GRZEGORZ

GORCZYCA
SCIENTIST / CREATIVE INVENTOR / ENTREPRENEUR
Co-founder of AG medica - a technology startup established by Polish
scientists of the young generation. An expert in the field of biopolymers
and biomaterials. Initiator and co-creator of the Chitosan Hydrogel
technology. Initiator and co-creator of inventions protected by five patents
(4 UPRP, 1 USA); author of 10 peer-reviewed scientific publications. In his
free time an enthusiast of board games especially from Uwe Rosenberg,
Ted Alspach, Ignacy Trzewiczek.

// C ON TA C T
// WO R K
2015 - DIRECTOR OF R&D
Phone Lebork, Poland AG medica
+48 668 425 868 Project Leader combining duties related to the
development of Chitosan Hydrogel technology with
Email implementation activities aimed at locating
g.gorczyca@chitozan.pl technologies on the market.
gregory.gorczyca@gmail.com
2016 - EXPERT IN EVALUATION OF R&D PROJECTS
Web Warszawa, Poland The National Centre for Research and Development
www.chitozannaturalny.pl/en Expert in the evaluation of innovative projects under
European Union Smart Growth Operational
Home
Programme 2014-2020.
Marcina Dragana 9B/14
80-807 Gdansk, Poland 2013 - 2016 SPECIALIST OF R&D / VICE PRESIDENT
Gdansk, Poland Sorpla Ltd.
The subject of the company's activity is the
development and implementation on the market of
the first in the world system for sorting and separating
// DETAILS secondary raw materials (plastics), based on a unique,
patent-protected technology for recognizing the type
Date/Place of Birth of materials based on sound analysis.
14th August 1984, Gdansk 2013 - 2015 INNOVATION BROKER
Gdansk, Poland Gdansk University of Technology
Nationality
Identification of research projects conducted by the
Polish
employees of the Faculty of Chemistry with high
implementation potential and coordination of the
commercialization process.

2010 - 2016 TEAM LEADER

Gdansk, Poland Gdansk University of Technology
Leader of research projects conducted as part of the
Foundation for Polish Science programs: VENTURES,
IMPULS, as part of which he worked on the
development of patent protected modern wound
dressing materials and Chitosan Hydrogel technology.

2010 - 2013 CONTENT LEADER / ORIGINATOR

Gdansk, Poland Team of Specialists
Coordinator and implementer of research work
conducted as part of the "Team of Specialists" in order
to develop a new method of recognizing various types
of materials (plastic waste), based on sound analysis.

TEAM LEADER
// LI N K 2010 - 2011
Aquapharm
Gdansk, Poland
Work aimed at implementation of the nnovative
superabsorbent with antimicrobial properties,
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intended for use in horticulture / agriculture /
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transport / bioremediation, developed under
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Pomerania Development Agency Co. Investment Fund
Preincubation Accelerator.
// COURSES
"IGNITE" training in the field of
commercialization of research results,
Cambridge, Center for Entrepreneurial
Learning Judge Bussiness School
University of Cambridge.
“ENTERPRISERS " training in the field of
academic entrepreneurship, Cambridge,
University of Cambridge.
Training in the field of intellectual
property valuation (patents, patent
applications and know-how), Warszawa,
MNiSW.
Training "Scientist in business" - a training
and workshop cycle for employees of the
R&D sector, Warszawa, Investin Ltd.
The rules for starting the cosmetics
company under EU laws, Hamilton Ltd.
Interdisciplinary cooperation training
"Interdisciplinary Research Workshop", FNP.
Training in managing the scientific team,
(moderator: Susanne Marx), FNP.
Training in "Self-presentation and the art
of public speaking" training (coach:
Caroline van den Brul), FNP.
Bio Business School organized by the
Pomeranian Science and Technology
Park in Gdynia. Scope of training: project
management, negotiations, patent
procedure.
Internal Auditor of the Quality
Management System ISO 9001: 2008.
Internal Auditor of the Management
System in the Laboratory
PN-EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2005
// AWARDS
Gold medal at XVI Moscow International
Innovations and Innovative Technology
Salon, Archimedes, (2013) for innovative
chitosan wound dressing materials.
Gold medal at XII International Innovation
Exhibition ARCA (2014), for the method of
chitosan hydrogel preparation.
Silver medal at International Invention
Fair iENA 2013, Nuremberg, for chitosan
processing technologies.
Silver medal at International Invention
Fair TECHNICON INNOWACJE 2012,
Gdansk.
Finalist of the "Startup Venture - business
project" competition, organizer
Pomerania Development Agency Co.,
Yellow Box project, 2013.
Nomination in the plebiscite TRAVELERY
2012 of the National Geographic Magazine
in the category of the Scientific Discovery
of the Year 2012.
1st place in the 2012 Swallows of
Entrepreneurship competition, Organizer:
Knowledge and Entrepreneurship Center
of the Gdansk University of Technology.
Honorable mention in the competition for
the Best Student of the Republic of
Poland "Student Nobel 2009”.
Golden badge of the Gdańsk University of
Technology graduate for outstanding
scientific achievements.
Board games
// E DU C A TI ON
2009 - 2016 DOCTOR OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Gdansk, Poland Gdansk University of Technology
Scientific discipline: biotechnology.
Title of the doctoral dissertation: Obtaining
and characterizing new biomaterials with
antimicrobial activity based on chitosan, collagen
and gelatin.
2004 - 2009 MASTER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Gdansk, Poland Gdansk University of Technology
Title of the doctoral dissertation: Characterization
of 1,3-alternate calix[4]arene-silica bonded
stationary phases and their comparison to
selected commercial columns by using principal
component analysis.
// PUBLICATIONS
Szweda P., Gorczyca G., Tylingo R., Comparison of antimicrobial activity of selected,
commercially available, wound dressing materials. Journal of Wound Care (2018)
status: accepted, in press.
Gorczyca G., Tylingo R., Mania S., Szweda P., Milewski S., Preparation and
characterization of porous scaffolds from chitosan-collagen-gelatin composite.
Reactive and Functional Polymers, 103: 131-140 (2016).
Gorczyca G., Tylingo R., Szweda P., Milewski S., Sadowska M., Augustin E.,
Preparation and characterization of genipin cross-linked porous
chitosan-collagen-gelatin scaffolds using chitosan-CO2 solution. Carbohyd. Polym.
102: 901–911 (2014).
Szweda P., Gorczyca G., Tylingo R., Kurlenda J., Kwiecinski J., Milewski S.,
Chitosan-protein scaffolds loaded with lysostaphin as potential antistaphylococcal
wound dressing materials. J. Appl. Microbiol. 117(3): 634-642 (2014).
Szweda P., Gorczyca G., Filipkowski P., Zalewska M., Milewski S., Efficient production
of Staphylococcus simulans lysostaphin in a benchtop bioreactor by recombinant
Escherichia coli. Prep. Biochem. Biotechnol. 44: 370-381 (2014).
Gorczyca G., Szweda P., Tylingo R., Sadowska M., Milewski S., Preparation of
a aqueous chitosan solutions by CO2 saturation process and its application in the
formulation of genipin crosslinked hydrogel membranes.
J. Chitin Chitosan Sci. 1: 246-250 (2013).
Śliwka-Kaszyńska M., Gorczyca G., Ślebioda M., Characterization of
1,3-alternatecalix[4]arene-silica bonded stationary phases and their comparison to
selected commercial columns by using principal component analysis.
J. Chromatogr. A 1217(3): 329-336 (2010).
// PATENTS
Gorczyca G., Szweda P., Tylingo R., Sadowska M., Milewski S., Zalewska M.,
The method of obtaining the aqueous solution of chitosan, chitosan composition,
chitosan aerosol, the method of producing the chitosan hydrogel membrane and
the method of producing chitosan-protein biopolymer material. Patent application
no: EP 2920240 A2, PCT/PL2013/000085.
Gorczyca G., Szweda P., Tylingo R., Sadowska M., Milewski S., Zalewska M.,
The chitosan composition and the method of producing the chitosan hydrogel
membrane. UPRP Patent No. B1 222739.
Gorczyca G., Szweda P., Tylingo R., Sadowska M., Milewski S., Zalewska M.,
Process for the production of chitosan-protein biopolymer material.
UPRP Patent No. B1 223280.
Bloch T., Gorczyca G., Lopatka K., Gibas I., Method and a device for identifying
material types of spatial objects. US Patent no: US9791414B2.
Gorczyca G., Rafiński Z., Opatowicz M., The method of producing a superabsorbent
polymer, a superabsorbent polymer and a composition comprising a superabsorbent
polymer. UPRP Patent no: B1 218903.
// I N T E R E S TS
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