Education Team

Wojciech Poza MScUK School Outreach & Education Advisor

Wojciech Poza graduated with a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń, Poland. He emigrated to the UK in 1987 and completed HNC post-graduate studies in Computer Science at the University of Westminster. He obtained qualified teacher status and was awarded a PGCE from Open University.

He spent most of his 30-year teaching career as a chemistry teacher at the prestigious London Oratory School, where he served as Head of the Chemistry Department. He taught A level chemistry and prepared students for medical and veterinary studies and other medicine related courses at university. Many of his former pupils completed medical studies at prestigious British universities including Oxford and Cambridge. He is thoroughly familiar with the UK program of studies in chemistry at both GCSE and A level. He is fluent in both Polish and English.

Celestyna Mila-Kierzenkowska PhDBiology Tutor

Dr Mila-Kierzenkowska is an Associate Professor at Collegium Medicum biologist and works as an associate professor at the Department of Medical Biology and Biochemistry at Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She has been associated with the University from the beginning of her professional career. She is a researcher and her scientific interest focuses mainly on different aspects of oxidative stress in various physiological and pathological conditions, but first of all she is an academic teacher. She has had a twenty-year teaching experience on different levels of education. At NCU she teaches subjects like Molecular Biology, Genetics, Medical Biology as well as Parasitology both Polish and English Division students of Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy.

Since 2002, she has been running scientific workshops and Biology classes on preparatory courses for both Polish and foreign secondary school students. She has been contributing to the creation of teaching programs and syllabi for courses realized in CM of NCU for many years. Since 2010 she has been a supervisor of Students’ Scientific Group of Medical Biology. Apart from numerous scientific papers she is also a co-author of two handbooks for students: “The basics of genetics: handbook for students and doctors” and “Medical genetics”.

Grzegorz F. Wojewoda MScPhysics & Mathematics Tutor

Mr Wojewoda is a graduate of the Faculty of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. For almost 30 years he has been teaching physics in secondary schools in Bydgoszcz. His students are always well prepared not only to study physics but also other various specialties. For many years, he has also been a methodological advisor for physics teachers in Bydgoszcz.

He helps other teachers learn physics better and better. He has cooperated with the Polish Central Examination Board in preparing exam tasks for the Matura exam in physics. He is also an author of physics textbooks for Polish high school students.
His favourite summer holidays destinations are Italy and the Polish Baltic Sea. He goes skiing in winter and last year he ran a marathon.

Maciej Gagat PhDHistology Tutor

Maciej Gagat, PhD., DSc. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Histology and Embryology of Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland. His scientific and research interests focus on Cell Biology, Vascular Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Biomarkers, and Experimental Orthopedy. He is an author or co-author of more than 70 scientific articles and a patent on intravascular stent, especially for coronary vessels.

In addition, he is an active Expert in the Polish National Center for Research and Development and Academic or Guest Editor in such scientific journals as BioMed Research International, Molecular Medicine Reports, Applied Sciences, and Osteology. In 2021, he became president of the Bydgoszcz-Toruń Division of the Polish Histochemical and Cytochemical Society.

Marcin Wróblewski PhDChemistry Tutor

Mr Marcin Wróblewski is an employee of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz. He started working with students in 1999. In 2004 he obtained a (PhD) doctoral degree. For 20 years he has been gaining experience by conducting lectures and tutorials in the field of general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry and biochemistry for both medical students and related faculties, i.e. biotechnology, pharmacy, optometry, physiotherapy, dietetics, cosmetology.

He teaches in both Polish and English. He has also conducted a preparatory course in medicine for future Polish and foreign students. In addition to teaching, he does research in the field of bioorganic chemistry with the use of enzymes and in the field of biochemistry in the area of specific proteins involved in inflammatory processes and the cancer process.

Mateusz Badura PhDAnatomy & Physiology Tutor

Mr. Mateusz Badura is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz. In 2009 he attained a Bachelor's degree, in 2011 - a Master’s degree, both in the same field i.e. Emergency Medicine whereas in 2012 he successfully defended his Bachelor’s thesis from obstetrics. Right after graduation he started working at the Department of Anatomy at the same university he graduated from - Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, where he currently delivers classes in anatomy (clinical, developmental et al.). In 2022 he obtained a (PhD) doctoral degree.

From 2012 to 2015 he taught anatomy to biomedical engineering students as part of a cooperation project between Nicolaus Copernicus University and University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz.
Repeatedly awarded by the university President for his accomplishments in not only scientific but also educational and pedagogical areas.