Agnieszka Kapalka

Agnieszka Kapalka has several years of professional experience in both academia and the private sector, including corporate and startup environments. Throughout her career, she conducted award-winning multidisciplinary research and managed industrial innovation projects. The scope of her research and innovation activities included: environmental electrochemical engineering, sustainability, development of technologically advanced security solutions (identification, traceability, authentication).She is currently a Program Manager at the EPFL AI Center, where she oversees initiatives aimed at advancing AI in education, research and innovation. Previously, as Academic Deputy Director at Business School Lausanne, she led the Executive Education portfolio, including E/MBA programs in Business Transformation & Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business. She holds a PhD from EPFL and an MBA from BSL.Agnieszka is the author of numerous scientific publications and holds two patents; her research has been cited over 4000 times (h-index 23). She also received the EPFL Doctorate Award 2009 and the Oronzio and Niccolo De Nora Foundation Prize Of International Society of Electrochemistry in recognition of her outstanding work. Education MBA | General Management 2015 – 2016 Business School Lausanne PhD | Electrochemical Engineering 2005 – 2008 EPFL MSc | Materials Engineering and Ceramics 1998 – 2003 AGH Professionals experiences Advisory Board Memeber 2025–2026 viadataAcademic Deputy Director 2019–2024 Business School LausanneResearch Partner 2016–2019 Business School LausanneChief Business Development Officer 2016–2017 HeadswapResearch Engineer 2010–2015 SICPA Awards EPFL Doctorate Award EPFL 2009 Oronzio and Niccolo De Nora Foundation Prize Of International Society of Electrochemistry International Society of Electrochemistry 2008