Szkudlarek Joanna, PhD (Eng.) – researcher at the Laboratory of Eye and Face Protectors in the Department of Personal Protective Equipment of Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB). She specializes in the optical tests of personal protective equipment, especially eye and face protectors. She is an expert of certification processes in the Centre for Certification of Personal Protective and Working Equipment CIOP-PIB. Author and co-author of many publications in the field of personal protective equipment. She works on issues related to anthropometry and ergonomics and 3D scanning methods applicable to the working environment. Currently she is the main contractor of the I.PB.10 project related to the area of biometrics measurements for ergonomic design. She is also an expert of the Central Technical Organization (NOT) and a reviewer in the Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe, Textile Research Journal and International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE).