Staff

Identifiers:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4328-5101

Scopus profile:

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=9840207100

DIPLOMAS, DEGREES

1996 - Bachelor’s degree - Jagiellonian University, Poland

1998 - Master’s degree - Jagiellonian University, Poland

1998 - Diploma of Pedagogical course at the Pedagogical College of The Jagiellonian University, pedagogical qualification for teaching (biology and chemistry)

2002 - Doctor of Agricultural Sciences in Agronomy, Academy of Agriculture (currently University of Agriculture, UA) in Kraków, Poland 

2023 - Doctor Science, biology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT IN RESEARCH INSTITUTES

1998-2002 – Scholarship holder – doctoral student, employed at the Laboratory of Stress Biology, Department of Plant Physiology Polish Academy of Sciences (now: The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology; IPP PAS), Poland

2002-2013 – Doctor, Department of Stress Biology, IPP PAS, Poland

2013-2023 – Doctor, Department of Cell Biology, IPP PAS, Poland

since January 2024 – Doctor Science, biology, Department of Ecophysiology, IPP PAS, Poland

INFORMATION ON PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKS OF RESEARCH TEAMS REALIZING PROJECTS FINACED THROUGH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS 

2000-2001 - KBN -5P06A 033 (early career researcher grant) Effect of light on induction of CAM-type metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in in vitro cultures; function: project leader and principal investigator

2001-2002 - KBN  6 P04A 020 22 (supervisor grant) - Analysis of factors leading to CAM induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in in vitro cultures; function: principle investigator

2001-2003 - KBN 6P04 F0 34 20 - The effect of ozone and NaCl on the antioxidant system in CAM plants; function: team member/researcher

2001-2003 KBN 6P04C 003 20 - Involvement of respiratory processes in the response of plants to oxidative stress; function: team member/researcher

2003-2006 - UE CROPSTRESS QLAM-2001-00424 - Biology of Plants Subjected to Environmental Stress in Sustainable Agricultural Production; function: team member/researcher

2006-2007 - DAAD/208/2006 - The role of vitamin E and xanthophyll cycle in response of plants to salt stress; function: team member/researcher

2006-2009 – MniSW 265/P01/2006/31 - Sensitivity of plants with C3-CAM transitional metabolism to biotic stress factors – a  Mesembryanthemum crystallinum model; function: involved in the project

2007-2010 - MNiSW R1204502 - Development of an ozonation method for Brassicaceae vegetables to increase their global resistance and natural antioxidant content and stabilise plan quality during storage; function: involved in the project

2010-2013 – NCN N N310 302339 - Integration of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur metabolism in cucumber during infection with Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans under elicitation of natural defence responses with different nitrogen fertilisation; function: team member/researcher

2010-2014 – NCN 813/N-COST/2010/0; non-co-financed project, COST Action FA0901 - Determination of the ability of selected plant species to grow in saline soil conditions and testing the effectiveness of chemical growth stimulants and stress factors in mitigating salinity effects; function: team member/researcher

2010-2013 - NCN N310 298639 - The role of vitamin E and xanthophyll cycle in plants’ response to salt stress; function: project leader and principal investigator

2010-2014 - NCN 830/1/N-COST/2010/11; non-co-financed project, COST Action FA0901 - Defence- and signal-induced mechanisms in the facultative halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in response to salinity and abiotic stress; function: project leader and principal investigator

2014-2020 - 201 projekt HOR hn-801-Pb-8/16 badania podstawowe na rzecz postępu biologicznego w produkcji roślinnej, Temat nr 26 wg Załącznika nr 8 Rozporządzenia Ministra Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi z dnia 29 lipca 2015r. (Dz.U. poz. 1170) - Identification of factors determining drought and freezing tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.); function: team member/researcher

2016-2021 - NCN 2015/18/M/NZ23/00348 (the research project; Harmonia 7) - Oxidative stress and its role in the regulation of embryogenesis in isolated microspore cultures of triticale (x Triticale Wittm.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.); function: team member/researcher

2021-2026 - MRiRW nr 4 - Identification of factors determining the induction of microspore embryogenesis in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.); function: team member/researcher

2023-2026 - EU international project; COST Action CA22144 „Sustainable use of salt-affected lands”; supporting applicant/co-author

INTERSHIPS ABROAD

country:    Germany

institution: Botanical Institute of the Technical University of Darmstadt

type of stay: short-term research internship as part of collaboration between IPP PAS in Kraków and The Technical University in Darmstadt and the Sonderforschungsbereich programme 199.

academic supervisor: Prof. Ulrich Lüttge, PhD

duration:   April 1999, November/December 1999, May/June 2000, November 2000

country:    Sweden

institution: Institute of Botany, University of Stockholm

type of stay: research internship as part of the collaboration between PAS and The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (CSIC Bilateral Cooperation PAN-RSAS), STINT fellowship.

academic supervisor: Prof. Stanisław Karpinski, PhD

duration:   September 2001, May/June 2002 

country:     Germany

institution: Institute of Plant Cell Biology at the University of Kiel

type of stay: short-term research internship, as part of the collaboration between the IPP PAS in Kraków and the University of Kiel (Programme of joint support for personal exchanges related to the implementation of research projects between DAAD and KBN of November 23, 1999).

academic supervisor: Prof. Karin Krupinska, PhD

duration:   September 2007

PRIZES AND AWARDS

2002, April – Award of the Director of the Department of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) in  Kraków for the doctoral thesis

2013, June - Award of the Director of The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology PAS in Kraków for the  highest number of publications in 2012 in journals from the Web of Science Master Journal List

2014, November – Award of the Director of The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, PAS in Kraków for the involvement in the preparation of the website of The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology PAS in Kraków, Poland

2015, May – Award of the Director of The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, PAS for the highest number of publications in 2014 in journals from the Web of Science Master Journal List

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Functions

Member of the Management Committee of the COST Action FA0901 “Putting halophytes to work: from genes to ecosystems” active in the period: May 2010 - October 2014.

Member of the “Evaluation Committee” qualifying scientists for Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) internships under the funds of COST Action FA0901 active in the period: May 2010 - October 2014.

Member of the Management Committee of the COST Action CA22144 „Sustainable use of salt-affected lands” active in the period: October 2023 - 2026

PARTICIPATIONS IN EXPERT AND COMPETITIONS TEAMS

2019, March – Participation in the so-called “Roundtable in the field of Biology” at the Pedagogical University in Kraków (Poland), as a Stakeholder (non-pedagogical practices) under the Project “Top quality university – UP to the TOP”; Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund;project no.: POWR.03.05.00-00-z221/17

POPULAR SCIENCE AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2009 - Co-teaching Practical classes (4 h) in Modern Methods in Instrumental Analysis, Pedagogical University in Kraków, Poland

2009 - 2013 - Supervision of laboratory experiments for master’s thesis (3 master students) and doctoral thesis (2  doctoral students), Pedagogical University (UP) in Kraków (thesis supervisor: Prof. Z. Miszalski).

2010 – 2011 - Supervisor of 2 master’s theses defended at UP in Kraków: T1: “Different activity of selected antioxidant enzymes in tissues of leaf mesophyll and vascular bundles of  Mesembryanthemum crystallinum leaves under biotic stress conditions”. T2: “The involvement of leaf mesophyll and vascular bundle tissues in the development of a systemic response in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum under biotic stress conditions”.

2013, 15-18 May, Kraków; 13^th Science Festival under the theme “Faces of Water”. - co-organiser.

2016 - Lectures for students of the Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences (SDNP) of PAS in Krakow, under the topic : Scientific basis of nature conservation; W1: “Phytoremediation technology in environmental protection” (1 h); W2: “Environmentally friendly methods of obtaining secondary metabolites, biologically active substances and biofuels” (2 h).

2017 - Reviewing engineering diploma theses supervised by Dr. B. Jurczyk at the Agricultural University in  Kraków, Poland

2019 - Lectures and practical classes in English as part of the course entitled “Modern analytical techniques in  plant haploidisation” for participants of the Doctoral Studies of Natural Sciences of PAS in Kraków (2 h).

2020 - Lectures for participants of the Doctoral Studies of Natural Sciences of PAS in Kraków; W1: “Regulatory mechanisms of oxidative stress levels in plant and animal organisms” (1 h); W2: “The role of reactive oxygen species in adaptation processes to changing environmental conditions”  (1h)

2016 – 2023 - Supervision of student trainings/internships: 2016 – 2017 Jagiellonian University, Poland (5 students); 2018 – 2021 Pedagogical University in Kraków, Poland (8 students)