Jacek Marczyk PhD

Education

1978-1983

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

MS in Aeronautical Engineering

Thesis in spacecraft attitude and orbit control system design

1984-1986

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

MS in Aerospace Engineering

Thesis in spacecraft attitude and orbit control system design

1996-1998

Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

PhD in Civil Engineering

Thesis in nonlinear mechanics – theory of eigenvalue orbits

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Education and Scientific Foundations

Formal training in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics, followed by years in advanced research labs, anchors my work at the intersection of rocket science, complexity, and entrepreneurship, informing how I build theories that remain testable and practically useful.

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Timeline

Explore additional fellowships, labs, executive programs, and self-directed study that shaped my thinking beyond formal degrees, highlighting the cross-disciplinary experiences that prepared me to bridge rigorous science with entrepreneurial decision-making under uncertainty.

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