Dr. Aleksandra Milewska

Dr. Aleksandra Milewska is an Associate Professor & Principal Investigator at Virogenetics group at Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland). She is a virologist whose research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of viral infections and the development of antiviral strategies, with particular emphasis on respiratory viruses.

Following her PhD (Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology at JU), she continued to develop her research program on respiratory virus biology, using advanced in vitro models of human airway epithelium to study infection mechanisms and antiviral responses. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications in international journals in the fields of virology, antiviral research, and host–pathogen interactions.

Within MERIT, Dr. Milewska will serve as Project Investigator (from JU side) alongside Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć.