Małgorzata Podwyszyńska, associate professor and a head of Department of Applied Biology of The National Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland. M.S. degree (1981) – Horticulture Dept. of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, Ph.D. degree (1994) - Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture, Skierniewice, Poland, after Ph.D. degree (2008) - Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture, Skierniewice, Poland Research focus on: production of plant tetraploids and their phenotypic and genetic evaluation in terms of functional features; obtaining doubled haploids by gametic embryogenesis; study of the mechanisms of resistance of horticultural plants to biotic and abiotic stress factors; assessment of quality, health, cultivar purity and genetic identity of plants propagated in vitro; development of methods for producing high-quality planting material; anatomical, cytological and cytometric studies in breeding; study of physiological and molecular mechanisms of flower induction and flower development.