people - Szwed Lab
Lab director
Marcin Szwed, PhD
2000-2006
PhD - Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,
Supervisor: Prof. Ehud Ahissar. PhD committee: Prof. Rafael Malach, Prof. Amos Arieli. Awarded: May 2006.
2007-2011
Postdoc - With Stanislas Dehaene (Inserm Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Saclay) and Laurent Cohen (Brain and Spine Institute, ICM, Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France).
2011-present
Research team leader at the Jagiellonian University
2021-present
Full Professor at the Jagiellonian University
contact: m.szwed {at} uj.edu.pl
Post-doctoral researchers
Anna-Lena Stroh
Using fMRI, EEG, and behavioural methods I investigate how sensory and language experience interact to shape the neural foundations of cognition and perception. The primary focus of my work is on deafness and sign language and how they affect language processing, visual and tactile perception, as well as body-related functions such as motor learning and balance.Snezana Todorovic
I have background in linguistics and cognitive neuroscience (ENS Paris, Aix-Marseille University). My research in the NeuroSmog project focuses on resting state fMRI data. Concretely, I use a large dataset of fMRI data and air pollution exposure coefficients to build models that predict, from spontaneous brain activity at the age 10-13, how polluted was a child’s environment at birth and in early childhood. In addition, I am interested in modeling data of individual patients using digital brain twins, with the goal of understanding pathologies such as Functional Neurological Disorder, and informing treatment and rehabilitation strategies.PhD students
List of PhD students at the Szwed Lab.
Maksymilian Korczyk
I’ve obtained my MA in psychology (2018) and currently I am a PhD candidate at the Jagiellonian University. My master’s project is focused on rhythm discrimination and neuroplasticity in professional musicians.
The main area of my interest is the neuroplasticity of the brain structures. Moreover, I focus on brain reorganization following long-term training and sensory deprivation. I am interested in the research on congenitally blind and professional musicians. During my PhD studies I continue to study brain plasticity in a group of professional pianists. I will check whether the auditory cortices activation support visual processing due to extensive training in the domain of musical rhythms perception. Moreover, I have started another project that focuses on the reading mechanism in the congenitally blind.
Paulina Lewandowska
Paulina Lewandowska is a member of the neuroimaging team as part of the NeuroSmog project at the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University. Her role within the project includes the analysis and interpretation of dMRI (diffusion magnetic resonance imaging) data. Paulina is a graduate of psychology studies with a specialization in neurocognitive science at the Faculty of Psychology of the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. Before starting cooperation in the NeuroSmog project, Paulina investigated the relationship between the white matter of the brain and performance in a computer game (StarCraft II) at the Neurocognitive Research Center in the PlasticityTeam.
Mikołaj Compa
Mikołaj Compa is a member of the neuroimaging team within the NeuroSmog project at the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University. His role within the project includes the analysis and interpretation of behavioral and fMRI data. Mikołaj is a graduate of psychology studies at the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University. Before starting cooperation in the NeuroSmog project, he studied the interactions between attentional networks.
Dominika Pikul
Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, 2021–2023). My master’s thesis investigated the long-term effects of early adversity on brain, cognitive, and psychosocial development. I am currently pursuing a PhD, using the breadth of data collected in the Neurosmog project to investigate brain connectivity patterns across ADHD subtypes. My research explores whether neuroimaging biomarkers can reliably distinguish between these subtypes, with a broader interest in neurodevelopmental mechanisms and individual differences. In addition to academic work, I support adults with neurodevelopmental conditions in the workplace and am currently co-authoring a national study on neuro-inclusive employment practices.Alumni
Osoby, które wcześniej były związane z labem.
Łukasz Bola, PhD
Completed his post-doctoral reaserch at Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory (Alfonso Caramazza's Lab). Currently he is running his own scientific team at Institute of Psychology (PAN) in Warsaw.
Maria Zimmerman
Maria Zimmermann (former PhD student), currently a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA (Bedna's laboratory).Maria Czarnecka
Maria Czarnecka (former PhD student), currently a researcher at Georgetown University, Georgetown, USA (Striem-Amit laboratory).Alicja Żok
Alicja Żok was the Lab Manager/Project Manager: "The 'genes vs. experience' debate seen through the prism of cognitive plasticity in deaf and blind people."
Currently, she works in the IT sector at the Information Security Center at AGH.
Katarzyna Hryniewiecka
In the SzwedLab team, NeuroSmog project, she was a member of the neuroimaging team. Her role included participating in the acquisition of MRI scans and analysis of MRI data. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Warsaw (Center of New Technologies).
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katarzyna-Hryniewiecka
Katarzyzna Siuda-Krzywicka, PhD
A neuropsychologist, she is a neurologist (MD) at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital. She completed her doctorate in École des Neurosciences Paris Île-de-France, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epiniere (Brain & Spine Institute), PICNIC LAB,
Katarzyna Rączy, PhD
Post-doctoral reasercher at Universität Hamburg
Marianna Boros, Phd
Marianna Boros (former PhD student), currently a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Institute of Biology, Department of Ethology, Hungary (Atilla Andic’s lab)Dominika Radziun
PhD student in Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Group Ehrsson - Brain, Body & Self Laboratory