Roman Barlik was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 1947. He received the MSc., Ph.D. and Sc.D. degrees from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1972, 1977 and 1987 respectively. He is currently a Professor in Electrical Engineering Faculty at the Warsaw University of Technology. From 1999 to 2005 he was a Dean of this Faculty. In 1982/1983 he was a Guest Researcher with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Aachen University of Technology, Germany. He has carried out research in the field of static converters, electrical drives and industrial automation and has authored and co-authored more than 150 papers, published in refereed international and domestic journals and conference proceedings. He is co-author of the Handbook of Power Electronics. He has directed numerous research projects granted by the University, industrial companies and State Research Committee. He holds 27 Polands patents. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of the Academy of Engineering in Poland.