She received Master's degree in Mathematics from University of Warsaw, Ph.D. and D.Sc.  (habilitation doctorate) degrees from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in Poland. Before moving to University of Kansas (KU) in 1984, she was faculty member of  Department of Mathematics at SGH. At KU she is Professor of Mathematics, Courtesy Professor of  EECS and AE,  ITTC Investigator, CBC affiliate, Chancellors Club Teaching Professor, and KU Women's Hall of Fame inductee. She is Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC),  and Fellow of Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). She is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Distinguished Member Award. She has served in many capacities in several societies including IEEE CSS Vice President, Polish Mathematical Society (PTM) - Warsaw Branch Vice President,  IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Board of Governors member, Program Director of Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory (CST),  Chair of IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Control Education and IEEE CSS Board of Governors Member, Chair of  American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Education Committee, member of  IFAC Technical Board, Chair of IFAC Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion, Immediate Past Chair of IEEE WIE Committee, co-founder of  IEEE CSS Standing Committee on Women in Control (WIC) and its first Chair, member of IEEE Computer Society (CS) History Committee, member of Award Boards of IFAC and AWM, founder and faculty advisor of AWM and SIAM Student Chapters at KU, founder and coordinator of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month (MSAM)/ Outreach Program at KU, and founder and Chair of Stochastic Adaptive Control Seminar at KU. She is an Associate Editor of several Journals, and author and co-author of over 200 technical papers and book chapters. Her research is interdisciplinary and primarily in stochastic adaptive control, data analysis and modeling,  and in STEM education. She is a recipient of many awards including IREX Fellow, NSF Career Advancement, KU Women of  Distinction,  Kemper Fellow, IFAC Outstanding Service, Steeples Service to Kansans, H.O.P.E. , AWM L. Hay, Morrison, Max Wells, B. Price, Polish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, and IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education. Her hobbies are music, art, poetry and traveling. She has visited 55 countries. She is passionate about teaching and  helping others. Her husband, Tyrone Duncan, IEEE Life Fellow is an EE, and professor of mathematics; her daughter, Dominique Duncan, IEEE SM is an EE, mathematician, and assistant professor of neurology and bioengineering.