testing a non-invasive optical approach for probing the functional state of the human retina. The project builds on the idea that the retina can serve as a compact, accessible interface to the brain’s neuronal network, and asks whether optical methods can capture information about retinal inputs and outputs without additional modification of the organism. The successful postdoc will work on experimental design and implementation, including constructing an experimental setup with polarization-diverse detection, testing the setup on phantoms and cell cultures, adapting it for human measurements with retinal stimulating light insertion, and performing initial volunteer measurements. The role also includes ergonomisation of the system and supervision of a PhD student. The position offers a research environment with modern infrastructure and a young, dynamically developing team. It is a project-oriented role in translational eye research, combining biomedical engineering, optical physics, and retinal neuroscience.