Joanna Wachowicz has been a research and teaching employee of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Department of Mechanical Processing of Wood) since 2017. Regarding her scientific and research activity, she mainly deals with the following problems: material engineering of tools, extra-hard tool composites designed for processing wood-based materials, new methods (FAST, Field-Assisted Sintering Technology) for obtaining tool materials. She is the author and co-author of over 30 publications in journals and conference materials. She has been a contractor in eight scientific projects.