Dorota Szwagierczak graduated in 1976 from AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland, and obtained her MSc degree in materials science. In 1980, she defended her doctoral dissertation at AGH University of Science and Technology and received her PhD degree in chemical sciences. In 2012, she gained her D.Sc. degree in technical sciences in the field of electronics at the Institute of Electron Technology, Warsaw, Poland, and in 2023, she received a professorship title in materials engineering. She currently works at Łukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Poland, in the position of the leader of research area. She is the author and co-author of over 200 scientific papers, co-inventor of over 20 Polish patents, investigator in over 20 national and 5 European projects. Her current research interests include fabrication and characterization of new ceramic materials for passive electronic components, thick film technology, tape casting, LTCC technology, multiferroics, gas sensors, and pH sensors.