Paradowska completed her master's degree in materials science at Wroclaw University of Technology.
[1] She moved to Monash University as a doctoral researcher, where she specialised in mechanical engineering and the development of strategies to study stress in steel welds.
[2][3] After earning her doctorate, she joined the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory working on the ENGIN-X beamline.
[4] In 2011, Paradowska joined the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
[5][6] Paradowska develops neutron and synchrotron diffraction for residual stress analysis.