Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, surveyor, professor of engineering and technical sciences, academic teacher
She graduated from the Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering of the Agricultural University of Wrocław, majoring in geodesy and cartography. In 2006, she obtained a doctoral degree, and in 2013 she received a post-doctoral degree (doktor habilitowany) in technical sciences in the discipline of geodesy and cartography. She has worked for the University of Zielona Góra since 1999. From 2016 to 2019, she was vice-dean for science of the Faculty of Construction, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, from 2019 to 2020 – the director of the Institute of Construction and chairwoman of the council of scientific discipline of civil engineering and transport, and from 2020 to 2023 – vice-rector for cooperation with the economy.
She is the author or co-author of monographs and textbooks, as well as over 130 publications on the use of artificial intelligence to solve issues in engineering geodesy and the applications of AI in construction, spatial planning and environmental engineering. In the current term, she has served on the Geodesy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Association of Polish Surveyors and the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians.
From the start of her professional career, she has been cooperating with the socio-economic environment. She is the author and co-author of several dozen expert opinions on the measurement of displacements and deformations of building structures. She managed projects implemented together with the industry. She is a co-author of patent applications and national and European utility models. She holds professional qualifications in the field of surveying investment services.
At the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, prof. dr hab. inż. Maria Mrówczyńska is responsible for innovation, development and organisation at the university as well as for education and student affairs.