Prof. DSc  Artur Zdunek

tel.: (81) 744 50 61 ext. 103
e-mail: a.zdunek@ipan.lublin.pl

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Employment

Interest

Research interests:

• Plant biomechanics, computational modeling.
• Plant cell walls, structure and functionality of polysaccharides.
• Microscopy, CSLM, AFM, Raman microspctroscopy, image analysis
• Quality evaluation of fruit and vegetables: acoustic emission, biospeckle, texture.

Other information

Education (dates, degrees, universities):

• 1995    MSc in Physics
  Faculty of Physics, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland
  MSc thesis "Microwaves absorption in high-temperature superconductors" (in Polish)

• 2001    PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy-Agrophysics)
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland,
  Dissertation "Application of  acoustic emission method for studying processes of plant tissue cracking as observed for potato tubers" (in Polish)

• 2008    Habilitation in Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy-Agrophysics)
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland
  Dissertation "Instrumental method based on acoustic emission for evaluation of selected texture attributes of apples" (in Polish)

• 2016    Professor in Agricultural Sciences
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland

 

Employment:

• 1995-2001    Assistant,  Dep. of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials (former name Dept. Mechanics of Agriculture Materials), Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland
• 2001-2008    Post-doc, Dep. of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials (former name Dept. Mechanics of Agriculture Materials), Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland
• 2009    Associate Professor, Dep. of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland
• 2010    Leader of research group - "Changes of microstructure during deformation of agricultural materials", Dep. of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland
• 2011    Head of Dep. of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland

Fellowships and research stays:

• 2002-2003    Post-Doc Fellowship of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
• 2007    INRA – Nantes, France
• 2010    ATB-Potsdam, Germany

Selected projects:

• 2005-2008    Coordinator - 2P 06T 089 28 "Application of acoustic emission for quality evaluation of fruit and vegetables"
• 2006-2007    Coordinator - "Interregional Research and Education Centre in the Institute of Agrophysics PAS in Lublin", NEB/PL/LUB/2.1/05/222, 2006-2007. Neighbourhood Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine INTERREG IIIA/TACIS CBC 2004-2006
• 2007-2008    Coordinator - "Trainings and laboratory adaptation in the Institute of Agrophysics for food quality increase within cross-border area of PL-BY-UA", NEB/PL/LUB/2.1/07/23. Neighbourhood Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine INTERREG IIIA/TACIS CBC 2004-2006
• 2009-2010    Coordinator - NR 12 0031 04 "Prototype of device for crispness and texture evaluation of apples based on acoustic emission"
• 2011-2012    Coordinator - NR 12 0137 10 "Development of device for non-destructive evaluation of fruit and vegetables based on biospeckles"
• 2010-2014    Management Committee Member "European network on applications of Atomic Force Microscopy to NanoMedicine and Life Sciences (AFM4NanoMed&Bi)" COST Action TD1002
• 2010-2014    Management Committee Substitute Member "The application of innovative fundamental food-structure-property relationships to the design of foods for health, wellness and pleasure", COST Action TA1001

Memberships:

• Polish Biophysical Society
• International Society for Horticultural Science

Publications

No. authors title periodic

1. Cybulska J., Pieczywek P., Zdunek A.:  The effect of Ca2+ and cellular structure on apple firmness and acoustic emission (2012 r.) European Food Research and Technology 2012, Vol. 235, 1, 119-128
2. Adamiak A., Zdunek A., Kurenda A., Rutkowski K.:  Application of the Biospeckle Method for Monitoring Bull’s Eye Rot Development and Quality Changes of Apples Subjected to Various Storage Methods-Preliminary Studies. (2012 r.) Sensors 2012, Vol. 12, 3215-3227
3. Kurenda A., Adamiak A., Zdunek A.:  Temperature effect on apple biospeckle activity evaluated with different indices. (2012 r.) Postharvest Biology and Technology 2012, Vol. 67, 118-123
4. Pieczywek P., Zdunek A.:  Automatic classification of cells and intercellular spaces of apple tissue. (2012 r.) Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2012, Vol. 81, 72-78
5. Zdunek A., Herppich W.:  Relation of biospeckle activity with chlorophyll content in apples. (2012 r.) Postharvest Biology and Technology 2012, Vol. 64, 58-63
6. Pieczywek P., Zdunek A., Umeda M.:  Study on parametrisation of plant tissue microstructure by confocal microscopy for finite elements modelling (2011 r.) Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2011, Vol. 78, 98-105
7. Cybulska J., Zdunek A., Konstankiewicz K.:  Calcium effect on mechanical properties of model cell walls and apple tissue (2011 r.) Journal of Food Engineering 102 (2011), 217-223 
8. Zdunek A., Cybulska J., Konopacka D., Rutkowski K.:  Evaluation of apple texture with contact acoustic emission detector: a study on performance of calibration models (2011 r.) Journal of Food Engineering 106(2011), 80-87nn 
9. Zdunek A., Cybulska J., Konopacka D., Rutkowski K.:  Inter-laboratory analysis of firmness and sensory texture of stored apples (2011 r.) International Agrophysics 2011, Vol. 25, 1, 67-75
10. Zdunek A., Cybulska J.:  Relation of biospeckle activity with quality attributes of apples (2011 r.) Sensors 2011, Vol. 11, 6, 6317-6327
11. Cybulska J., Konstankiewicz K., Zdunek A., Skrzypiec K.:  Nanostructure of natural and model cell wall materials. (2010 r.) International Agrophysics 2010, Vol. 24, 2, 107-114
12. Konopacka D., Jesionowska K., Zdunek A.:  Crispness and crunchiness judgment of apples based on contact acoustic emission. (2010 r.) Journal of Texture Studies 2010, Vol. 41, 1, 75-91
13. Trębacz H., Zdunek A.:  Three-point bending and acoustic emission study of adult rat femora after immobilization and free remobilization. (2006 r.) Journal of Biomechanics 2006, 39, 237-245 
14. Zdunek A., Umera M.:  Extension and fracture of cell walls after parenchyma tissue deformation. (2006 r.) Biosystems Engineering 2006, 93, 3, 269-278 
15. Zdunek A., Bednarczyk J.:  Effect of mannitol treatment on ultrasound emission during texture profile analysis of potato and apple tissue (2006 r.) Journal of Texture Studies 2006, 37, 339-359 
16. Zdunek A., Umeda M.:  Influence of cell size and cell wall volume fraction on failure properties of potato and carrot tissue. (2005 r.) Journal of Texture Studies 2005, 36, 25-43 
17. Zdunek A., Konstankiewicz K.:  Acoustic emission in investigation of plant tissue micro-cracking (2004 r.) Transactions of the ASAE 2004, Transactions of the ASAE, 47(4), 1171-1177 

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