Full professor and a specialist in physical chemistry.  Her interdisciplinary research  involves physicochemistry of polymers, physicochemical aspects of nanotechnology and molecular materials science.  She is particularly interested in design, synthesis, physicochemical properties and biomedical applications of macromolecular and nanostructural hybrid systems. Professor Nowakowska carries out her research in wide international collaboration.  She is an author/co-author of almost 300 original scientific papers, co-inventor of 22 patents (4 USA, 1 Canada, 5 EU, 1 Japan, 11 Poland).  She was recipient of number of awards for her scientific achievements, e,g. by Ministry of Science and High Education, Recor of the Jagiellonian University (including Jagiellonian Laurel), World Intellectual Property Organization and  the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.