Katarzyna £awniczuk graduate pixfabd from Warsaw University of Technology in June 2007 with a MSc. in Electronics and Computer Engineering. In September 2009 she began combined PhD studies at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, and at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, as a result of a joint doctoral programme. Her research was focused on Indium Phosphide-based multiwavelength lasers and photonic integrated transmitters for application in optical access networks and fast interconnects. She was awarded for her work at international conferences, and in 2012 she received the Dutch Netelcom Award for the most innovative scientific contribution of a PhD student to the field of communication technology. From November 2013 she is a coordinator of JePPIX at the Photonic Integration group at the COBRA Research Institute of TU Eindhoven. (http://www.jeppix.eu)