This year’s winners:
First Prize – mgr inż. Karolina Balcerak
Second Prize – Sayedmohsen Mortazavi Najafabadi, M.Sc.
Third Prize – Muhammad Junaid U Rehman, M.Sc.
The Chair of the Scientific Council of IDS TUL, Assoc Prof. Paweł Rózga, emphasized the importance of the award for young researchers:
“The IDS TUL Scientific Council Award is a form of recognition for fourth-year doctoral candidates who, through their publications, actively contribute to the scientific achievements of Lodz University of Technology. It also confirms that the quality of research conducted at our Interdisciplinary Doctoral School is steadily improving and gaining increasing recognition in the scientific community.”
The official award ceremony will take place during a meeting of the University Senate. The event will be an opportunity to honour the most active doctoral students and highlight their contribution to the development of science.
Profiles of the winners
Karolina Balcerak represents the field of chemical sciences. Her doctoral dissertation, titled “The impact of the carotenoid–retinoid–cytochrome triangle on cancer growth and development,” is being prepared under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Jakub Surmacki (supervisor), and Monika Kopeć, PhD (assistant supervisor). Her research focuses on complex biochemical relationships relevant to oncology. The research is conducted at the Interdepartmental Institute of Radiation Technology.
Sayedmohsen Mortazavi Najafabadi, originally from Iran, works in the field of mechanical engineering. In his doctoral dissertation, “The relationship between ankle proprioception and postural control in young and elderly population,” he analyses the relationship between ankle proprioception (the ability to sense the position and movement of the body without using vision) and postural control in young and older individuals. His supervisor is Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Grzelczyk, from the Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics.
Muhammad Junaid U Rehman from Pakistan also represents mechanical engineering. His dissertation, “Mathematical and numerical analysis of non-linear differential equations modelling mechanical systems exhibiting parametric and self-excited vibrations,” concerns advanced mathematical and numerical analysis of mechanical systems. His supervisor is Prof. Grzegorz Kudra, and the assistant supervisor is Krystian Polczyński, PhD. The research is conducted at the Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics.
