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
October 2018 - September 2020 Assistant professor at the Department of Biomathematics at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences
19 October 2010 Award 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 2010 Defence 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.
2004 Research 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 – 2003 Studies in software and methods of computer science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw;
27 March 2002 Defence of MSc thesis ,,Analysis of Immunotherapy Models in the Context of Cancer Dynamics’’ under the supervision of prof. Mirosław Lachowicz;
1996 - 2001 Studies in applied mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw;

Awards and Distinctions:

Award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for achievements in professional work 2023.
The prize for the outstanding scholars in 2014, awarded by the Rector of the University of Warsaw.
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.
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.
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.

Expert Activity:

Member of the Jury of European Union Contest for Young Scientists in: Leiden -- EUCYS 2022, Salamanca -- EUCYS 2020, 2021, Sofia -- EUCYS 2019, Dublin -- EUCYS 2018, Tallinn -- EUCYS 2017, Brussels -- EUCYS 2016, Milan -- EUCYS 2015, Warsaw -- EUCYS 2014.
European Union Expert (EX2018D335471) for Horizon Europe 2020, Horizon Europe 2021, and Horizon Europe 2022 assessment.
Expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Expert of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) in 2019, 2020, 2021.

Editor:

Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Guest editor of the special issue: Micro and macro systems in life sciences, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE), 14(1), 2017;

Current PhD Students:

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, submitted.

Former PhD Students:

Maciej Cytowski - PhD thesis: "Large Scale Computational Modelling of Cellular Biosystems" - Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2015;

Scientific Projects:

Grant of the Excellence Initiative – Research University Initiative: Inverse Problems in Tissue Growth Models, 2023-2024 (PI);
Grant of the National Science Centre (Harmonia): Inverse Problems in Cancer Modelling, 2018 - 2023 (PI);
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;
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 (PI);
Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Grant: Mathematical basis of multi-scale descriptions, 2009 - 2012;
6th UE Programme: Research Training Network: Modeling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation of Tumour Growth and Therapy, 2003 - 2008;

Organisational Projects

Thematic Research Programme Crossing the borders of physics and biology - New mathematical descriptions of natural phenomenafounded by the Excellence Initiative - Research University, 2024;
Thematic Research Programme PDEs in Mathematical Biology founded by the Excellence Initiative - Research University, 2023;

Co-organised International Meetings:

15-19 May 2023 Spring School: „Structured Population Models”
26-30 January 2016 Nonlocal Aspects in Mathematical Biology
8-12 June 2015 Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences
27-29 September 2011 The role of multiscale structure in biological systems
1-3 October 2009 Mathematical modelling of cellular biosystems II
15-16 December, 2008 Data driven modelling and optimization
13-15 March, 2008 Mathematical modelling of cellular biosystems
24-26 March, 2004 Shocks and irreversible developments in biological systems; Apoptosis and heat-shock proteins