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We are proud to share that assoc. prof. Piotr Rzymski is the first-ever recipient of the Science Award of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Local Government. This newly-established distinction aims to honor outstanding scientists from our region.

Assoc. prof. Rzymski is a member of PUMS Faculty in the Department of Environmental Medicine. He authored and co-authored over 150 papers in international scientific journals, and was listed among top 2% most quoted researchers in the world in 2020 in the ranking prepared by Stanford University and Elsevier. He also serves as editor of several English-language scientific journals, and has reviewed over 500 research papers. He is also active as an expert in international organizations focused on health, science and environment, e.g. WHO (external expert) or the European Research Executive Agency. He was appointed ambassador of the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) in Poland last year.

In recent years the scientist has been working tirelessly as a science communicator, promoting results of scientific research, fighting misinformation and fake news, with particular focus on CoViD-19 pandemic. He has authored over 20 papers on the pandemic and vaccines, regularly contributes to the science blog of Polityka magazine, provides information to various media outlets covering this topic, and to Polish Press Agency, and serves as expert for the 'Science Against Pandemic' inititative.

Congratulations!