Laboratorium Maszyn Biomolekularnych

Areas of specialization:

• modeling macromolecular nanoassemblies such as the ribosome
• development of coarse-grained models for proteins and nucleic acids
• antibacterial antisense oligonucleotides
• thermodynamics and energetics of ribosome and its complexes with antibiotics
• enzymatic activity of proteases
• quantum-classical molecular dynamics methods to simulate proton transfer processes in enzymatic reactions

Employment:

• January 2012 – present Associate Professor, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
• May 2009 – December 2011 Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
• Feb 2005 – May 2009 Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
• Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California at San Diego, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0365, USA
• Dec 2001 – Dec 2002 Faculty Adjunct, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
• Sept 2000 – Nov 2001 Research Assistant, University of Warsaw, Poland

Education:

• Sept 2017 – Professor title awarded by the President of Poland
• May 2009 – habilitation colloquium, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, thesis: “Internal dynamics, association and energetics of binding of ligands with the ribosome”
• Oct 2001 – PhD degree at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, specialization: molecular biophysics, thesis „Computational Modelling of Protonation Equilibria and Reaction Mechanism of HIV-1 Protease”
• 1995 – 2000 PhD student, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Department of Biophysics
• 1989 – 1995 student, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, specialization: molecular biophysics, MSc degree in physics, thesis entitled „Molecular modelling studies of physicochemical properties of human erythrocytic purine nucleoside phosphorylase”

Fellowships and Awards:

• 2017 – „Biophysicist in Profile” an article in Biophysical Society Newsletter
• 2016 – a silver medal from the Rector for the 200 anniversary of the University of Warsaw
• since 2011 – Associate Editor of BMC Biophysics
• 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009 – University of Warsaw Rector’s award for research achievements
• 2014 – nomination by the Foundation for Polish Science and Robert Bosh Foundation to AcademiaNet initiative
• 2008 – University of Warsaw Rector fellowship
• 2007 – 2012 – Foundation for Polish Science „Focus” fellowship
• 2003 – 2004 – NSF Center for Theoretical Biological Physics fellowship
• 1995 – 2000 – Faculty of Physics, PhD fellowship
• 1993 – 1995 – Faculty of Physics, student’s fellowship

Memberships:

• The International Society of Quantum Biology and Pharmacology
• Biophysical Society
• American Chemical Society
• Polish Bioinformatics Society

Teaching experience:

• lecture on „Modelling Macromoleculat Machines”, courses „Introduction to Physics”, „Molecular Quantum Mechanics”, „Biophysics”
• laboratories in physics, molecular modelling methods