​RESEARCH IN ​HARD TISSUE HISTOLOGY ​& SKELETAL BIOLOGY

​Thanks for visiting my website! ​​I am a Polish-Australian skeletal biologist. I am currently in the Netherlands at Naturalis Biodiversity Center completing a Martin & Temminck Fellowship in palaeohistology of insular mammals. 
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My PhD was awarded in 2014. I have a mixed background in biological anthropology and medical research united through the study of bone and tooth microscopy. ​I also apply histology to palaeontological, biomedical and forensic science questions.

My key interest is the variation and biology of bone remodelling (lifelong process of continuous bone removal and formation) under different behavioural and environmental conditions. 

​I have 49 publications and have so far secured >$570k in research grants as a PI, and >$13k towards research travel. As a CI/AI, I have featured on >$1.2 million worth of research grants. ​

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BRIEF BIO
2022–present: Martin & Temminck Fellow, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
2020–2021: Senior Lecturer (Level C), Biological Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 
2019–2022: Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow (Level C), ​Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2016–2019: Lecturer (Level B) Biological Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2015–2016: Research Assistant, Imperial College London/ Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
2014: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2014: PhD in Biological Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2013–2014: Lecturer, Biological Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2012–2014: Osteologist, Kent Osteological Research and Analysis, Canterbury, UK
2010–2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
​2010: Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology, 1st Class Hons, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2009–2012: Assistant Osteologist, Kent Osteological Research and Analysis, Canterbury, UK
2008–2013: Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2007: Tutor, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Elected roles and honorary appointments​
2021–present : Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2021: Head of Discipline, Biological Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2020: Acting Head of Discipline, Biological Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
​2019–2021: Treasurer, Australasian Society for Human Biology, Australia
2016–present: Honorary Research Associate, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2014: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

Editorial service
2022–present: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports; Anthropological Review
2022–present: Honorary Editor, The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 

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)