Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), specialisation: International Trade and Polititian Affairs. From year 2001 to 2004 she was a PhD candidate at Research Team to Baltic Countries Economies, at Faculty of World Economy of SGH, Warsaw.

In 2003, she finished her PhD studies at World Economy Faculty of SGH. Her main scientific and research interests include: factors and measures of international competitiveness of countries and regions; knowledge-based economy; industry clusters; regional R&D and innovation policies.

Since 2004 she has been working as Assistant Professor in Kozminski University. From 2001 she co-operates with World Economy Research Institute of Warsaw School of Economics, Brussels Free Univeristy, Center of European Studies (CES) of Harvard University, Harvard Business School and Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD) of Berkeley University of California.

She is an author of 3 monographs, over 28 scientific punlications and an editor of two books; as well as a coordinator and co-author of six European Commission funded projects in the area of the impast of "new economy" and eServices on competitiveness and socio-economic development of regions and states. She is speaking five languages: English, Lithuanian, French, Russian and Spanish.