Rector of Częstochowa University of Technology for the term 2024 – 2028
From 1995 to 2000, he studied at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Częstochowa University of Technology. In 2000, he received a master’s degree in engineering in the field of extractive metallurgy and then began doctoral studies at his home faculty. During his doctoral studies, he completed a 3-month research internship at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium and a 2-week internship at the Groupe Belgedu College Europeen de Technologie in France. In addition, he completed a six-month industrial internship at Huta “Zawiercie” S.A. and a one-year internship at “Huta Stali” ISD Częstochowa. In 2005, he defended with distinction his doctoral dissertation entitled. “Gas mixing and chemical homogenization of steel in ladle furnace”. From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a researcher at the Institut fur Industrieofenbau und Warmetechnik at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, after returning home, from March 2010 as an assistant professor in the Department of Extraction and Recycling of Metals at MSc. In 2012, the Department of Process Engineering, Materials Science and Applied Physics held the postdoctoral colloquium of Dr. Mark Warzecha, Eng. The Faculty Council unanimously awarded him a postdoctoral degree in technical sciences in the discipline of metallurgy. For his scientific and organizational activities carried out in 2003-2023, he was honored with individual and team awards from the Rector of Częstochowa University of Technology, including an individual award for an outstanding doctoral dissertation (2nd place in the ranking). Since December 2013, he has been employed as an associate professor at Częstochowa University of Technology.
He has focused his scientific and research interests on issues related to metal fabrication and recycling and hot-dip galvanizing. He has participated in more than a dozen research, research and development projects and implementation projects, funded both by state institutions (Ministry of Science and Higher Education, National Science Center, National Research and Development Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and by private companies (ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, CMC S.A.). In several of these he was a manager, and in many he was task leader or prime contractor. He has promoted two PhDs in technical sciences. He is the promoter of three doctoral students.
In his teaching career, he has taught courses in metallurgy, fluid mechanics and management and production engineering, including in English and German. In addition, he taught at the Doctoral School in the field of commercialization.
During the 2016-2020 term, he served as Vice-Dean for Innovation and Development, was a member of the Senate of the Częstochowa University of Technology, a member of the Council of the Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology, a member of the Senate Committees on Science and Foreign Cooperation, and chairman of the Faculty Teams on Faculty Promotion and Cooperation with External Institutions. In 2018-2019, he served as Head of the Department of Extraction and Recycling of Metals, from 2019-2023, he served as Director of the Technology Transfer Center, from January 2023 to August 31, 2024, he served as Vice-Rector for Development.
In 2024, he was elected to the Committee on Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the term 2024-2027, and was appointed to the Scientific Council of Yoshi Innovation S.A.
