Katarzyna Szymankiewicz has been working for several years in the Polish Competent Authority for Biocides. During this time she cooperated with EU experts in developing rules for European registration and authorization procedures, represented Poland in Competent Authority and Coordination Group meetings and during Polish Presidency participated in the Working Party in the Environment meetings working on the draft of the Biocidal Product Regulation no 528/2012. Since 2014 she is working in European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki and chairing the Efficacy Working Group.