Draft:Monika Wanat

Monika Wanat (born 1991 in Warsaw).. – polish scientist, artist, and photographer. PhD in Natural Sciences.

Scientific activity
Her scientific career is devoted to the use of quantum crystallography methods in the study of pharmaceutical compounds. She is a co-author of 10 scientific papers in journals such as JACS, IUCrJ, Molecules, Crystal Growth & Design, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, including 7 papers as a first author. She was Principal Investigator of the two grants from the Polish National Science Centre. Her entire scientific achievements were awarded the Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists

Artistic activity
The medium used by Monika Wanat in her artistic projects is photography. Her artworks have been awarded in international competitions - New York Photography Awards (Silver Winner in the People/Culture category) and Tokyo International Foto Awards (Honorable Mention in the Fine Art/Portrait category). She works in the cycles "Psyche" and “Not for us”. In her artworks, she wants to emphasize the psychological layer of internal and external interactions of the photographed people - both human and animals, which she does not differentiate. So far, she has been working in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. . Her artworks were presented at the post-competition exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum in Torun, Poland and at the Artshow – the Festival of Fine Arts in Warsaw