Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska Assistant Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering Contact 301 Sparkman DriveEngineering BuildingRoom 117-FHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.7313at0175@uah.edu Biography Dr. Agnieszka Truszkowska joins the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department as an assistant professor. Dr. Truszkowska gained her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in 2009 from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University in 2014. Prior to joining UAH, she had three postdoctoral appointments, first at Oregon State University, second at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the most recent one at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering. Education Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2014 Graduate Engineer of Technology, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 2009 Honors & Awards 2024 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Recent Publications Kirchner, Z., Geohagan, A. and Truszkowska, A., 2024: "A Vicsek-type model of confined cancer cells with variable clustering affinities", Integrative Biology, 16, p.zyae005. Truszkowska, A., Boldini, A., and Porfiri, M.: “Plating of ion-exchange membranes: a molecular dynamics study”, Advanced Theory and Simulations, accepted for publication Truszkowska, A., Fayed, M., Wei, S., Zino, L., Butail, S., Caroppo, B., Jiang, Z-P., Rizzo, A., Porfiri, M., 2022: “Urban determinants of COVID-19 spread: A comparative study across three cities in New York State”, Journal of Urban Health, 1-13 Truszkowska, A., Zino, L., Butail, S., Caroppo, E., Jiang, Z-P., Rizzo, A., Porfiri, M., 2022: “Predicting the effects of waning vaccine immunity against COVID-19 through high-resolution agent-based modeling”, Advanced Theory and Simulations 5(6), 2100521, cover article