Izabella Brand is a Privatdozentin at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. She graduated in 1997 and obtained her PhD degree in chemistry in 2001 at the University of Warsaw, Poland. After graduation, she spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, Canada. She then worked as research assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (2004-2005) and at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany (2005-2014), where she habilitated in 2014. Dr. Brand is author and coauthor of almost 50 research papers, 2 book chapters and 1 book.