Piotr received his Ph.D. from Jagiellonian University in Poland, where he investigated the role of Regnase-1 in skin homeostasis and pathology.

In 2019, he joined Dr. Shruti Naik’s lab, where his postdoctoral training focused on decoding the crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells during tissue repair and pathology. During this time, he discovered a novel repair mechanism that directs the metabolic rewiring of damaged epithelium. This finding has profound implications for cellular adaptation in various damage-associated diseases, such as psoriasis. In 2023, Piotr was awarded the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) to establish his independent laboratory at the University of California, Irvine.

Piotr has been recognized for his work with several awards, including the Young Innovator Award in Tissue Regeneration and Limb Preservation from the Peter Sheehan Diabetes Foundation, the National Psoriasis Foundation Early Career Research Grant, the Research Award for Young Researchers from the European Society for Dermatological Research, and the Etiuda Fellowship from the Polish National Science Center.