Prof. Urszula Stachewicz
Full Professor in Materials Science | Electrospun Fibers | Tissue Engineering | Energy & Water Harvesting

Urszula Stachewicz is a Full Professor at AGH University of Krakow, Poland. Her research integrates materials science, nanotechnology, and bioengineering, with a strong focus on electrospun polymer fibers for biomedical and environmental applications.

She currently leads the Electrospun Fibers Group at AGH University of Krakow. Her academic journey spans leading research institutes across Europe including TU Delft, University of Cambridge, and Queen Mary University of London.

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Education and Professional titles:

  • Full Professor by the President of the Republic of Poland in Material Science in 2022
  • DSc (Habilitation) – AGH University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland
    Dissertation: Analysis on various properties of polymeric nanofibres for application in nanotechnology and tissue engineering
  • PhD – Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
    Dissertation: Analysis of electrospraying as an on-demand deposition method
  • MSc – AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland and University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany
    Thesis: Mechanical Mapping of Osteonal Compact Bone with Lamellar Resolution

Research Positions and Experience:

  • Full Professor in Materials Science, AGH University of Krakow (2023–present)
    Group leader of the Electrospun Fibers Group. Chair of Electrospin2024 and ESEE2023 conferences.
  • University Professor (Prof. AGH), AGH University (2019–2022)
    Member of Material Science Discipline and the Faculty Collegium. Project leader of several grants, including ERC StG.
  • Associate Professor, AGH University (2017–2019)
    Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science.
  • Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK (2018)
    Visiting scholar in the group of Dr. S. Kar-Narayan, working with triboelectric and ferroelectric polymers.
  • Assistant Professor (Adjunct), AGH University (2014–2017)
    International Centre of Electron Microscopy for Materials Science.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen Mary University of London (2013–2014)
    Working on wetting behavior of textiles and adhesion between bioglass and dentine for GSK.
  • Senior Researcher, Queen Mary University of London and Nanoforce Technology Ltd (2010–2013)
    Research on electrospun polymer fibers and composites, material characterization, client projects.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Nanoforce/QMUL (2009–2010)
    Project on novel armor materials sponsored by the UK Ministry of Defence.
  • PhD Researcher, TU Delft & Philips Research Eindhoven (2004–2009)
    Marie Curie Fellowship. Developed electrospraying techniques for controlled fluid deposition.
  • MSc Researcher, Max Planck Institute, Germany (2004)
    Developed 2D stiffness maps of osteonal bone structure using nanoindentation.

Talks & Conferences

Selected Plenary, Keynote  and Invited Lectures:

  • MAD-Nano24 Conference, Portugal (2024) – Nature-inspired surfaces for smart textiles and membranes
  • International Symposium on Advanced Bionics, Changchun, China (2024) – Piezoelectric materials for neural interface applications
  • 5th Internationa Conference on Biomedical Polymers, Donghua University, China (2024) – Advances in electrospinning for biomedical implants
  • XXXIV Jornadas Chilenas de Química, Chile (2024) – Electroactive polymers for sustainable applications
  • 7th European Symposium on Electrohydrodynamic Atomization and Electrospinning, The Netherlands (2024) – From electrospray to nanostructure assembly
  • Electrospin2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2022) – Electrospinning design strategies for biomimetic membranes
  • BIONECA International Conference, Prague (2021) – Nanofiber materials for cardiovascular regeneration

Major Grants and Fundings:

  • 2022: M-ERA.NET project PIECRISCI – Investigation of Regenerative Effects of CRISPR/Cas9 Functionalized Piezoelectric Nerve Conduits on in vitro and in vivo Spinal Cord Injury Models (PIECRISCI), collaboration between: Ege University (Turkey), AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland), Aarhus University (Denmark), MARSTEM Cell Technologies Inc. (Turkey), Ege University School of Medicine (Turkey)
  • 2020: ERC Starting Grant – BioCom4SavEn, Bioinspired Composites Strategies for Saving Energy (ERC grant agreement no. 948840).
  • 2020: National Science Centre OPUS – Cell responses to electrospun polymer fibers with controlled surface potential, conductivity and stiffness for tissue engineering applications (No 2019/33/B/ST5/01311),
  • 2018: Foundation for Polish Science,  First TEAM project: Nano4Skin, Nanofiber-based sponges for atopic skin treatment, (First TEAM/2017-4/41),
  • 2016: National Science Centre, Sonata-Bis – Bioinspired design of nanofibres network for water and energy (No 2015/18/E/ST5/00230)
  • 2015: National Science Centre, Sonata – 3D analysis of cell responses to piezoelectric and charge induced polymer nanofibres scaffolds (No 2014/15/D/ST5/02598)

Contact

Prof. Urszula Stachewicz
Email: ustachew[@]agh.edu.pl