Koordynator Programu Badawczego Projektu BioMed
Kierownik Zadania 1.1 w projekcie BioMed
Otrzymywanie i charakterystyka bionanomateriałów do specyficznych zastosowań medycznych.
Profesor, Dziekan Wydziału Biotechnologii na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim.
Education and Professional Experience
2006 - Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw
2002 - 2005 Visiting Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics,
University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
1994 - Professor Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Wroclaw, Poland
1993 Visiting Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette
1992-1991 Associate Professor Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland
1991 Dr. habilitatus, (D.Sc.) Biophysical Chemistry University of Wroclaw
1990-1991 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany
1987-1991 Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland
1986-1983 Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Chemistry Purdue University
1983 Ph.D., Biochemistry University of Wroclaw
1980 M.S., with Distinction, Biochemistry University of Wroclaw
Scientific interets
Protein engineering, protein chemistry, protein - protein interactions, protein stability, protein folding, serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors, protein design, directed mutagenesis and phage display, NMR and protein crystallography.
Memberships
Member of Academia Europaea
Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
Member of the Polish Biochemical Society
Member of the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum
Member of the Protein Society
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins
Editorial Boards
Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins
Member of the Editorial Board of The Central European Journal of Biology
Honors and Awards
1981 - Mozolowski Award for the Best Presentation by a Young Scientist at XVIII Meeting of Polish Biochemical Society.
1987 - Award of the Secretary General of Polish Academy of Sciences
1982-2001 - President of the University of Wroclaw Awards (8 Awards)
1982-1991 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Awards (3 Awards)
1995 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2000 – Scholar of the Foundation for Polish Science
2001 – International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2001- J.K. Parnas Award for the best experimental paper published in Polish laboratory in 2000
2001 – Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
2002 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2002 - Visiting Professor at the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2003 – Leon Marchlewski Medal for the scientific achievements (award of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
2004 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Award
Services and miscellaneous
Member of the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1996-1997)
Vice Director for Research, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland (1996-1999)
Member of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Scientific Council (1996-2002)
Member of the Biotechnology Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1999-2002)
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002)
Member of the Polish National Committee for International Council for Science (1999-2002)
Delegate from Poland to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1999-2002)
Member of the National Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002)
Member of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1996-2002)
Coordinator of the Proteins and peptides at work Symposium (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004)
Chairman of the session entitled Macromoleculr recognition (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004)
Member of Senate of the University of Wroclaw (2005-2012)
Delegate from Poland to European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, Domain of Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (2006-)
Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology University of Wroclaw Poland (2006-2008 and 2008-)
Member of the Institute of Experimental Biology Scientific Council (2007-2010)
Member of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Scientific Council (2007-2010)
Member of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Scientific Council (2007-2010)
Coordinator of the BioMed Programme of the Wroclaw Research Centre (2008-)
Panel Member of the, section Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology, ERC Advanced Investigation Grants, 2009-2013.
Member of the Biomedical Commision of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009-
Referee
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Biochemistry
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
Biochimie
Biological Chemistry
Biomacromolecules
BMC Bioinformatics
BMC Microbiology
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
European Journal of Biochemistry
FEBS Journal
FEBS Letters
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Journal of Molecular Biology
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
Journal of Proteome Research
Microbial Cell Factories
Molecular Diversity
Phytochemistry
Polish Journal of Chemistry
Postępy Biochemii (Progress in Biochemistry)
Protein and Peptide Letters
Protein Journal
Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
Protein Science
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
Supervision of 48 Master Theses
Supervision of 22 Ph.D. Theses
