4th Warsaw Soft Matter Day


Warsaw University of Technology
28.09.2026

General Information

This event is a cost-free initiative, led by soft matter scientists from various institutions in Warsaw (listed alphabetically, below). We also warmly welcome other soft matter scientists and their institutions to join us.

  • Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences: Maria Ekiel-Jezewska
  • Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences: Michał Bogdan
  • Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences: Svyatoslav Kondrat, Bartłomiej Wacław
  • Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences: Luis Carnevale, King Ng, Panagiotis Theodorakis
  • University of Warsaw: Michał Dzikowski, Maciej Lisicki, Piotr Szymczak
  • Warsaw University of Technology: Tomasz Bobiński, Michał Klamka, Łukasz Klotz, Michał Remer, Tomasz Wacławczyk



Key Dates


  • Deadline for Abstract submission: 30th June 2026
  • Decision and notification of Abstract presentation acceptance: 10th July 2026

registration

abstract submission

The deadline for abstract submission is 30th June 2026.
Decision and notification of Abstract presentation acceptance: 10th July 2026.

STEP 1 – TEMPLATE

Abstract template in MS WORD: Download
Abstract template in LaTeX: Download


STEP 2 – Abstract submission


The name and the presenting author’s email address must be provided below when submitting the one-page abstract.
Do not forget to register first before the abstract submission. The official language of the conference is English.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email the organizer: tomasz.waclawczyk@pw.edu.pl

Dates & Venue

Warsaw Soft Matter Day, 28.09.2026 Warsaw


Where will the conference take place?


The Warsaw Soft Matter Day takes place on the 28th September 2026.
Registration of participants begins from 8:00 am.
The conference will be held at the Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Heat Engineering ( Nowowiejska 21/25 str, 00-665 Warsaw ).
The conference will take place in Aula T1 on the ground floor. The information about how to get there can be found here


Contact


Address

Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering
Warsaw University of Technology
Nowowiejska 24,
00-665 Warsaw
Poland


Phone

+48 22 234 77 68


E-mail

tomasz.waclawczyk@pw.edu.pl

Programme


Programme in PDF: Link

Monday, September 28th 2026
(9.00 AM - 5.10 PM)
Arrival of attendees & Registration 8:00-9:00
Opening SessionTomasz Wacławczyk 9:00 - 9:05
Session 1 Chair: Maciej Lisicki 9:05-11:00
Invited speaker Bogdan Cichocki (University of Warsaw) 9:05 – 10:00
Dissipation, time-reversal symmetry and reciprocity in microhydrodynamics
▸ Abstract To be confirmed
Talk 1 Reiner van Buel, Laura Meissner-Oszer, Bogdan Cichocki, Andrej Vilfan, Jeffrey C. Everts 10:00 – 10:15
Fluid anisotropy generates shape-dependent electrophoresis in the Smoluchowski limit
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 2 Simon Emmanuel 10:15 – 10:30
Hidden Layers: How Nano-Scale Structure Controls Global-Scale Reactions
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 3 Jiangjiang Wang, Herbert E. Huppert, Sergio Andres Galindo-Torres 10:30 – 10:45
Pore-Scale Controls and Structure-Aware Scaling of Solute Dispersion in Disordered Porous Media
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 4 Gustavo C. Abade 10:45 – 11:00
On two paradoxes of mixed-phase clouds: beyond mean-field descriptions
▸ Abstract Link
Refreshment Break & Poster session 11:00 - 11:30
Session 2 Chair: Panagiotis Theodorakis 11:30-12:45
Talk 5 Tomasz Szawełło, Piotr Szymczak 11:30 – 11:45
When clogging helps: optimizing injection conditions​ for self-limiting mineral replacement
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 6 Piotr Nowakowski, Jocelyn Dupont, Siddhant Mohapatra, Fanny Wéry, Filip Novkoski, Nicolas Vandewalle, Ana-Sunčana Smith 11:45 – 12:00
Soft Active Particle as Model of Motion of Cell​ on Plane and in Ratchet Channel
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 7 Antoni Wrzos, Akash Unnikrishnan, Matthew O’Donohue, Katarzyna Rojek, Jan Guzowski, Maciej Lisicki, Piotr Szymczak 12:00 – 12:15
Modeling sprouting angiogenesis: a coupled CPM-FEM approach to ECM mechanics
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 8 Szymon Kaczmarczyk, Maciej Matyka 12:15 – 12:30
Spring-mass model for fluid droplet
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 9 Emir Öngüner – LaVision 12:30 – 12:45
Optical measurement systems for fluid dynamic research
▸ Abstract To be confirmed
Refreshment break 12:45 - 13:45
Poster Session 12:45 – 13:45
Session 3 Chairs: Maciej Matyka 13:45-15:15
Talk 10 Piotr Zdybel, Chandra Shekhar, Harish N. Mirajkar, Yevgen Melikhov and Maria L. Ekiel-Jeżewska 13:45 – 14:00
Hydrodynamic self-orientation of sedimenting particles with two planes of symmetry
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 11 Tomasz Skóra, Erica M. Hastings, Keith R. Carney, Henry C. Fu, Tamara C. Bidone1, and Paul A. Sigala 14:00 – 14:15
Hemozoin nanocrystals in malaria parasites: A biological example of self-propulsion in confinement
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 12 Radost Waszkiewicz, Franciszek Myck, Łukasz Białas, Maria Puciata-Mroczynska, Michal Dzikowski, Piotr Szymczak, Maciej Lisicki 14:15 – 14:30
Under pressure: poroelastic regulation of flow in espresso brewing
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 13 Dawid Strzelczyk, Pavel Eichler, Maciej Matyka 14:30 – 14:45
No-slip boundaries for off-grid Lattice Boltzmann Method
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 14 Igor Kumela, Gustavo C. Abade 14:45 – 15:00
A minimal particle-based model for scalar fluctuations in turbulent flows: application to cloud chambers
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 15 EC TEST Systems 15:00 – 15:15
Nowoczesne rozwiązania pomiarowe z zakresu drgań,akustyki, termografii i kamer szybkich.
▸ Abstract To be confirmed
Refreshment Break & Poster session 15:15 - 15:30
Session 4 Chairs: Michal Klamka 15:30-16:45
Talk 15 Magdalena M. Mrokowska, Arkadiusz Antonowicz, Jakub Trzaska, Anna Krztoń-Maziopa 15:30 – 15:45
Response of biopolimer-rich layer to particle settling through pycnocline: preliminary experimental insight
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 16 Bikram D. Shrestha, Santhan Chandragiri, Rafał Błaszkiewicz, Jan Kossacki, Christian D. Gibson, Nina R. Couture, Melissa Ruszczyk, Maciej Lisicki, Vivek N. Prakash 15:45 – 16:00
A universal hydrodynamic transition in confined marine invertebrate larvae
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 17 Jolanta M. Wołowicz, Ryszard Wojnar 16:00 – 16:15
Candle Ice
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 18 Jan Turczynowicz, Radost Waszkiewicz, Jonasz Słomka, Maciej Lisicki 16:15 – 16:30
Oxygen-based method of estimating carbon sequestration in the oceans
▸ Abstract Link
Talk 19 Magdalena Włodarska, Katarzyna Lange, Beata Mossety-Leszczak 16:30 – 16:45
Properties of a hydrogen bond-induced liquid crystalline phase in 4-(3-butenyloxy)benzoic acid
▸ Abstract Link
Closing remarks 16:45 - 17:00