**Wojciech Polkowski**

Dr. Wojciech Polkowski (born 1985) graduated from the Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. Through 2013–2016 he was working at the Faculty as an academic teacher (Assistant Professor), where he was involved in organizing and conducting classes, as well as in planning and (co)supervising students' diploma works. After receiving a Ph.D. diploma, he left the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, and since October 2016 he has been employed in a permanent position as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for High-Temperature Studies of the Foundry Research Institute in Krakow. After a restructuration into the Łukasiewicz Research Network (April 2019) he has been taking on the role of the Deputy Head of the Centre for Materials Research and the Leader of High-Temperature Research Area at the Łukasiewicz–Krakow Institute of Technology. He is an author or co-author of 131 scientifically disseminated works including: 54 publications in journals from the Journal Citation Report list, 57 conference communications and publications in proceedings, and 3 authored book chapters. Regarding his scientific work and achievements, he has received three awards from the Rector of the Military University of Technology (including the Award for the Best Thesis of the Year, 2009). In 2013–2014, he was the laureate of the Scholarship for the Best Ph.D. students founded by the Marshal of Mazovia. In 2017 he was awarded the three-year Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for Young Outstanding Scientists.
