Irena Roterman-Konieczna

Irena Roterman-Konieczna (born 13 March 1950) is a Polish biochemist and a professor at the Jagiellonian University Medical College.

Biography
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.

She has been the head of the Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine at the Jagiellonian University, and an editor in chief of the Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems journal.

She is married to Leszek Konieczny, who is a Polish biochemist.

Works
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".

Her publications include: