Dr. Martín Abadi
Jerzy Duszyński MEMBERS
President, Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland
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  • 2012
  • Chemical Engineering (C.H.E.)
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  • 2012
  • Chemical Engineering (C.H.E.)
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Jerzy Duszyński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ duˈʂɨj̃skʲi]; born 6 March 1949) is a Polish biochemist and professor of biological sciences. Since 2015 he has been President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
 
He is a former Director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2003–08), a former Polish deputy minister of science (2008–09),[2] and a former Dean of Division II—Biological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2011–14).
 
He has held the academic title of Full Professor since 1993, has been a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2007, and a member of Academia Europaea since 2007.

He specialises in various issues related to biochemistry, including bioenergetics, the role of mitochondria in cell physiology, mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases.
 
He heads the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
 
He has held research fellowships in the United States (3.5 years, including at University of Pennsylvania and at Penn State University) and in France (1 year, including in Grenoble).
 
The course of his scientific career has been closely linked to the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, where he held the posts of Secretary of the Scientific Council (1990–92), Chairman of the Scientific Council (1996-2001), Deputy Director for Research Affairs (2002–03), and Director (2003-08). 
 
Additionally, within the Polish Academy of Sciences, he has served as the Dean of Division II—Biological and Agricultural Sciences and a member of the PAS Presidium (for the 2011-2014 term).
 
On 19 March 2015 he was elected President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2015–2018 term.
 
In October 2018 he was reelected for a second term (2019–2022).

He was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering in 2012.