Prof. Jerzy Duszyński (born in 1949) is a biochemist, he works at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS in Warsaw, where he was dean of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. In 2008-2009 he was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Donald Tusk’s government.
He specialises in various issues related to biochemistry, including bioenergetics, the role of mitochondria in cell physiology, mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases. He heads the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has held research fellowships in the United States (3.5 years, including at University of Pennsylvania and at Penn State University) and in France (1 year, including in Grenoble).
The course of his scientific career has been closely linked to the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, where he held the posts of Secretary of the Scientific Council (1990–92), Chairman of the Scientific Council (1996-2001), Deputy Director for Research Affairs (2002–03), and Director (2003-08). Additionally, within the Polish Academy of Sciences, he has served as the Dean of Division II—Biological and Agricultural Sciences and a member of the PAS Presidium (for the 2011-2014 term).
On 19 March 2015 he was elected President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2015–2018 term. In October 2018 he was reelected for a second term (2019–2022).