Prof. Dr. Maria Skrzyszowska is an embryologist with many years of experience. She is employed as Senior Scientist (Professor) at Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation of National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice near Kraków, Poland. She is a specialist in the fields of animal reproduction biotechnology, embryonic cell and somatic cell cloning in different mammalian species, in vitro embryo production, in vitro oocyte maturation and microsurgery in vitro fertilization by ICSI. She is the author or co-author of many research articles published in high-impact journals indexed in JCR, WoS and Scopus databases.