Wojciech Piotr Bula received M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland in 2003 (top 5%), and his Ph.D. degree from University of Twente, The Netherlands in 2009. His master thesis focused on the development of TCD gas detector for the integrated gas chromatograph.
In MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, his research was carried out in the Lab-on-a-Chip (BIOS) group, lead by Prof. dr. ir. A. van den Berg, the Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology (SMCT) group, lead by Prof. D.N. Reinhoudt and at the Mesoscale Chemical Systems (MCS) group, lead by Prof. dr. Han J.G.E. Gardeniers. He was engaged in research of micro- and nanotechnology for the exploration of new lab-on-a-chip systems with a special focus on silicon-glass microreactor technology.
His PhD thesis was dedicated to the development and evaluation of microfluidic devices for kinetic studies of chemical reactions in microscale. His research focused on development, fabrication and evaluation of multiline parallel microreactor, immobilization of enzyme and catalyst inside microreactor and mass and UV spectroscopy on chip.
As a postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Bula was involved in the European Union 6th Framework (Future Emerging Technology) project on biomimetic infochemical communication system (iCHEM), where he was responsible for the development of a micromachined artificial gland. He has designed and fabricated silicon-glass microevaporators for dissipation of sex pheromones, originating from Spodoptera littoralis, in the milieu.
He was involved in a Dutch NWO Process on a chip project on the integration of membrane and catalysts functionalities in a meandering microreactor for selective oxidation and hydrogenation reactions.
He also supervised an MSc student investigating an application of lab-on-a-chip devices in forensics to identify illicit drugs at the crime scene.
During his stay as visiting research scholar at Research Institute for Nanodevice and Bio Systems at Hiroshima University, Japan (Feb 2011 – Apr 2013), he was involved in development of microfluidic components of water quality monitoring systems.
He holds visiting professor position at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands from May 2013.
From October 2013 he is a project researcher at The University of Tokyo, Japan and continues the development of a standalone, low-maintenance and sensitive detection system to monitor very small concentrations of chemical and biological contaminants in drinking water. The merits of his current research focus on utilization of forced convection, dielectrophoresis, 3D printing, and membrane-based components to enhance the detection limit of microfluidic systems.
List of publications
- Hoang, T.M.C., Eck, E.R.H. van, Bula, W.P., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Lefferts, L., Seshan, K., (2015), Humin based by-products from bioprocessing as potential carbonaceous source for synthesis gas production, Green chemistry, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 959 – 972, DOI: 10.1039/C4GC01324G
- Rácz, Z., Cole, M., Gardner, J.W., Chowdhury, M., Bula, W.P., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Karout, S., Capurro, A., Pearce, T.C., (2012), Design and implementation of a modular biomimetic infochemical communication system, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Application – Special Issue (2012), vol . 41, no. 6, pp. 653-667, DOI: 10.1002/cta.1829
- Muñoz, L., Dimov, N., Carot-Sans, G., Bula, W.P., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., (2012), Mimicking insect communication: release and detection of pheromone, biosynthesized by an alcohol acetyl transferase immobilized in a microreactor, PLoS One, vol. 7, no. 11, e47751, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047751
- Dimov, N., Muñoz, L., Carot-Sans, G., Verhoeven, M.L.P.M., Bula,P., Gülistan, K., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., (2011), Pheromone synthesis in a biomicroreactor coated with anti-adsorption polyelectrolyte multilayer, Biomicrofluidics, Volume 5, issue 3, 12 pages, DOI:10.1063/1.3608138
- Dimov, N., Munoz, L., Bula, P., Carot-Sans, G., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., (2011), A Chemoemitter System Mimicking Chemical Communication in Insects, Procedia Computer Science, 7, pp. 142-143,
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.09.055
- Cole, M., Gardner, J.W., Rácz, Z., Pathak, S., Guerrero, A., Muñoz, L., Carot, G., Pearce, T.C., Challiss, J., Markovic, D., Hansson, B.S., Olsson, S., Kübler, L., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Dimov, N., Bula, P., (2009), Biomimetic insect infochemical communication system, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 1-3, pp. 1358-1361, DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398416
- Costantini, F., Bula, W.P., Salvio, R., Huskens, J., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Reinhoudt, D.N., Verboom, W., (2009), Nanostructure based on polymer brushes for efficient heterogeneous catalysis in microreactors, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131, no. 5, pp. 1650-1651, DOI: 10.1021/ja807616z
- Ludden, M.J.W., Ling, X.Y., Gang, T., Bula, W.P., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Reinhoudt, D.N., Huskens, J., Multivalent binding of small guest molecules and proteins to molecular printboards inside microchannels, (2008), Chemistry – A European Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 136-142, DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701250
- Bula, W.P., Verboom, W., Reinhoudt, D.N., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Multichannel quench-flow microreactor chip for parallel reaction monitoring, (2007), Lab on a Chip – Miniaturization for Chemistry and Biology, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1717-1722, DOI: 10.1039/b710680g
- Dziuban, J.A., Mroz, J., Szczygielska, M., Malachowski, M., Gorecka-Drzazga, A., Walczak, R., Bula, W., Zalewski, D., Nieradko, L., Lysko, J., Koszur, J., Kowalski, P., (2004), Portable gas chromatograph with integrated components, Sensors and Actuators A, vol. 115, no. 2/3, pp. 318-330, DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.04.028
Selected invited lectures
- P. Bula, Interdisciplinary Microfluidics – The Moth Whisperer in the hunt for microbes in the Waterland, Hitachi Critical Facilities Protection, Dec 17, 2013, Singapore, and National University of Singapore, Dec 16, 2013, Singapore
- P. Bula, Microreactors – How to cook a big fish in a small pot? And a little bit more…, Hitachi High-Technologies, Apr 29, 2011, Tsuchiura, Japan
- P. Bula, Microreactors – How to cook a big fish in a small pot?, Hitachi High-Technologies, Feb 17, 2011, Hitachinaka, Japan; and Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Feb 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan; and Hiroshima University, 21 Apr, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan
- P. Bula, Microreactor Technology, EC Advanced Workshop on Infochemical Communication Technology, Mar 10, 2010, Granada, Spain
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed)
- Bula, W.P., Aritome, K., Miyake, R., 3D printed microfluidic circuit board, of the 18th Int. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS 2014), San Antonio, USA, Oct 26-30, 2014, pp. 1524-1526
- Bula, W.P., Aritome, K., Miyake, R., Sample processor based on 3D printed microfluidic circuit board, of the 6th Int. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2014), Jul 30 – Aug 1, 2014, Singapore, pp. 122-123
- Aritome, K., Miyake, R., Aritome, K., Bula, W.P., Asano, Y., Togashi, S., Water quality monitor cooperated with system mirror model, of 6th Int. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2014), Jul 30 – Aug 1, 2014, Singapore, pp. 246-247
- Bula, W.P., Aritome, K., Miyake, R., Towards microfluidic sample processor: From evaporative concentrator to 3D printed microfluidic circuit board, of the 13th Int. Conf. on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-13), Budapest, Hungary, Jun 23-25, 2014, pp. 114-115 (oral)
- Aritome, K., Bula, W. P., Miyake, R., 3D fabricated micro-reaction channel for miniaturized chemical analysis systems, of the 13th Int. Conf. on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-13), Budapest, Hungary, Jun 23-25, 2014, pp. 164-165
- Miyake, R., Aritome, K., Bula, W.P., Asano, Y., Togashi, S., New measurement method by micro-fluidic circuit mirror model, of the 13th Int. Conf. on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-13), Budapest, Hungary, Jun 23-25, 2014, pp. 200-201
- Bula, W.P., Aritome, K., Miyake, R., Hybrid technology continuous-flow concentrator for low temperature biological and chemical sample treatment, of the 24th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors (Biosensors 2014), May 27-30, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
- Aritome, K., Bula, W. P., Sakamoto, K., Murakami, Y., Miyake, R., 3D printed microfluidic devices and reconfigurable analysis system, of the 17th Int. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS 2013), Oct 27-31, 2013, Freiburg, Germany
- Bula, W.P., Takahata, Y., Aritome, K., Murakami, Y., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Miyake, R., Hybrid technology (3D additive printing – silicon – glass) multiline evaporative concentrator for water quality monitoring system, Proc. of the 17th Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII), Jun 16-20, 2013, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 400-403
- Aritome, K., Bula, W. P., Sakamoto, K., Murakami, Y., Miyake, R., Autonomous Compact Water Quality Monitor, of the 5th Int. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2013), May 16-19, 2013, Xiamen, China
- Bula, W.P., Takahata, Y., Schlautmann, S., Kariveti, S., Aritome, K., Ishikawa, T., Murakami, Y., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Miyake, R., Micromachined evaporative concentrator for water quality monitoring systems, of the 4th Int. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2012), Jun 10-13, 2012, Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp. 140-141
- Bula, W.P., Dimov, N.G., Muñoz, L., Carot-Sans, G., Guerrero, A., and Gardeniers, J.G.E., Mimicking insect signaling: Artificial gland for biosynthesis and release of semiochemicals for communication, Proc. of the IEEE 25th Int. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2012), Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2012, Paris, France, pp. 862-865, (oral)
- Olsson, S.B., Rácz, Z., Bula, W.P., Dimov, N., Carot-Sans, G., Jordan, M.D., Karout, S., Kuebler, L.S., Markovic, D., Muñoz, L., Pathak, S., Challiss, R.A.J., Cole, M., Gardner, J.W., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Guerrero, A., Hansson, B.S. and Pearce, T.C., iChem: An insect-inspired biomimetic infochemical communication system, Proc. of the 12th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction (ESITO), Sep 19-25, 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Aritome, K., Bula, W.P., Dimov, N.G., Kurek, P., Schlautmann, S., Takahata, Y., Murakami, Y., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Miyake, R., Mixing quantification in microfluidic droplets for the development of microbe counter, Proc. of the 3rd Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2011), Jun 2-4, 2011, Seoul, Korea
- Bula, W.P., Dimov, N., Muñoz, L., Carot-Sans, G., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., MEMS-based chemoemitter for biomimetic insect infochemical communication, of the 6th Int. Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, May 4-6, 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland (oral)
- Dimov, N., Muñoz, L., Bula, W.P., Carot-Sans, G., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., A chemoemitter system mimicking chemical communication in insects, of the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition – FET11, May 4-6, 2011, Budapest, Hungary
- Bula, W.P., Dimov, N.G., Muñoz, L., Guerrero, A., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Artificial gland for precise release of semiochemicals for chemical communication, of the 14th Int. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS 2010), Oct 3-7, 2010, Groningen, The Netherlands, pp.671-673 (oral)
- Cole, M., Gardner, J.W., Rácz, Z., Pathak, S., Guerrero, A., Muñoz, L., Carot, G., Pearce, T.C., Challiss, J., Markovic, D., Hansson, B.S., Olsson, S., Kübler, L., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Dimov, N., Bula, W., Biomimetic insect infochemical communication system, of the 8th Annual IEEE Conf. on Sensors, Oct 25-28, 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Bula, W.P., Verdoold, V., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Microreactors with integrated porous silicon layer for reaction studies by matrix-free mass spectrometry, of the 10th Int. Conf. on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-10), Apr 6-10, 2008, New Orleans, USA, pp. 418-421 (oral)
- Bula, W.P., Reinhoudt, D.N., Verboom, W., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Microreactors for reaction kinetics monitoring on a chip – from single line to multichannel quench-flow device, of the 11th Int. Conf. on Miniaturized System for Chemistry and Life Sciences (micro TAS 2007), Oct 7-11, 2007, Paris, France, Vol. 2, pp. 1471-1473
- Bula, W.P., Kristianto, K., Gardeniers, J.G.E., Verboom, W., van den Berg, A., Reinhoudt, D.N., Multichannel quench-flow microreactor for high-troughput reaction kinetics monitoring on a chip, Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-9), Sep 6-8, 2006, Potsdam/Berlin, Germany, pp. 134-135 (oral)
- De Jong, B.R., Bula, W.P., Zalewski, D., Van Baar, J.J. & Wiegerink, R.J., Pirani pressure sensor with distributed temperature measurement, Proc. of the 2nd IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Oct 22-24, 2003, Toronto, Canada, pp. 718-722
- Dziuban, J., Mroz, J., Szczygielska, M., Malachowski, M., Gorecka-Drzazga, A., Walczak R., Bula, W., Zalewski D., Nieradko L., 2003, Portable gas chromatograph with integrated components, Proc. of the 17th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, Eurosensors XVII, Sep 21-24, 2003, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 208-209
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