Katarzyna Szkudelska is an associate professor at the Department of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Biostructure, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland. She completed her M.Sc. in biotechnology at the Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, her Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznań University of Live Sciences, and her D.Sc. in biological sciences at the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.