Magdalena Chlebicz earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Biotechnology from Lodz University of Technology in Poland. She completed her master's thesis research at Ghent University in Belgium during Erasmus student exchange. In 2020, Magda was accepted into the Fulbright BioLab program and joined Dr. Susan Kovats's lab at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. There, she worked on a collaborative project investigating the impact of influenza virus infection on the murine demyelinating disease model, as well as a project exploring the innate immune system of nursing home residents. In 2023, Magda joined the graduate program at UT Southwestern and became a member of the Reese lab. In her free time, Magda enjoys reading, traveling, and assembling Lego sets balancing serious research with serious fun.