Ewa Bartnik

Biography

Professor of Genetics at the University of Warsaw. Current research interests: role of mitochondria in human diseases and aging; previous DNA methylation, regulation of gene expression in mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer. She coordinated the program of reforming the science curriculum in Polish schools in 2008 and is active in popularizing science.


Member of the Bioethics Committee of the Praesidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2015.

Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee 2010-2017, rapporteur 2015-2017.

Member of the PISA Science Expert Group 2006-2009.