Katarzyna Ławniczuk received the M.Sc. degree in electronics and computer engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, in 2007, and the joint Ph.D. degree from the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and the Warsaw University of Technology, in 2014. She has been the Coordinator of JePPIX at the Photonic Integration Group, Eindhoven University of Technology since 2013. Her research interests include Indium Phosphide-based multiwavelength lasers and photonic integrated transmitters for application in optical access networks and fast interconnects. During the Ph.D. studies, 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 Ph.D. student to the field of communication technology.