Prof. Małgorzata Wilk graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Cracow University of Technology in 1997, Ph.D. successfully defended in thermal engineering at the AGH University of Science and Technology in 2007 and dedicated the habilitation to pretreatment processes and solid biofuels in the energy discipline at the Silesian University of Technology in 2018. Currently, She works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Heat Engineering and Environment Protection, AGH University of Krakow. She is a recognized researcher in thermal pretreatment processes mainly torrefaction, pyrolysis, and hydrothermal carbonization.