since 2015 – Assistant Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
2022 Poznan University of Medical Sciences, PhD in Medical Sciences
2015 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, PhD in Biology
2011 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, MSc in Human Biology
2009 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Bsc in Human Biology
Skeletal biology of past populations (Central and South-Eastern Europe)
Bones and teeth as stress indicators
Applications of 3D methods in skeletal biology
Assistive robots in healthcare
Factors underlying an effective adaptive strategy of Eurasian nomadic populations in the Early Iron Age
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Funding: ID-UB (038/04/NP/0011)
(Principal Investigator)
Black Sea Scythians: do the biological traits of steppe warriors indicate the occurrence of recruitment into the army?
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Funding: NCN Miniatura 2017/01/X/HS3/00234
(Principal Investigator)
Reconstruction of the cultural and biological dimensions of a warrior's identity in the Corded Ware culture communities from the Małopolska Upland
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Funding: NCN Preludium 2016/21/N/HS3/0047
(Team Member)
Enabling Robot and assisted living environment for Independent Care and Health Monitoring of the Elderly
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Funding: EU Framework Programme, Horizon 2020 grant no 6436914
(Collaborator)
I was awarded the AMU Rector's Team Prize for teaching achievements (3rd degree)
The paper entitled "Skeletal dysplasia of an adult male from medieval Łekno in Poland, Central Europe," which I co-authored, has been accepted by the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Matczak, M.D., Krenz-Niedbała, M., Łukasik, S., Buikstra, J.E., Wyrwa, A.M., Pearson, J. Skeletal dysplasia of an adult male from medieval Łekno in Poland, Central Europe. International Journal of Osteoarchaeolog. DOI: 10.1002/oa.3155.
Me and Professor Marta Krenz-Niedbała visited the Catholic University of Health & Allied Sciences, Tanzania
My research project was founded within ID-UB programme
Factors underlying an effective adaptive strategy of Eurasian nomadic populations in the Early Iron Age. Funding:Initiative of Excellence - Research University (ID-UB 038/04/NP/0011)
I participaded in the European Association of Archaeologists Meeting, Kiel, Germany
Łukasik, S., Bijak J., Krenz‐Niedbała, M., & Sinika, V. Bayesian approach in paleodemography: the question of poorly preserved skeletal remains. European Association of Archaeologists Meeting, Kiel, Germany, 6-11 September 2021.
I spent one week at the Archaeological Research Laboratory at Taras Shevchenko Univeristy in Tiraspol, Moldova, conducting research on the Black Sea Scythians