Prof. Michał Niemczak graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the Poznan University of Technology in 2010. Since 2014, he has been an employee of the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering at this university. In 2015, he received a PhD in the discipline of chemical sciences. In 2019, he completed a 3-month scientific internship in a Prof. R. D. Rogers Research Group from The University of Alabama in the Department of Chemistry (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America). In 2020, he was awarded the degree of habilitated doctor based on his habilitation thesis entitled "Third generation ionic liquids - synthesis, properties and application". His specialty is chemistry, the technology of organic compounds, and environmental protection technologies. His scientific achievements include over 60 publications in renowned journals from the Philadelphia list and over 90 national and international patents. Prof. Niemczak has repeatedly been the project leader of grants financed by the National Science Center and the National Centre for Research and Development. Currently, he realizes a grant in cooperation with industry entitled "Application of glycine betaine, waste in the processing of sugar beet, as a raw material for the production of environmentally friendly washing-disinfecting agents and weed-killing preparations". In 2017-2019 Michal Niemczak was the recipient of the Minister's Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scientists.