The distinction was awarded for her entire scientific achievements and outstanding contribution to the development of mathematical methods for optimising cancer therapies, particularly in the areas of drug resistance and metronomic chemotherapy. Prof. Ledzewicz is the co-author of two monographs published by Springer-Verlag in the Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics series, including one devoted to applications of optimal control theory in oncology. Her creation of mathematical models combining deep knowledge of physiology and medicine with advanced methods of geometric control theory deserves particular recognition.
Prof. Urszula Ledzewicz was born in Łódź and graduated from the University of Lodz, where she earned a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics in 1979.
In 1983, she defended her doctoral dissertation, "Zasada ekstremum dla zadań sterowania optymalnego z mieszanymi ograniczeniami" [The Extremum Principle for Optimal Control Problems with Mixed Constraints] at the then Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Lodz, under the supervision of Professor Stanisław Walczak. She is currently a research professor at the Institute of Mathematics, Lodz University of Technology.
The Hugo Steinhaus Prize, awarded by the Polish Mathematical Society, is one of the most prestigious mathematical awards in Poland and recognises outstanding scientific achievements.
We would like to offer our sincere congratulations to the winner and wish her continued scientific success.
More information can be found on the Polish Mathematical Society website (in Polish).
