Main inventor of the Thermochemical Nanolithography (TCNL)—a technique where a hot AFM cantilever provokes chemical reaction at a surface with lateral resolution down to nanometers. Research experience in nanomechanics of single protein molecules, as well as physicochemical characterization of arbitrary surfaces mainly via atomic force microscopy—friction and viscosity of single water layers and adhesion and friction measurements of arbitrary surfaces. Currently heads two active research thrusts funded by the National Science Center, Poland: First for studies of surface oxidation mechanisms in selected 2D materials with future applications in flexible electronics, and second in nanomechanical properties of peptide films at the single molecule level. PhD in 2003 at EPFL, Switzerland; post-docs at Georgia Tech and Columbia Univ. USA (2004-2008); Assistant Professor and later tenured Associate Professor at Kansas State University, USA (2008-2015); from 2017 at University of Warsaw.