​RESEARCH IN ​HARD TISSUE HISTOLOGY ​& SKELETAL BIOLOGY

​Thanks for visiting my website! ​​I am a Polish-Australian biological anthropologist (someone who studies humans from both social and biological perspectives), although I specialise in hard tissue (bone and tooth) microscopy which I apply to understand the biology and function of humans and other mammals. I am fascinated by the fact that hard tissues, such as bone, are very metabolically active! ​

I am based in Brisbane, Australia and currently conduct research predominantly affiliated with the University of Queensland (Honorary Senior Lecturer since 2021). I am also a Visiting (Correspondent) Researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (The Netherlands), and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Kent in Canterbury (UK). 

​I have 52 publications and have so far secured >$580k in research grants as a PI. As a CI/AI, I have featured on >$1.6 million worth of research grants. ​

Between September and November 2022, I was a Martin & Temminck Fellow at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (The Netherlands)​. ​Until September 2022, I spent almost 7 years at the Australian National University in Canberra working as an ARC DECRA Fellow (2019–2022), Senior Lecturer (promoted in 2019), and Lecturer. Between 2015 and 2016 I was a Research Assistant in medicine at Imperial College in London. Until 2014, I spent about 8 years at the University of Kent in Canterbury completing a BSc (2010), PhD (2014), and PGCHE (2014), and working in various teaching roles, including tutoring, lab demonstration, sessional lecturing, and lecturing. 
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I was previously Treasurer of the Australasian Society for Human Biology, and Honorary Editor (2022) of The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland (PRSQ). I am currently Editorial Board Member of Anthropological Review and Scientific Reports, and Honorary Associate Editor (2023) of PRSQ.

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Bird's eye view of a false-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 20 x 20 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

False-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 20 x 20 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

False-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 4x4 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). The internal surface of knee joint in the femur is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). In this image the viewer looks into the marrow cavity towards the knee. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of thigh bones (femora) from Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Whole quail femora (far left and far right) from a male (left) and female (right) are visible here, together with corresponding longitudinal cross-sections (inner two bones) revealing the bone marrow cavity. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). The delicate and intricate trabecular bone structure within the marrow cavity of the femur is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). A longitudinal cross-section of a femur showing the bone marrow cavity almost completely filled with the medullary bone that is stored by the female quail for eggshell formation is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of trabecular microCT of a mouse femur (created at Imperial College London)

Human cortical bone histology at midshaft femur - inverted colours! (created at University of Kent in Mahoney's lab)