Associated with the Department of Machine Design Fundamentals at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include fatigue and destruction of composite materials, non-destructive testing, electrically conductive composites, wavelet analysis. He popularizes fractal geometry, the issues of which he presents during activities such as projects, workshops, meetings and shows. He is the author of the publication “Fractals. Mathematical Monsters That Changed the Perception of the World”. He has been repeatedly distinguished for popularizing science. He was, among others, a laureate of the “Popularizer of Science” competition in 2017, the “INTER” popularization competition in 2015 and the “Polityka Scientific Awards” in the field of technical sciences in 2017.
Scientist with 19 years of teaching and popularization experience, director of the Center for the Popularization of Science, winner of many awards for popular science and scientific activities, member of the Science Advocates Association and deputy chairwoman of the Council for the Popularization of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences; she has extensive experience in the popularization of science in various forms of communication tailored to the recipient and training experience in the field of scientific communication and popularization of science.
scientist, lecturer, instructor, and designer of modern electronic device solutions. Currently employed at the Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology. An enthusiast of advanced technical solutions supporting human functioning in society. An expert in the implementation and application of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies in clinical practice. He has been involved in 29 scientific research projects, reviewed scientific articles for Polish and international journals, and co-authored over 180 scientific publications. He has authored and co-authored more than 110 presentations at national and international conferences. In his professional practice, he combines technical expertise with creative activities, fostering both individual and collective potential in project teams. Currently, he is engaged in research on integrating biomechanical measurements with virtual reality technology and neuroimaging, as well as applying frequency domain analysis to assess human movement kinematics and dynamics.
Biologist, environmental protection specialist in the field of functioning of urban-industrial ecosystems. European Brownfield Manager in the field of reclamation and development of industrial areas, specialist in the procedure for assessing the impact of projects on the environment, Chairwoman of the Committee on Environmental Protection and Waste Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Katowice, Director of the College of Individual Inter-area Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Member of the Polish Association of Green Roofs, Polish Botanical Society and the Founding Association of Electroprosumerism, board member of The Regional Expert Centre for Education for Sustainable Development Southern Poland and deputy president of the Human Habitat Association. She studies the physiological response of plants to stress factors in urban-industrial areas. Author of scientific publications, manager and executor of domestic and foreign research and teaching projects covering the topics of biodiversity, Nature based Solutions and habitat templates and green competences. She implements numerous forms of cooperation with the university environment, including elements of citizen science, projects commissioned for local government units and activities for children’s universities.
Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University of Silesia, specialist in internal medicine. He serves as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice. Professionally and scientifically, he is interested in lifestyle diseases, especially diabetes and its connections with the development of cancer. In his research, he is looking for new biomarkers as an aid in predicting the response to treatment, he is interested in molecular mechanisms that bind diabetes and cancer, and incretins – new drugs used in the treatment of diabetes. Active popularizer of exact sciences among young people, involved in such projects as: University of High School Students or “University of Young Inventors”. He is particularly close to the combination of medicine and computer science, hence he is trying his hand as an author of books popularizing, among others, programming and use of AVR and ARM microcontrollers.
Dr Joanna Bagniewska is a zoologist and a science communicator. As a departmental lecturer in environmental sciences at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, she splits her time between directing the Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques and teaching at Oxford’s Graduate School. Her academic interests include conservation biology, behavioural ecology and citizen science. Joanna has worked on a number of species, ranging from wombats and wallabies to mole-rats and jackals; she is also co-running the Oxfordshire Mammal Group. In her spare time, Joanna works as a freelance popular science writer, presenter and communications coach. She is passionate about science communication, having won British Council’s FameLab Poland and the Wellcome-funded “I’m a Scientist, get me out of here!”, given a TEDx talk and performed at science stand-up comedy events. Her first popular science book, “The Modern Bestiary”, has been published in 2022. www.joannabagniewska.com
He works on the development of space technologies at Creotech Instruments S.A., serving as Deputy Director for Space Products. He has led research and development projects aimed at designing new space missions and innovative satellite systems.
He has previously worked at University College London and the Open University in the United Kingdom. In Poland, he managed R&D teams at the Copernicus Science Centre and Sollers Consulting. He has advised the European Space Agency as a member of the Education Committee and an expert for the ESA Business Incubation Centre; the Polish Space Agency as a member of the scientific panel; and the European Commission as a member of the expert group on science communication.
He actively shares his experience—as a public speaker, he has delivered over two hundred lectures and workshops, including at Adamed SmartUP, infoShare, TEDx, Women in Tech Summit, and BBC Stargazing Live.
