Anna Marciniak-Czochra (born 11 March 1974 in

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

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) is a Polish

applied mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One ...

and

mathematical biologist Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development a ...

. Since 2011 she has been a professor of applied mathematics in the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences at

Heidelberg University Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest unive ...

. She earned her

Master of Science A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...

in mathematics 1998 at the

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, her

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(with honors) in Mathematics 2004 at the Heidelberg University. Since 2016 she has been leader of applied analysis and modelling in biosciences at the Heidelberg University.

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1974 births Living people Academic staff of Heidelberg University University of Warsaw alumni Polish women mathematicians 20th-century Polish mathematicians 21st-century Polish mathematicians {{Poland-mathematician-stub