Wojtek Smigiel

Combining my expertise in biophysics and synthetic biology with experience gathered developing Syntro to provide custom services for data-driven companies. Responsible for our workshop and automation services. I'm here to teach you how to augment your workflows with artificial intelligence - from prompting basics to highly autonomous, task-oriented AI agents. The ultimate goal - simplifying your work through novel tech.

My role involves: - Overseeing product vision and development, - long-term product strategy, - state-of-the-art research, - co-developing the company's technological direction, - planning development, - proof-of-concept creation, - educational activities, - technical client communication, - co-managing the technical team

Project manager of scientific grants and innovative R&D projects for European academics and SMEs. Research and education plan design, grant writing, proofing, consortium management for novel scientific research projects. R&D strategy design, competition research, market penetration strategy formation for SMEs with cutting-edge technologies looking at commercial deployment. Experience with leading European funding schemes. Key experiences: Academic: MSCA Doctoral Networks - project lead - strategy formation, consortium management, doctoral program design, educational activities and dissemination strategy formation, work plan design ERC AG - project support - proposal review and redesign, division of information to B1/B2, work plan design, risk analysis and management Commercial: EIC Accelerator - step 0/1/2 lead, experience in blended finance and grant-first schemes - project strategy formation with focus on innovative features and project use case impact; value chain, work plan and budget design, competition analysis, market penetration strategy, scale-up, IP protection strategy, risk analysis and management, pitch deck and video pitch production Eurostars - project lead - strategy formation with focus on scientific excellence, impact and competitiveness analysis; consortium management, work plan design, risk analysis EIC Pathfinder - project support - strategy formation, consortium management, work plan design

PhD research resulting in a thesis titled: Untangling the macromolecular dynamics of (syn)cells: insights into the nature of the prokaryotic cytoplasm and the design of synthetic cells Defended on 21st of June 2022 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/untangling-the-macromolecular-dynamics-of-syncells-insights-into-