Anna Maria Pawlak is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She obtained both her PhD and DSc in biophysics from Jagiellonian University. Her research interests concern the role of unsaturated lipids, especially plasmalogens, and the photoreactivity of their oxidation products in the aging process and photodamage to the retina and the RPE/BM complex.