Nina Kopacz    Contact
       
Nina Kopaczborn May 24th, 1991 in Warsaw
Poland I
Polish II
American languages
English
Polish
French







CVMEMBER OF 
1Astrobiology Graduates of Europe (AbGradE)

2Planetary and Exoplanetary Science Network (PEPSci)

3Origins Center
WORK EXPERIENCE

1
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA
01/06/2024 – current 
Viterbo, Italy


2
PHD CANDIDATE 
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
04/02/2018 – 03/02/2023 
Utrecht, the Netherlands

3UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
31/12/2016 – 30/09/2017 
New York, United States

4UNIVERSITY TEACHING ASSISTANT UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
31/03/2016 – 30/06/2016 
Utrecht, Netherlands
EDUCATION

1DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 
Utrecht University
05/02/2018 – 03/02/2023 
Utrecht, Netherlands


2
MASTER IN SCIENCE (MSc) 
Utrecht University
30/09/2014 – 30/05/2016 
Utrecht, Netherlands
3BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc) 
University College Utrecht
05/09/2010 – 30/12/2012 
Utrecht, Netherlands
4 LICENCE 1 
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)31/08/2009 – 29/06/2010 
Paris, France
5SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE AZORES: "VOLCANISM, PLATE TECTONICS, HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND LIFE" Nordic Network of Astrobiology, European Astrobiology Campus, COST
22/08/2016 – 31/08/2016
6SUMMER SCHOOL IN ICELAND: "BIOSIGNATURES AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS" Nordic Network of Astrobiology, European Astrobiology Campus, COST
03/07/2016 – 15/07/2016
7
ASTROBIOLOGY INTRODUCTORY COURSE: WINTER SCHOOL TRAINING French Exobiology Society
06/06/2016 – 13/06/2016
 CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
1European Astrobiology Network Association 2024 Conference
02/09/2024  – 06/09/2024
Graz, Austria

2
Terrestrial Analogues for Solar System Studies Workshop
03/06/2024  – 06/06/2024
Milos, Greece

3
University of Akureyri guest lecture
07/09/2023  – University of Akureyri, Iceland

4Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) 
oral contribution
08/05/2023 – 12/05/2023 – Fuencaliente, La Palma
 
5LPI 4th International Planetary Caves Conference 
oral contribution
04/05/2023 – 07/05/2023 – Haria, Lanzarote

635th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 
oral contribution
11/05/2022 – 13/05/2022 – Reykjavik, Iceland

7LPI 3rd International Planetary Caves Conference 
oral contribution
18/02/2020 – 21/02/2020 – Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) San Antonio, TX, USA

8Origins Center Conference 2021 
poster contribution
26/01/2021 – 27/01/2021 – online

9Impacts and their Role in the Origin and Evolution of Life poster contribution
09/06/2019 – 12/06/2019 – Tallberg, Sweden

10European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2019 poster contribution 
02/09/2019 – 05/09/2019 – Orleans, France

11European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 
poster contribution
15/09/2018 – 20/09/2018 – Berlin, Germany

12European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2018 poster contribution
23/09/2018 – 27/09/2018 – Berlin, Germany


SKILLS

1Fourier Transform Infrared  
(FTIR) Spectroscopy

2Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) 

3Raman Spectroscopy  

4Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) 

5Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

6UV–Visible  (UV-Vis) Spectrophotometry

7Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)

8
Microbiological techniques: cell microscopy, culturing & isolation, DNA extraction & sequencing analysis, PCR analysis