Visiting Professors and International Guest Lecturers

A Visiting Professor is an international academic who does not hold Polish citizenship and who holds the title of professor or is employed in a professorial position at a university or research institution. The invited academic is required to deliver at least 60 teaching hours for students and/or doctoral candidates of the University of Lodz during one academic year. 
Teaching may include elective courses as well as classes included in existing study or doctoral education programmes and may be delivered on site or in online format.

Prof. Iveta Waczulíková is a Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, where she is affiliated with the Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics. Her academic and teaching activities focus on biophysics, biomedical physics, biostatistics, and research methodology. She has extensive teaching experience across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes, delivering courses in biostatistics, experimental methods in medical physics, and the design and analysis of biomedical and biophysical research. She is also actively involved in supervising student research and degree projects and in developing students’ competencies in interdisciplinary teamwork. Her teaching expertise is further supported by training in modern educational approaches, including Team-Based Learning, as well as advanced coursework in biomedical statistics.

Prof. Camille Locht is the Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and founding Director of the Centre for Infection and Immunity at the Institute Pasteur de Lille, France. He is an internationally recognized microbiologist whose research focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of respiratory infections, particularly pertussis and tuberculosis, with the long-term aim of developing new vaccines against both diseases. His laboratory developed a molecular typing system for mycobacteria that has reached the market. The live attenuated nasal pertussis vaccine developed in his laboratory has now successfully completed phase II clinical trials and is now in the III phase. He has authored more than 380 publications and 20 patents. His academic and teaching activities focus on medical microbiology, vaccinology, molecular biology, writing projects, ethical aspects of publishing in scientific journals and designing clinical studies. He has extensive teaching experience across undergraduate and graduate students of microbiology and biotechnology, and PhD students. He is involved in supervising students’ master’s degree and PhD projects as a scientific consultant. His collaboration with our Faculty focuses on innate immune responses induced by halophilic archaea supporting research on host-microbe interactions and inflammatory respiratory and skin disorders.

Bartosz Adamczyk, PhD, dos. (Adjunct Professor) is a Principal Scientist at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) in Helsinki, where he is affiliated with the Soil Ecosystems Group. His research focuses on forest soil science, environmental biogeochemistry, and microbial ecology, with particular emphasis on carbon and nitrogen cycling in boreal ecosystems. He investigates the formation, decomposition, and stabilization of soil organic matter, including the roles of fungi, microbial necromass, and plant-derived compounds such as tannins. His work examines how interactions among roots, microorganisms, and plant metabolites influence nutrient availability and soil carbon storage. He also develops and applies biochemical and analytical methods, including liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, to quantify microbial biomass and necromass. His interdisciplinary research integrates biochemistry, microbiology, and ecosystem science to advance understanding of soil carbon sequestration and support sustainable forest and land management.

International Guest Lecturers are academics from foreign universities or research institutions invited to deliver fewer than 60 teaching hours during one academic year.

Their visits provide an opportunity to enrich the Faculty’s teaching offer, introduce students to different academic perspectives and areas of expertise, and strengthen cooperation with international academic partners.

For further information regarding the Visiting Professor programme, eligibility requirements, documentation and organisational arrangements, please contact:

Vice-Dean for Internationalisation – dr hab. Aneta Balcerczyk, prof. UŁ

Dean’s Office: Monika Błaszczyk