about me

I am a professor at the Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2014. I have been an Andrew Mellon Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Wassenaar in 2014–15, and Charles Price Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia in 2007–08. I have been the President of the International Committee for the History of Technology in 2017–21. Currently  I am a member of SHOT Nominating Committee in 2021-23.

I have been principal investigator in 2 research projects funded by Polish National Science Centre, 1 funded by the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People. In addition, I took part in 1 research project funded by the Dutch Foundation for the History of Technology and 1 funded by Czech Science Foundation. I have authored more than 100 scholarly articles and 3 monographs [see below].

Pińskie błota. Natura, wiedza i polityka na polskim Polesiu do 1945 roku
Pińskie błota. Natura, wiedza i polityka na polskim Polesiu do 1945 roku
Fabryka z darów. Penicylina za żelazną kurtyną 1945-1954
Fabryka z darów. Penicylina za żelazną kurtyną 1945-1954
Wynalazczość polska w Stanach Zjednoczonych
Wynalazczość polska w Stanach Zjednoczonych

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