Dr Weronika Antoł

A biologist both by education and passion. She completed her first- and second-cycle studies in Biology at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Defended the master thesis entitled "Phylogeography of the common newt in the Caucasus region." During her studies, she was involved in the activities of the Students' Naturalists Association at the Jagiellonian University, serving as secretary and participating in field herpetology projects. She continued her education in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Biology at JU, focusing on the experimental evolution of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. She led the PRELUDIUM project and, in 2023, defended her doctoral dissertation entitled "Experimental evolution of reproductive traits in Caenorhabditis elegans." She was also a participant in the OPUS project. She completed a post-doc at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where she was responsible for conducting molecular analyses related to the health and physiology of the honeybee, as a participant in the SONATA and PRELUDIUM projects.

She has participated in national and international conferences both as a presenter and an organizer. Since her studies, she has been regularly involved in natural sciences popularization events.

Since 2026, she has been a coordinator for Physical Sciences and Engineering at the National Science Centre.