Janusz M. Dabrowski
Prof. Janusz Dabrowski completed his master's degree in biological chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of Jagiellonian University, and then in 2009 he successfully defended with honors his PhD prepared with collaboration with Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology. Between 2010 and 2012, he completed a long-term research training at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Since 2018, he has been an independent researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University (habilitation work was awarded by the Prime Minister and the Polish Chemical Society). In 2019, he was promoted to associate professor, and he currently holds the position of full professor at Jagiellonian University.
His research focuses on:
1. Design, physicochemical characterization, and biological evaluation of novel porphyrin and phthalocyanine metal complexes for antimicrobial and anticancer photodynamic therapy (PDT);
2. Combination of PDT with immune checkpoint inhibition, particularly targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in cancer immunotherapy;
3. Development of nanostructured materials for photodynamic inactivation of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Prof. Dabrowski is the author and co-author of over 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles in the fields of chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, photochemistry, and molecular phototherapy. His research has been cited more than 4400 times, with an h-index of 39 (as of March 2025).
He actively collaborates with internationally recognized researchers, including Prof. Luis G. Arnaut and Prof. Mariette Pereira (University of Coimbra), Prof. Fabienne Dumoulin (Acıbadem University), and Prof. Martyna Elas (Jagiellonian University), among others. His work significantly contributes to the development of clinically relevant strategies for image-guided PDT and the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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