University of Wrocław’s scholars as Ambassadors at the Lower Silesian Science Festival!
At the Lower Silesian Science Festival the staff and the graduates of the University of Wrocław will play the role of Ambassadors – distinguished figures, who combine the functions of popularising science and sharing their knowledge.
This year, as many as three members of staff from the University of Wrocław were awarded this honour. They are: prof. dr hab. Jan Miodek, dr Maciej Modzel (along with our graduate, Marta Gieruń) and dr Aleksandra Ziober! The Ambassadors also include Marek Krajewski, a graduate from our university.
Prof. dr hab. Jan Miodek – born in 1946, a retired professor at the University of Wrocław, Director of the Institute of Polish Studies in 1989-2016, head of the Department of the History of Polish Language in 2002-2016, member of the Council for the Polish Language, honorary doctor of the Vilnius Pedagogical University, Opole University and the University of Rzeszów, known for his television programmes “Ojczyzna polszczyzna” (1987-2007), “Prof. Miodek odpowiada” (1995-2006) and “Słownik polsko@polski” (from 2009).
Dr Aleksandra Ziober – Historian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic History, Demography and Statistics at the Historical Institute of the University of Wrocław. Her research focuses on the socio-political history of the elites of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 17th century. In 2020, she was awarded the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for young outstanding scientists, and she is also a several-time beneficiary of the Brzezie Lanckoroński Foundation and the Polish Historical Mission in Würzburg. She has also been awarded two grants for scientific projects from the National Science Centre in Krakow (PRELUDIUM and SONATA competitions). On Instagram, she runs the profile @historiansjourneys_en, where she shares interesting historical facts about the places she visits. For years, he has been the coordinator for the Lower Silesian Science Festival at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Wrocław.
dr Maciej Modzel – Doctor of Chemistry, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław. His day-to-day work revolves around protein chemistry and teaching organic chemistry to students. He is currently working on the application of mass spectrometry to analyse intermolecular interactions in proteins. However, what he enjoys most is teaching and being able to share his knowledge. He has been involved with the Lower Silesian Science Festival for many years. Privately a chronic bibliophile, board game enthusiast and a mountain hiker, who (together with Marta Gieruń) has run a blog Let me explain for over two years in an accessible way, providing the latest information and trivia from a wide range of scientific fields.
Translated by Weronika Maciejewska (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
