Senior Scientist
IHMA, Inc.
Disclosure: IHMA (Employee)Pfizer, Inc. (Consultant)
Krystyna M. Kazmierczak, PhD
Senior Scientist
IHMA
Krystyna obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago. She held research positions at Eli Lilly, Indiana University and the University of Illinois before joining IHMA. She served as the Director of Molecular Services at IHMA from November 2013-September 2017 before moving to her present position as Senior Scientist, Scientific Affairs. Her responsibilities include data review, data analysis and scientific writing.
Krystyna’s research interests have included the molecular biology and biochemistry of bacteriophage RNA polymerases, physiology and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae, bacterial stress responses to treatment with antibiotics that disrupt protein or cell wall biosynthesis, and regulation of outer membrane proteins. Her current focus is on the mechanisms and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance.
