Polonium Mentoring 2023-2024
Having learned from the previous year, we are happy to bring to you the next edition of Polonium Mentoring.
Who can participate?
To become a Mentor you should be at the doctoral student level or above (especially for pairing in the academic path). Highly experienced and impactful Mentors will be considered regardless of educational status. We are recruiting Mentors from different backgrounds - academia, industry, or business.
You can become a Mentee at all stages of your career.
This edition of the programme is global and we welcome every scientific discipline to join this year. We especially welcome participants from social and political sciences that constituted the lowest percentage of attendees in the pilot edition.
You can be a Mentor and a Mentee in the same time!
2023-2024 Timeline:
Application for mentors and mentees closes: on 15th October 2023
Pairing: up until the end of October or sooner
Project launch: 16.10.2023
Training for participants: 16th or 17th or 18th of October 2023
Project end: 31st of July 2024
How to apply?
We closed the registration for this iteration of the program. If you would be interested in joining the waiting list, get a chance to be paired with a Mentor/Mentee or you want to await the next edition of the project and get updates from our Team - please register your interest below.
You are eligible to become a Mentor if you are a PhD student, PostDoc, or above (in academia), or are working in industry.
During the registration, we will ask you about your skills and strengths to see what you could bring to the programme.
You are eligible to become a Mentee on every career stage.
During the registration, we will ask you about what you hope to gain from a relationship with a Mentor, and in what areas you would need support the most.
Supporters
Laurie Wessels
Laurie Wessels is an Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant and Trainer. She is a substantive support for the Mentoring Programme and provides training for our Mentors.
Mentors 2023 (will be continuously updated)
Joanna Bagniewska
University of Oxford, Brunel University London
Magdalena Bereś
University of Warwick
Greta Brancaleoni
Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Karolina Dziemidowicz
University College London
Żaneta Koszowska
University of Leeds
Anna Ogonowska-Słodownik
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
Kamil Szepe
University of Nottingham/Marlow Foods Ltd
Anna Trawińska
Sano Centre for Computational Medicine, CyberMadeInPoland, Dots & Stories
Ewa Warchol
AstraZeneca
Filip Karol Pamula
Aarhus University
Agata Dymarska
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Anna Hoy
Resolution Therapeutics, The University of Edinburgh
Iwona Pollmann
IONOS SE
Krzysztof Bartłomiej Piotrowski
Devote Consulting
Paraskevas Rodosthenous
University of Birmingham
Paweł Morzywołek
University of Washington
Marcin Wiorek
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences
Javier Dominiguez
National Centre for Nuclear Research
Karolina Chwalek
NodThera, VoLo Foundation
Mikołaj Kocikowski
University of Gdansk, University of Edinburgh
Kasia Mika-Bresolin
Queen Mary University of London
Marek Pędziwiatr
Queen Mary University of London.
Malwina Tkacz
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Francesco Trupia
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Paulina Warsza
University of Warsaw
Edyta Mazur
W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Ines Stasa
Epoka University
Justyna Durślewicz
Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun
Magdalena Kulczycka
Association of Biotechnology Companies BioForum
Maja Białecka
intoDNA, Caltech (alumni), UCSD
Timothy Douglas
Lancaster University
Wiktoria Stańczyk
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN in Kraków
Maya A. Jastrzębowska
Freie Universität
Useful links:
You have a question?
You can get in touch with the mentoring project manager at mentoring@poloniumfoundation.org
Community Partners:
Special thanks to the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom for providing guidance and support.