Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D. is a laureate of the Minister's Scholarship for outstanding young scientists.
On June 29, 2023 - among the applications of people meeting the conditions for receiving a scholarship - the Minister of Education and Science awarded scholarships to 230 young scientists, including 37 doctoral students.
It is our pleasure to inform you that one of the laureates was our laboratory co-worker Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D.
Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D. is a graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology. In addition, she completed postgraduate studies in the field of Organization and Management of Clinical Trials (Lazarski University). In 2013 she completed a scientific internship at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan. She obtained a Ph.D. in engineering and technical sciences in 2019. She is the author of 19 scientific publications published in international journals 29 conference presentations, 1 invention covered by patent protection, and 2 patent applications. According to the Scopus database, her Hirsch index is currently 12. Research conducted by Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D. is interdisciplinary and focuses on the use of biomaterials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and includes both, basic and applied research. Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D. received funding for two research projects, PRELUDIUM (NCN) conducted in 2015-2018, and SONATA (NCN), which she has been leading as the main researcher and project manager at IPPT PAN since June 2023. In addition, she is a laureate of the Kościuszko Foundation award, which enabled her to complete an internship at Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA). Moreover, she actively participated in such projects as LIDER (NCBR), STRATEGMED (NCBR) or TEAMTECH (FnP). Additionally, Olga Urbanek-Świderska Ph.D. actively participates in events popularizing science, such as the Science Festival or Materials Engineering Days. Currently, she is an assistant supervisor of two doctoral theses conducted at IPPT PAN by PhD students of Prof. Paweł Sajkiewicz.
More details about the results of this year's edition competition for Scholarships for Outstanding Young Scientists are available under the following link – Polish Ministry of Education and Science.
