Department of Atmospheric Physics
Instytut Geofizyki PAN
ul. Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa

Education:

  • 2011 – 2015 Doctoral studies at the Institute of Geophysics PAS, Doctor of Earth Sciences (Geophysics)
  • 2009 – 2010 University of Ecology and Management, authorization to issue energy performance certificates for buildings
  • 2000 – 2005 Warsaw University of Technology, Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering

Main scientific themes:

  • Research in the field of ultraviolet radiation:
    • balancing the harmful and beneficial effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation on human health;
    • cooperation with medical centres for public health purposes;
    • assessment of the short- and long-term effects of UV radiation (through modelling and analysis of measurements conducted by the IG PAS, satellite measurements and reanalyses).
  • Popularization of science (in cooperation with the Department of Scientific Communication and Promotion at the IG PAS).

Employment:

  • 2016 – now Institute of Geophysics PAS, assistant professor
  • 2015 – 2016 Institute of Geophysics PAS, assistant
  • 2006 – 2009 UP Telecom Sp. z o.o., environmental protection specialist
  • 2005 – 2006 Institute of Environmental Protection NRI, junior environmental protection specialist (internship)

Project and grants:

  • 2025 – 2028 CAMS National Collaboration Program BIS, cooperation with the Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute, design and implementation of a demonstrator of the impact of UV radiation on health
  • 2022 – 2024 Miniatura-6 (NCN), Modelling of the personal doses of UV radiation and their application in the prognostic model of the pregnancy outcome based on the extended database of the University College London Hospital (UK), project investigator
  • 2019 – 2020 BRITEC (Erasmus +), development and piloting of a civil science project for schools in the role of a scientist
  • 2016 – 2017 ERIS (Erasmus +), preparation of an educational package on ultraviolet radiation for middle and high schools

Selected publications:

  • Czerwińska, A., Krzyścin, J., Jarosławski, J., Sobolewski, P. S., and Pietruczuk, A.: Trends in the erythemal radiant exposure from re-evaluated measurements (1976–2023) with biometers in Belsk, Poland, and their sources from corresponding ozone, aerosol, and cloud observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 12497–12512, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12497-2025, 2025.
  • Krzyścin, J. W., Czerwińska, A., Rajewska-Więch, B., Jarosławski, J., Sobolewski, P. S., and Pawlak, I.: Biologically effective daily radiant exposure for erythema appearance, previtamin D3 synthesis, and clearing of psoriatic lesions derived from erythemal broadband meters at Belsk, Poland, for the period 1976–2023, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 3757–3775, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3757-2025, 2025.
  • Niedźwiedź, M., Noweta, M., Narbutt, J., Owczarek, W., Ciążyńska, M., Czerwińska, A., Krzyścin, J., Lesiak, A., and Skibińska, M.: Does the effectiveness of biological medications in the treatment for psoriasis depend on the moment of starting therapy? A preliminary study, pdia, 41, 106–112, https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2024.135917, 2024.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Krzyścin, J.: Modeling of Biologically Effective Daily Radiant Exposures over Europe from Space Using SEVIRI Measurements and MERRA-2 Reanalysis, Remote Sensing, 16, 3797, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203797, 2024.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Krzyścin, J.: Measurements of biologically effective solar radiation using erythemal weighted broadband meters, Photochem Photobiol Sci, 23, 479–492, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-023-00532-z, 2024.
  • Krzyścin, J. and Czerwińska, A.: Signs of Slowing Recovery of Antarctic Ozone Hole in Recent Late Winter–Early Spring Seasons (2020–2023), Atmosphere, 15, 80, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010080, 2024.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Krzyścin, J.: Exposure to solar UV radiation of Polish teenagers after the first COVID-19 lockdown in March–April 2020, Int J Biometeorol, 66, 2021–2032, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-022-02337-8, 2022.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Czuchraj, W.: Estimations of the Erythemal UV Doses and the Amount of the Sun-Synthesized Vitamin D by Adults during the Cruise to Spitsbergen–Polar Measurement Campaign (2–21 July 2017), Atmosphere, 12, 474, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12040474, 2021.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Krzyścin, J.: Numerical estimations of the daily amount of skin-synthesized vitamin D by pre-school children in Poland, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 208, 111898, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111898, 2020.
  • Czerwińska, A. and Krzyścin, J.: Analysis of Measurements and Modelling of the Biologically Active UV Solar Radiation for Selected Sites in Poland—Assessment of Photo-Medical Effects, Publications of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences: Warsaw, Poland, 2020; Volume 428, 111p, https://doi.org/10.25171/instgeoph_pas_publs-2020-002, 2020.
  • Czerwińska, A. E. and Krzyścin, J. W.: Climatological aspects of the increase of the skin cancer (melanoma) incidence rate in Europe, Intl Journal of Climatology, 40, 3196–3207, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6391, 2020.
  • Czerwińska, A. E., Krzyścin, J. W., Jarosławski, J., and Posyniak, M.: Effects of urban agglomeration on surface-UV doses: a comparison of Brewer measurements in Warsaw and Belsk, Poland, for the period 2013–2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 13641–13651, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13641-2016, 2016.