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Marek Piliarik

Marek Piliarik, Ph.D.

Marek Piliarik
Position: Team leader
Department: Nano Optics
+420 266 773 417
piliarik@ufe.cz
Location: Main building of UFE, Praha 8 - Kobylisy

Research interests:

Nano-optics; Label-free superresolution microscopy; Biophotonics; Microscopy; Light scattering; Vibrational spectroscopy; Proteins detection, structure and dynamics.

Professional activities:

2016–today: Team leader – Nano Optics, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

2011–2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

May–July 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland

2008–2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Sept. 2010: Exchange grant research, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Institute of Physics, Graz, Austria

2001–2002: Visiting Scientist, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (11 months)

1998–2008: Research Assistant, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (former Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics)

Education:

2008  Ph.D. in Quantum optics and optoelectronics
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

2000  MSc. in Optics and optoelectronics
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

Fellowships and awards:

2025  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Award for Outstanding Results in Research, Experimental Development and Innovation

2022  Prize for the extraordinary results of research, experimental development and innovation from the Czech Academy of Sciences

2015  Fellowship Jana Evangelisty Purkyně

2011  Max-Planck postdoctoral fellowship

2010  Exchange Grant fellowship, within the framework of the ESF activity PLASMON-BIONANOSENSE

Teaching:

Contemporary microscopy (NOOE073) – Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

More information:

SCOPUS
ORCID
WOS

Patenty:

  • H. Robert, M. Piliarik. Thermo-optical spatial light modulator. USA, Patent no. US11397163B2, 2026.
  • V. Sandoghdar, M. Piliarik, K. König, Method and apparatus for detecting particles, like biological macromolecules or nanoparticles, Japan, Patent no. JP6895951B2, 2021.
  • V. Sandoghdar, M. Piliarik, K. König, Method and apparatus for detecting particles, like biological macromolecules or nanoparticles, USA, Patent no. US11397163B2, 2022.
  • V. Sandoghdar, M. Piliarik, K. König, Method and apparatus for detecting particles, like biological macromolecules or nanoparticles, Europe, Patent no. EP3347711B1, 2023.
  • H. Robert, M. Piliarik. Thermo-optical spatial light modulator, Czech Republic. Patent no. 308572, 29.10.2020.
  • H. Robert, M. Piliarik. Thermo-optical spatial light modulator, Japan, Patent no. JPO JP 2022-521199, 2022.
  • J. Homola, M. Piliarik, I. Tichý, M. Vala, P. Adam, J. Hepnar, K. Chadt. Surface Plasmon Resonance coupler and Disperser Sensor / Senzor založený na excitaci a disperzi povrchových plasmonů. USA, Patent no. US 8094316, 1.10.2012.

Active grant projects:

Investigator:

Surpassing the Diffraction Limit in Label-Free Microscopy

Period: 

1. October 2024 –
30. September 2026

Co-investigator:

SenDISo: Sensors and Detectors for Future Information Society

Period: 

1. January 2024 –
30. June 2028

Member:

Closed grant projects

Investigator:

Label-free super-resolution microscopy based on single-protein fluctuations to study the assembly of tau protein envelopes

Period: 

1. January 2023 –
31. December 2025
High-fidelity fast tracking of protein motion mechanisms

Period: 

1. January 2018 –
31. December 2021
Optical imaging of single protein dynamics

Period: 

1. November 2016 –
31. October 2021

Co-investigator:

Megahertz Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Interferometric Scattering Microscopy

Period: 

1. April 2022 –
31. December 2024

Member:

Publications

Books:

Book chapters:

Journal papers:

S. Lin, Y. He, D. Feng, M. Piliarik and X. Chen, "Optical Fingerprint of Flat Substrate Surface and Marker-Free Lateral Displacement Detection with Angstrom-Level Precision", Physical Review Letters. 129(21), 213201 (2022) doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.213201
M. Robert, M. Čičala and M. Piliarik, "Shaping of Optical Wavefronts Using Light-Patterned Photothermal Metamaterial", Advanced Optical Materials. 10(21), 2200960 (2022) doi:10.1002/adom.202200960
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