Katarzyna Jankowska holds a master’s degree in biological oceanography, specializing in marine biology, from the University of Gdańsk, as well as a Ph.D. from the Gdańsk University of Technology. She then pursued her habilitation studies at the Politechnika Gdańska. Katarzyna Jankowska is currently an associate professor of the Department of Environmental Engineering Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gdansk University of Technology.