Dr. Joanna Rogóż

Joanna Rogóż was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. She graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. In 2008, she obtained her master’s degree in biology and in the field of anthropology. In 2013, she obtained her doctoral degree in the field of biological sciences with a doctoral dissertation entitled »Temporal bone morphology as a determinant of sex in humans«. Since 2013, Joanna Rogóż has been Assistant Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland, with a research and teaching position.

As a physical anthropologist, she analyses human skeletal remains from the Neolithic period to the present in close collaboration with archaeologists. She is the author of several dozen anthropological studies and regularly participates at archaeological excavations. Among other things, she also performs expert opinions as a court expert, including some in cooperation with the Institute of National Remembrance.

Since October 2025, Joanna Rogóż is the holder of an 18-month Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship at the GWZO.

• Osteology and physical anthropology
• Pathologies and injuries of the musculoskeletal system
• Exhumations, contemporary archaeology, violence archaeology
• Cremation, burnt bones and the use of computed tomography in the examination of cremation urn burials

• Member of the Polish Anthropological Society

• 2011 Distinction for the best poster presented by young scientists (2nd place) at the 43rd National Scientific Conference of the Polish Anthropological Society, Wroclaw; Temporal bone morphology as a determinant of sexual dimorphism
• 2015 Award of the city of Stalowa Wola, Poland, »Gałązka sosny« in the field of culture for the co-authorship of the book entitled I wojna światowa nad Sanem (World War I on the River San), ed. A. Garanty, Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, BERNARDINUM Publishing House, 2014, ISBN 978-83-61032-79-3

• 2010-2013: taught courses as part of doctoral studies at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Institute of Zoology
• 2013-present: lectures and teaches at the University of Rzeszow, Poland