Researcher profile

Urszula Stachewicz

Urszula Stachewicz is a professor in material science at AGH University of Krakow, Poland. She graduated from the Delft University of Technology with PhD in electrohydrodynamics of liquids to use electrospray as an on-demand deposition method, with research performed at Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. She conducted postdoctoral research at Queen Mary, University of London (UK) and worked at spin-out company Nanoforce Technology Ltd. in polymer science and electrospun fibers. In 2018, she was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, UK. Her research is focused on electrospun fibers' surface properties for biomedical and water and energy harvesting and in situ mechanical testing of synthetic and naturally structured materials. She developed advanced 3D tomography protocols using focus ion beam and scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) for nanofibrous biomaterials and membranes. In 2020, she was awarded the ERC starting grant. She is leading the Electrospun Fibers Group. More information can be found at: https://fibers.agh.edu.pl/ Short movie about my team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh18gyaSsc&t=7s In 2024, she chaired the 8th International Conference on Electrospinning, 25-28 June, in Krakow: https://electrospin2024.agh.edu.pl/