Mgr inż. Karolina Knap

E-mail
kknap@agh.edu.pl
Room

Phone
+48 12 617 45 41

ORCID:0000-0002-6018-293X

UNIVERSITY DEGREES
MSc in Biomedical Engineering (2021)
Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering (2020)
All titles obtained from AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

POSITION

Since 1 October 2020 – PhD student at AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Department of Biomaterials and Composites, Krakow, Poland

STAYS ABROAD

  1.  Iceland, Reykjavik University, 2,5 months stay  (15.06 – 31.08.2022)

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  1. 3rd place in the competition of the Polish Society of Biomedical Engineering for the best master's thesis in 2021 entitled: "Polymeric drug microcarriers for the treatment of respiratory infections"

PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS

  • 4 scientific publications

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE

  • manufacturing and evaluation of polymeric microparticles for drug delivery systems for pulmonary purposes and bone tissue
  • evaluation of durability and degradation kinetics of various polymers
  • determination of cytocompatibility of different biopolymers
  • microbiological tests of bactericidal properties in antibiotic delivery systems physicochemical characterization of various materials (mechanical tests, thermal analysis, degradation studies, Mass Spectrometry)
  • research on the synergy of antibiotics and quorum sensing inhibitors
  • microbiological tests of bactericidal properties in antibiotic delivery systems physicochemical characterization of various materials (mechanical tests, thermal analysis, degradation studies, DLS)

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS

  • Member of the Polish Society for Biomaterials
  • Member of the European Society for Biomaterials

CURRENTLY REALIZED PROJECTS

  • NCN Opus: 2019/35/B/ST5/01103 (2020-2024) Inhalable polymeric delivery systems of antibiotics and quorum sensing inhibitors for the treatment of respiratory infections