Joanna Mystkowska

Biography

since 09.2024 - Head of the Department of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Engineering

International or domestic awards for scientific activity
- 2022: Academic award for the most active employee in the Biomedical Engineering discipline at the Bialystok University of Technology,
- 2014-2017: Academic scholarship for outstanding young scientists (9th edition), financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
- 2010-2011: Scholarship for young doctors of the Bialystok University of Technology, financed under the Human Capital Operational Program by the European Social Fund (ESF),
- 2009, 2012-2015, 2019-2023: Individual and Team awards, Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology, for distinguished scientific and organizational activity,
- 2012 - Medal of the National Education Commission,
- 2012: Best poster award at the International Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics, Biomechanics 2012,
- 2010: Individual award of the 3rd degree of the Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology, for distinguished scientific, didactic and organizational activity,
- 2010: Team award of the Rector of the Medical University of Bialystok for scientific activity.

Internships
- 2023: 1-month internship at University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, USA) within Funds from the Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology to finance foreign research internships in leading research universities
- 2019: 1-month internship at University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, USA) within the framework of the project PB2020 – Integrated Development Program of the Bialystok University of Technology
- 2013: 2-month internship at Stanford University (California, USA) within the framework of the MNiSW program - Top 500 Innovators: Science – Management – Commercialization
- 2013: 1-month scientific internship at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Technology of the Warsaw University of Technology within the framework of the project: Research and development in the knowledge-based economy, co-financed with European Union funds within the framework of the ESF
- 2012-2013: 5-month internship at ChM Sp. z o.o. (Lewickie near Bialystok) as part of the project: Supporting cooperation of science and business staff in the Podlaskie voivodeship, co-financed with EU funds within the framework of ESF,
- 2012: 3-month internship at Masterpress S.A. (Bialystok) as part of the project: Research and development in the knowledge-based economy, co-financed with EU funds within the framework of ESF,
- 2010/11: 6-month internship at Masterpress S.A. (Bialystok) as part of the project: Strengthening the potential of scientific and business human resources through knowledge transfer in the region, co-financed with funds from the European Union (EU) within the framework of the ESF.

Research interest
- polymers and composites for medical applications,
- degradation processes of polymers and polymer composites,
- thermal properties of polymers (DSC, TGA),
- natural and synthetic biological fluids (saliva, synovial fluid) – modification, physicochemical, biological, rheological and tribological properties,
- investigations of biofilm on surfaces of implant materials (biometals, medical alloys, biopolymers),
- magnetic materials for biomedical applications,
- viscoelastic properties of tissues and fluids,
- microscopic studies of materials using CLSM, SEM,
- nanomaterials,
- microbiologically induced corrosion,
- biological, physicochemical, mechanical, fatigue strength, and tribological studies of biomaterials for dentistry,
- tribological and corrosive studies of materials.

Patents
- Patent application: "Method of obtaining a protective coating on the surface of a flexible composite with magnetic powder - PCL", 2023, No. P.445105
- Patent application: "Method of obtaining a protective coating on the surface of a flexible composite with magnetic powder - chitosan", 2023, No. P.445106
- Patent: Tetrahydrofurane-based adhesive agent; Patent no. PL 212721 B1, 2012 – agent implemented in the production process at Masterpress S.A.
- Patent: Substitute for natural saliva, Patent no. PL 220402, 2015
- Patent: Application of artificial saliva based on nanogold, Patent no. PL 228470, 2017
- Patent: Substitute for natural saliva, Patent no. PL 229282, 2018

Activities for the faculty
- 2008-2016; 2020-present - Scientific coordinator of the ERASMUS+ program at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Białystok University of Technology
- supervisor of 1 defended doctoral thesis,
- supervisor of 2 PhD theses, Doctoral School,
- supervisor more than 90 defended student diploma theses (Bachelor and Master degrees).