Dr. Natalia Ziółkowska has been employed at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM) in Poland since 2013. She earned a PhD in 2015 and a habilitation in 2024, and since then, she has been working in an associate professor position. She did her postdoctoral scholarship at the Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Current areas of scientific interest include 1) the influence of blue light on the morphology of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and gene expression within these cells, 2) research on the ocular manifestation of Niemann-Pick disease in cats, and 3) in vitro research on the impact of different drugs and agents on the regeneration processes in the cornea. Dr. Ziółkowska participated in 5 externally funded research grants. Her teaching activities include lectures and classes in cell biology and histology, as well as histophysiology of the eye and veterinary ophthalmology. Since 2009, Dr. Ziółkowska has been practicing veterinary ophthalmology. Most important awards: an award for the best poster presentation at the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (Helsinki, 2015) and scholarships from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists (2019-2022).