Academic Background

1986-1991: Five year MSc studies at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology. These were in speciality Applied Mechanics and were concerned with theoretical and numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer processes;

1992-1996: PhD studies at the Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. Experimental research in fluid mechanics concerning coherent structures generated by vortex breakdown flow field.

Employment Background

1996-2000: Postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering, UMIST. Conducted research in the area of sensor design and measurement and instrumentation for multiphase processes and non-invasive imaging techniques such as industrial process tomography;

2000-2011: Lecturer in Engineering, Manchester School of Engineering at the University of Manchester; from 2004 Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester;

2004-2009: Appointment as EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow - Thermoacoustic Technologies;

2011-2013: Chair in Engineering and Head of the Thermofluids Research Group, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester;

2012-2015: Appointment as Royal Society Industry Fellow - Thermoacoustic Technologies;

2013-2017: Chair in Energy Technology & Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds;

2015: Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy;

2017: Visiting Professor in the School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield;

2018-to date: Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Technology, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield;

2019-2023: Head of Department of Engineering and Technology, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield;

2023-to date: Director of Graduate Education, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield.

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