Education:

• D.Sc. in Energy, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Poland. February 2018.
• PhD in Applied Physics, Seismology and Renewable Energy, Department of Applied Physics, UAL, Spain. July 2011; PhD thesis title: “Characterization and modeling of a solar-assisted air-conditioning system using an artificial neural network: CIESOL building”. Prof. Francisco Javier Batlles Garrido: PhD supervisor.
• Diploma of Advanced Studies in “Applied Physics, Seismology and Renewable Energy”, Department of Applied Physics, UAL, Spain. 2007.
• Diploma of Postgraduate Studies “Master in Solar Energy”, UAL, Spain, 2008.
• M.Sc. Eng. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Department of Electronics, WUST, Poland, October 2005.

Previous positions:

• 2016-2019: Senior researcher within the THERBIOR and PCMSOL European projects, UAL, Spain.
• 2012-2016:  Postdoctoral researcher at the Solar Energy Research Center, Almeria, Spain.
• 2006-2012: Researcher within the PSE-Afrisol Project, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, UAL, Spain.   

Awards

• 2019: Awarded the Polish Return Programme from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (01.09.2019-30.09.2023).
• 2015: Assistant Professor Accreditation from The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation, Spain (ANECA).
• 2011: Awarded a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under grant: PTA2011-6319-I (01.06.2012-20.09.2015).
• 2011: PhD thesis awarded with the maximum distinction "cum laude por unanimidad" classification and an extraordinary PhD award.
• 2011: Environmental Science & Technology Journal selected the article entitled “Environmental assessment of the CIESOL solar building after two years of operation” for the special session “Online-only virtual issue entitled Water-Energy Nexus”.
• 2009:  Elsevier & ScienceDirect distinction for most downloaded articles in Journal of Renewable Energy in 2009.

Member of Organization Committees:

• Novel Technologies for the Solar Energy Industry Sector, 2018 Workshop, Member of the Program Committee.

• XX Solar Energy Research Center Anniversary, 2015, Member of the Organizing Committee.

• The First National Congress on Bioclimatic Architecture and Solar Cooling, March 2010, Almeria, Member of the Organizing Committee.

• Actas del  I Congreso de Arquitectura Bioclimatica y Frio Solar (PSE-ARFRISOL), 2010,  ISBN978-84-693-5141-3, Book editor. 

• XXVII Automatic Workshop, 2006, Almeria, Member of the Organizing Committee.

Commissions of Trust:

•  01.01.2021 – Present: Scientific Committee Member of the Center for Sustainable Development and Climate Protection at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.

• 15.05.2020 – Present: Co-Chair of the Department of Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy Sources at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.

International Networking:

Since 2006, I have collaborated with numerous researchers from European centres, as well as from outside Europe, establishing an international network of contacts: The National Research Council (Italy); Sunshine Coast University (Australia); Wroclaw University Of Technology (Poland); University of Antofagasta (Chile); Catholic University of Bolivia, and the University of Almeria. 

Research stays and scholarships in international centres

• 31.08.2013 – 08.09.2013: Visiting Researcher: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
• 24.05.2008 – 29.05.2008: Guest Researcher: Zero net energy buildings idea factory, INNER ERA-NET, Portugal.
• 01.11.2005 – 30.06.2006: University of Almeria, Spain, Leonardo da Vinci scholarship.
• 05.10.2004 – 30.05.2005: University of Almeria, Spain, Socrates/Erasmus scholarship.