Aleksander Chmiel, Prof., Dr. habil., Ph.D., Engin
 
Aleksander Chmiel graduated in food chemistry and technology in 1969 at the Technical University in Lodz, Poland, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 in discipline of technical microbiology at that University. In 1977 he was started working at the Medical Univeristy of Lodz as Head of the Department of Biosynthesis of Drugs. During the period from 1988 to 1991 he was Deputy Director (for biotechnology) in the Microbiology and Virology Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lodz. Since 1993 he is profesor of the pharmaceutical biotechnology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz. He is the member of editorial staff of the Polish journal "Biotechnologia". Main research areas are: biosynthesis of pharmacologically active compounds, microbial cell immobilization, plant cell/tissue biotechnology, bioreactors for microorganisms, plant cell suspensions and hairy root cultures. His publications include over 60 articles, 3 books and 2 book chapters.
 
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