Elzbieta Pyza

Elżbieta Małgorzata Pyza is a biologist, professor of biological sciences, academic teacher at the Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research of the Jagiellonian University, head of the Department of Cell Biology and Imaging of the Jagiellonian University in the years 2001–2024, active member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, director of the 4th Department of Natural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists, former president of the Polish Neuroscience Society, popularizer of science.

Biography In 1981, she completed her master's degree in biology at the Jagiellonian University. In 1990, also at the Jagiellonian University, she obtained a doctorate in natural sciences, in biology, based on her thesis entitled Udział serotoniny w regulacji rytmiki aktywności lokomotorycznej świerszcza domowego (The role of serotonin in the regulation of the rhythmicity of locomotor activity in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus L.)), supervised by Janusz Wojtusiak. At the Jagiellonian University, she has lectured on cell biology, neuroethology, the evolution of the nervous system, and developmental biology. and a member of the Council of Ambassadors of the Cogiteon .