Tomasz Puzyn
Tomasz Puzyn is professor at the Laboratory of Environmental Chemometrics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland. He has authored more than 120 research papers in leading nanotechnology- and environment-related journals and edited 4 books. His main achievement is the introduction of quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) modeling in nanotechnology. He has led two completed EU FP7 projects and participated in five H2020 projects conducted within the European NanoSafety Cluster. He has received prestigious national and international awards, including fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Foundation for Polish Science, and the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education. Prof. Puzyn is founder and CEO of QSAR Lab Ltd., a spin-off company that uses the potential and experience of research staff from the Laboratory of Environmental Chemometrics to support chemical, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries in developing computational methods for designing innovative products (nanomaterials, ionic liquids) that are safe for humans and the environment.