Dr. Agata Harasymczuk is a neurobiologist, astrobiologist, and innovator. Her PhD at Stockholm University focused on the effects of light on signal transduction in the neurochemical circuits of nervous systems across different animal species. She discovered a functional structure resembling an internal eyelid in the compound eye of an insect and presented this finding at the European Space Agency’s Concurrent Design Facility, aiming to revolutionize the design of future modular space telescopes.
She is the supervisor of the AstroBio AGH student research group and Head of the Bioastronautics Laboratory at the Faculty of Space Technologies at AGH University of Krakow. Her particular area of interest is the architecture of time, including the perception and illusion of time in isolated environments.
She is a multiple recipient of scientific and educational awards, including three first-place prizes for the best scientific and educational experiment in the Global Space Balloon Challenge for stratospheric research. She has received the FNP Rojszczak Scientific Award, the Copernicus Medal, and the Grand Prix Amicus Hominum award.
Agata Harasymczuk
Assistant Professor at Faculty of Space Technologies
