Iwona Grabarek is a professor at Warsaw University of Technology, at the Faculty of Transport. She is the Head of the Division of Information and Mechatronic Systems in Transport. Prof. Grabarek is the author and the co-author of 16 monographs and more than 100 articles. She is a specialist in the ergonomics of transportation systems. Her field of interests includes ergonomic diagnosis, modelling and simulation of man–machine systems, and the design of innovative urban environment-friendly transportation systems (universal design, elimination of transportation barriers for disabled people). She received the Prime Minister’s Award for outstanding scientific achievements.