Nina Bażela is a graduate in Computer Science with Eng. degree from AGH University of Science and Technology and in Cognitive Science with MSc. (summa cum laude) from Jagiellonian University.
As a member of the AGH Space Systems management board, she has been responsible for coordinating the preparation of applications and the execution of several student research grants related to space industry technology development, space biology and space geology. She has also conducted her own research on assessing the level of trust for the planetary rover in a human-robot team (presented at the Robophilosophy Conference in 2022) and an experiment on the quality of sleep among participants of a simulated space mission (presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum in 2023).
Interested in human-computer interaction, dream/sleep research and math cognition, with a special interest in mathematics learning problems. A math tutor and an aspiring science communicator, always ready to engage in debates about the education system.
In August 2024, she was admitted to the Doctoral School of the Social Sciences of the Jagiellonian (Society of the Future Program). Before this, in her master's thesis defended with honors, Nina investigated the relationship between long-term memory and math skills. In her doctoral project in experimental psychology, she is continuing this line of investigation with the focus on individuals with developmental dyscalculia.
