Dr. Aleksander Czogalla is a graduate of the University of Wrocław, currently head of the Department of Cytobiochemistry at the Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Wrocław. For several years, he worked scientifically in pharmaceutical companies (including Hasco-Lek, Novasome, LipoTech, Lipid Systems, Kardio-Med Silesia), as well as at Universities in Germany.  Major research focuses of his include the biophysics and biochemistry of biological membranes, signaling lipids, synthetic biology, and liposomal drug carriers. He has been awarded several times by the Rector of the University of Wrocław for scientific achievements. In 2015, he was awarded the "Iuvenes Wratislaviae" Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences for a piece of outstanding work entitled "Innovative DNA origami structures as a tool for studying processes occurring on the surface of biological membranes".