Katarzyna Jadwiga Stanienda-Pilecki, PhD, DSc Eng. Associate Professor. Place of employment: Department of Applied Geology, Silesian University of Technology. PhD dissertation: “The influence of the contents of magnesium of the Triassic limestones from 'Tarnów Opolski' deposit on their sorption properties in desulphurization technology” (2000). Habilitation achievement: “Carbonate phases in rocks of Triassic deposits, conditions of their formation and diagenetic processes in carbonate rocks in terms of potential application of limestones with magnesium content as sorbents in the process of desulphurization of flue gases at power plants” (2016). Current and previous research interests: geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrography. Stanienda-Pilecki is a Member of the European Association of Geochemistry and the Commission of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.