Michał Cyrankiewicz obtained a master’s degree (2003) in technical physics from the University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz and received his Ph.D. diploma (2011) from Poznan University of Technology. He is currently an assistant professor at Biophysics Department in Faculty of Pharmacy at Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University (Bydgoszcz). His primary scientific interests concern optical properties of metallic nanoparticles and their applications in surface enhanced Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy. More recent research is also devoted to the study of biologically active compounds using stationary and time-resolved spectrofluorimetry.