Full research professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, USA (https://www.ou.edu/).

Iwona B. Beech holds MSc degrees in Physics from the Technical University of Warsaw, Poland, in Plant Pathology from the Imperial College, University of London and PhD in Microbiology from the University of Central London. She has expertise and extensive experience in multi- and inter- disciplinary biofilm and biodeterioration research.  Current interest is the use of –omics and metabolomic imaging coupled with surface science techniques in elucidating interactions between microbiome and inanimate surfaces.