Robert is a principal investigator at the Soft Condensed Matter Group, with extensive experience in leadership and management. He was a member of several research funding committees, incl. ERC panel, and the Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Robert has a very strong record of collaboration with business sector (Mitsui Chemicals Inc., Samsung and Unilever). Current research topics: soft matter, biologistics, biological chemistry, statistical physics, techniques: FCS, PCS, capillary electrophoresis TDA.
Web of Science bibliometric data: publications 300 (and 3 books, one in Springer Verlag 2012), total citations ca. 7300, h-index=47; more than 40 patents, 15 patents granted (incl. USA, the Netherlands, Switzerland). He is a co-founder of 3 spin-off companies and he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Scope Fluidics Inc.