Contact

Email:
mysz(at)icm.edu.pl
Phone:
+48 22 874-91-45
Address:
ul.Pawińskiego 5A
02-106 Warszawa
POLAND

Short Curriculum Vitae:

Since January 2011 (on leave October 2018 - Spetember 2020) Assistant professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw
Since October 1, 2024Director for Education at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw
21 March 2024Habilitation in the field of Engineering and Technical Sciences, in the discipline of Biomedical Engineering, granted by the Council of the Discipline of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology. Title of scientific achievement: “Mathematical modeling of tissue growth and regeneration processes and intracellular protein dynamics, with particular emphasis on non-local interactions.”
Since April 1, 2020Member of the Coordination Committee of Priority Research Area III: “The Petabyte Challenge”, within the framework of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University (2020–2026)” at the University of Warsaw
October 2018 - September 2020Assistant professor at the Department of Biomathematics at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences
19 October 2010Award of the degree of PhD in biology (with Distinction) in the area of biophysics by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences;
28 September 2010Defence of PhD thesis ,,Mathematical modelling of the heat shock response and the involvement of heat shock proteins in cancer development’’, under the supervision of prof. Maciej Żylicz (IIMCB) and prof. Willi Jäger (IWR, University of Heidelberg).
2005-2010 Participation in the Polish-German PhD Programme Graduate College ,,Complex Processes: Modelling, Simulation and Optimization’’;
Research project: Mathematical modelling of the impact of heat shock proteins on the neoplastic cell transformations.
2004Research training at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw;
18 December 2003 Defence of MSc thesis ,,The TEIRESIAS algorithm- analysis, implementation and applications’’ under the supervision of prof. Krzysztof Diks;
1996 – 2003Studies in software and methods of computer science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw;
27 March 2002Defence of MSc thesis ,,Analysis of Immunotherapy Models in the Context of Cancer Dynamics’’ under the supervision of prof. Mirosław Lachowicz;
1996 - 2001Studies in applied mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw;

Awards and Distinctions:

  1. Award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for achievements in professional work 2023
  2. Team award granted by the Rector of the University of Warsaw for outstanding research and teaching achievements in 2022
  3. Team award granted by the Rector of the University of Warsaw for outstanding research and teaching achievements in 2021
  4. The prize for the outstanding scholars in 2014, awarded by the Rector of the University of Warsaw
  5. Best Female Scholar Award 2014, awarded by the Centre for Applied Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, for the piece of work: Mathematical modelling of the influence of heat shock proteins on cancer invasion of tissue
  6. Stipend for training through the project: ,,The Modern University - a comprehensive support programme for doctoral students and teaching staff of the University of Warsaw", 2011
  7. PhD Thesis ,,Mathematical modelling of the heat shock response and the involvement of heat shock proteins in cancer development” awarded with Distinction by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the National Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 2010

Activities in International Associations:

  1. Secretary of the Board, European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB) (2024-2026)

Consulting and Expert Activities:

  1. Member of the Jury, European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS): Warsaw (2014), Milan (2015), Brussels (2016), Tallinn (2017), Dublin (2018), Sofia (2019), Salamanca (2020, 2021), Leiden (2022)
  2. European Union Expert (EX2018D335471) for evaluation of proposals under: Horizon Europe 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
  3. Expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  4. Expert of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP): 2019, 2020, 2021
  5. Expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) within the initiative “Scholarship Program for the Polish Diaspora”: 2018 – Odessa, Ukraine; 2019 – Riga, Latvia
  6. Member of the Qualification Committee for candidates of Polish origin applying for studies in Poland with a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2017

Member of Editorial Boards:

  1. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Theoretical Biology
  2. Guest Editor, Special Issue: Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE), Vol. 14(1), 2017

PhD Students (Assistant Supervisor):

  1. Mateusz Dębowski - PhD thesis: ,,Pewne aspekty mechanizmów molekularnych cyklu komórkowego i wzrost diauksyczny w ujęciu matematycznym'' (Some Aspects of Molecular Mechanisms of the Cell Cycle and Diauxic Growth from a Mathematical Perspective) - Faculty of Matchematics, Informatics and Mechanics University of Warsaw, 2024.
  2. Maciej Cytowski - PhD thesis: "Large Scale Computational Modelling of Cellular Biosystems" - Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2015;

Scientific Projects – Principal Investigator:

  1. Grant of the Excellence Initiative – Research University Initiative (Tandems for Excellence): Application of deterministic sampling algorithms for Bayesian calibration of cancer models, 2024 - 2025;
  2. Grant of the Excellence Initiative – Research University Initiative (New ideas): Inverse Problems in Tissue Growth Models, 2023 - 2024;
  3. Grant of the National Science Centre (Harmonia): Inverse Problems in Cancer Modelling, 2018 - 2023;
  4. Grant of the National Science Centre (Sonata): Impact of external stress on biosystems: construction and validation of new multiscale mathematical models for prediction and process control 2011 - 2014;

Scientific Projects – Team Member:

  1. Grant of the National Science Centre (Opus): iCell: information processing in living organisms. The role of three-dimensional structure and multi-scale properties in controlling the biological processes in a cell, 2015-2018;
  2. Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Grant: Mathematical basis of multi-scale descriptions, 2009 - 2012;
  3. 6th UE Programme: Research Training Network: Modeling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation of Tumour Growth and Therapy, 2003 - 2008;

Organisational Projects

  1. Thematic Research Programme Evolutionary PDEs founded by the Excellence Initiative - Research University, 2025;
  2. Thematic Research Programme Crossing the borders of physics and biology - New mathematical descriptions of natural phenomena founded by the Excellence Initiative - Research University, 2024;
  3. Thematic Research Programme PDEs in Mathematical Biology founded by the Excellence Initiative - Research University, 2023;

Co-organised International Meetings:

  1. HPC Workshop: “Tools and Techniques for Parallel Computing”, 20-21 January 2025, Warsaw, Poland;
  2. Conference: “The Cahn-Hilliard Equation – Recent Advances and New Challenges, 21-26 April 2024, Chęciny, Poland;
  3. International Workshop: “Third Workshop on Monte Carlo Methods in Warsaw”, 13-15 December 2023, Warsaw, Poland;
  4. International Workshop: “Lavrentiev’s Phenomenon, Approximation, and Regularity”, 20-22 November 2023, Warsaw, Poland;
  5. Spring School: „Structured Population Models”, 15-19 May 2023, Warsaw, Poland;
  6. Minisymposium: "Non-local Models in Mathematical Biology", organized jointly with Professor José Antonio Carrillo from the University of Oxford, as part of the 10th ECMTB, 19-23 September, 2002, Heidelberg, Germany;
  7. International Conference: Nonlocal Aspects in Mathematical Biology, 26-30 January 2026, Będlewo, Poland;
  8. International Conference: Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences, 8-12 June 2015, Będlewo, Poland;
  9. International Workshop: The role of multiscale structure in biological systems, 27-29 September 2011, Warsaw, Poland;
  10. International Workshop: Mathematical modelling of cellular biosystems II, 1-3 October 2009, Warsaw, Poland;
  11. International Workshop: Data driven modelling and optimization, 15-16 December 2008, Warsaw, Poland;
  12. International Workshop: Mathematical modelling of cellular biosystems, 13-15 March, 2008, Warsaw, Poland;
  13. International Workshop: Shocks and irreversible developments in biological systems; Apoptosis and heat-shock proteins, 24-26 March 2006, Warsaw, Poland;