**About the Editors**

**Jolanta B. Kr ´olczyk** is Associate Professor of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Production Automation in Opole University of Technology. She also has associations with industry, where she has held various positions including Environmental Consultant, Project Manager, Product Engineer, and Managing Director of a manufacturing company. Prof. Krolczyk is Manager, ´ co-author, and the executor of numerous projects at university as well as in the industry. The area of her scientific research concerns agricultural engineering (mixing of granular materials, agricultural use of biochar, sustainable development) and the construction and mechanical engineering (production optimization, quality management, surface analysis). Within the framework of scientific cooperation, Prof. Krolczyk has participated in internships at such institutions as Fachhochschule ´ Trier, University of Applied Science (Germany); International Institute for Sustainability w Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); and Utah State University (USA). In 2013, she participated in the Top 500 Innovators Program in Haas School of Business in University of California, Berkeley (USA). Prof. Krolczyk is ´ author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications and implementations to the industry and has scientific membership in TEAM Society—Technique, Education, Agriculture & Management, Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering, and TOP500 Association.

**Paweł T. Sobczak** graduated from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland and is currently employed at the Department of Food Engineering and Machines at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. He was appointed Professor of Engineering and Technical Sciences in 2020. Prof. Sobczak specializes in food and feed engineering, and is an expert appraiser at the Polish Society of Food Processing Engineering and Technology "SPOMASZ" in the food industry. His scientific interests include granulation, mechanical engineering, agriculture, food processing, environmental pollution, renewable energy, and food. He has managed 4 research projects, completed a scientific internship at the University of Bari (Italy), and cooperates with numerous companies from the food industry in Poland. Prof. Sobczak is author or co-author of over 150 original papers, 5 patents, and 6 utility models.

**Wioletta Zukiewicz-Sobczak ˙** is Associate Professor at State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz, and graduated from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. Here, she obtained her Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences in the field of food and nutrition technology in 2009. In 2014, she carried out a postdoctoral appointment in health sciences at the Medical University of Poznan. She is currently a head of the Department of Food and Nutrition in State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz. Dr. Zukiewicz-Sobczak conducts research in the field of health sciences, food, nutrition, and sustainable development which has led to over 120 peer-reviewed publications as author or co-author. She currently serves as a reviewer of both international and Polish journals, Deputy Editor in *Health Problems of Civilization*, has completed scientific internships at the University of Bari (Italy) and University in Lund (Sweden), and is manager of 2 research projects
