!!Jace Otlewski - Curriculum vitae \\ __Current position__ *Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, Department of Protein Engineering, University of Wrocław \\ __Education and Professional Experience__ *2006 - Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw *2002 - 2005 Visiting Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA *1994 - Professor Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Wroclaw, Poland *1993 Visiting Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette *1992-1991 Associate Professor Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland *1991 Dr. habilitatus, (D.Sc.) Biophysical Chemistry University of Wroclaw *1990-1991 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany *1987-1991 Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland *1986-1983 Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Chemistry Purdue University *1983 Ph.D., Biochemistry University of Wroclaw *1980 M.S., with Distinction, Biochemistry University of Wroclaw \\ __Scientific interets__ *Protein engineering, protein chemistry, protein - protein interactions, protein stability, protein folding, *serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors, protein design, directed mutagenesis and phage display, NMR and protein crystallography. \\ __Memberships__ *Member of Academia Europaea *Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences *Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization *Member of the Polish Biochemical Society *Member of the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum *Member of the Protein Society *Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science *Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins \\ __Editorial Boards__ *Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins *Member of the Editorial Board of The Central European Journal of Biology \\ __Honors and Awards__ *1981 - Mozolowski Award for the Best Presentation by a Young Scientist at XVIII Meeting of Polish Biochemical Society. *1987 - Award of the Secretary General of Polish Academy of Sciences *1982-2001 - President of the University of Wroclaw Awards (8 Awards) *1982-1991 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Awards (3 Awards) *1995 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences *2000 – Scholar of the Foundation for Polish Science *2001 – International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute *2001- J.K. Parnas Award for the best experimental paper published in Polish laboratory in 2000 *2001 – Złoty Krzyż Zasługi *2002 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences *2002 - Visiting Professor at the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA *2003 – Leon Marchlewski Medal for the scientific achievements (award of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences) *2004 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Award \\ __Services and miscellaneous__ *Member of the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1996-1997) *Vice Director for Research, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland (1996-1999) *Member of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Scientific Council (1996-2002) *Member of the Biotechnology Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1999-2002) *Member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002) *Member of the Polish National Committee for International Council for Science (1999-2002) *Delegate from Poland to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1999-2002) *Member of the National Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002) *Member of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1996-2002) *Coordinator of the Proteins and peptides at work Symposium (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004) *Chairman of the session entitled Macromoleculr recognition (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004) *Member of Senate of the University of Wroclaw (2005-2012) *Delegate from Poland to European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, Domain of *Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (2006-) *Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology University of Wroclaw Poland (2006-2008 and 2008-) *Member of the Institute of Experimental Biology Scientific Council (2007-2010) *Member of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Scientific Council (2007-2010) *Member of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Scientific Council (2007-2010) *Coordinator of the BioMed Programme of the Wroclaw Research Centre (2008-) *Panel Member of the, section Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology, ERC Advanced Investigation Grants, 2009-2013. *Member of the Biomedical Commision of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009- \\ __Referee__ *Acta Biochimica Polonica *Biochemistry *Biochimica et Biophysica Acta *Biochimie *Biological Chemistry *Biomacromolecules *BMC Bioinformatics *BMC Microbiology *Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences *Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology *European Journal of Biochemistry *FEBS Journal *FEBS Letters *Journal of the American Chemical Society *Journal of Biological Chemistry *Journal of Medicinal Chemistry *Journal of Molecular Biology *Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology *Journal of Proteome Research *Microbial Cell Factories *Molecular Diversity *Phytochemistry *Polish Journal of Chemistry *Postępy Biochemii (Progress in Biochemistry) *Protein and Peptide Letters *Protein Journal *Protein Engineering, Design and Selection *Protein Science *Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics \\ \\