Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Twarda 51/55
00-818 Warsaw, POLAND
e-mail: a.owczarek@twarda.pan.pl
phone: (+4822) 697-87-97;  room: 633

Personal data

Alicja OWCZAREK
Born 1998 r., Sochaczew, Poland
 

Degrees and Titles:

• 2022 – present BioPlanet Doctoral School. PhD Thesis Topic: Paleoproteomics of fossil fish otoliths. Supervisor: prof. Jarosław Stolarski, dr Jeana Drake (co-supervisor)
• 2020 – 2022 Master’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Warsaw. Thesis Topic: A method of protein separation for medical diagnostic applications. (Subject to patent procedure). Supervisor: prof. Maciej Mazur
• 2020 – 2022 Master’s Degree in Forensic Science, specialization in Forensic Chemistry, University of Warsaw. Thesis Topic: IR microscopic spectrometry in paper investigation. Supervisor: dr Andrzej Witowski
• 2017 – 2020 Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Warsaw. Thesis Topic: Methods for detection of proteins and peptides in body fluids.  Supervisor: prof. Maciej Mazur

Scientific Conferences:

16-21.09.2024 Annual Meeting of the Palaontologische Gesellschaft (Palges), Warsaw (poster)

Research Grants:

NCN 2020/39/B/ST10/01253 “Paleoproteomics of fossil fish otoliths” - PhD student

Additional Activities:

• 2022 r. XXVI Warsaw Science Festival, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw.
• 2021 r. XXV Warsaw Science Festival, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw.
• 2021 r. Online International Summer School on Quality Assurance in a Testing Laboratory (ISO/IEC17025).

Scientific papers

Coronado I., Cruz J., Owczarek A., Sáenz-Navajas M., Mateos-Carralafuente R., Cózar P., Fernández-Martínez E., Fernández-Díaz L., Stolarski J. 2023. Secondary aragonite recrystallization during otoliths diagenesis: natural and experimental evidence. 17th International Symposium on Biomineralization, August 28th to September 1st 2023, Saint-Etienne, France.