We are thankful to accomplish professionals who share their time and expertise with Polonium Mentees and Mentors.

Check their profiles below.

Laurie Wessels

Laurie Wessels, MBA, is a seasoned Senior Executive, Consultant, and Executive Coach with more than 40 years of success in the pharmaceutical, engineering, higher education, and executive coaching industries. Leveraging extensive experience, she designs coaching, mentoring, and training programs for an array of small and Fortune 500 companies. Laurie has held teaching positions at Northwestern University, DePaul, and Lake Forrest Graduate School of Management. She teaches and designs courses in Leadership, Project Management, Team Building, Decision Making, Coaching, and Change Management.

Martyna Kosno-Vega

Dr Martyna Kosno-Vega works as a medical science liaison at Leo Pharma, where she provides medical doctors with the latest scientific and medical data in the field of dermatology. A pharmacist by training, she completed her master's degree at the Medical University of Łódź in Poland. She also gained additional experience during her PhD in biochemistry, as a Fulbright scholar, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas in the USA. Martyna is passionate about effective interdisciplinary science communication, outreach, lifelong learning and mentoring.

Martyna Orlik

Martyna Orlik is an ICF coach-in-training, accompanying people with leadership, teamwork, and goal setting. With 10 years in creative industries as a leader she now mentors both individuals and teams. Her goal is to equip everyone to coach themselves.

Marlena Hewitt

Marlena Hewitt is an artist and architect known for her innovative work that connects art with science, lately in the realms of neurology and neurolinguistics. Her interdisciplinary approach is evident in her collaborations and projects that merge visual arts with scientific research and education.

Anna Kordala

Program Director at Cure HSPB8, driving research toward treatments for Myofibrillar Myopathy type 13 (MFM13).

With 8+ years of genetics research experience, mostly at Oxford and 6 years in patient advocacy, I focus on turning science into solutions—advancing therapies, improving access, and building strong rare disease communities. Passionate about collaboration at the crossroads of science, policy, and advocacy.

Magda Żuk

I am passionate about communication, art and new technologies. I combine these 3 areas in my professional and personal life seeking #humandigitalbalance.

I advise btb companies on communications, marketing and BD with a focus on digital transformation of marketing. For 12 years I was responsible for the development of the team and activities in the area of marketing and PR in one of the largest Polish consulting firms, where, among other things, I created MarTech structures and processes and implemented digital-driven PR. Juror of the AI art competition "Digital Ars" and a TeenCrunch mentor.

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