Irena Roterman-Konieczna (pronounced as /pl/; born 13 March 1950) is a Polish biochemist and a professor at the Jagiellonian University Medical College.[1]
Irena Roterman-Konieczna was born on 13 March 1950 in Kraków. She attended the Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School, where she passed matura in 1968. She received a master's degree in chemistry in 1973 at the Jagiellonian University, and her doctorate in 1985 at the Medical College there. Her Post Doc position was at Cornell University – Harold A. Scheraga group 1987-1989. Her postdoctoral degree (habilitation) was at Jagiellonian University – Medical College 1996. In 2005 she received the title of professor.[2] [3]
She has been the head of the Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine at the Jagiellonian University,[5] and an editor in chief of the Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems journal.
She is married to Leszek Konieczny, who is a Polish biochemist.
Irena Roterman-Konieczna is the author of numerous scientific studies on the structure and function of proteins and amyloids. In 2020, she was included in the group of "2%" or "160,000 most influential researchers in the world".[6]
Her publications include: