User:Lightmatterchem/sandbox MalgorzataKujawinska

Małgorzata Kujawińska is a full professor of Applied Optics and the head of the Optical Engineering Division at Warsaw University of Technology. She was the president of SPIE in 2005.

Early life and education
Kujawińska was born on October 13, 1952 in Warsaw, Poland, between Aleksander and Maria Futro. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Fine Mechanics in 1976, Ph.D in Optical Engineering in 1982, and DSc in Applied Optics in 1997 from Warsaw University of Technology.

Career
Kujawińska started working as an assistant professor at Warsaw University of Technology in 1982, and became a full professor in 1997. In between, Kujawińska worked as a visiting professor in a number of institutes such as National Physical Laboratory, University of Oxford, University of Alabama in Huntsville, and University of Franche-Comté.

Honors and memberships

 * Golden Cross of Merit awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland (1999)
 * Cavalier Cross of Merit awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland to outstanding women of Polish science (2011)