Prof. Dr. Adam Smolinski is a Professor at the Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Chemistry at the Institute of Physics, Silesian University. In 2020, he obtained a Habilitation (DSc) in Mining and Geo-Engineering from the Central Mining Institute. From 2005 to 2006, he occupied several research positions at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, USA, the Coal Research Park of Southern Illinois University in Carterville, USA, and the Department of Material Engineering at the Central Mining Institute. He serves on various international committees including the Energy Strategic Working Group of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), the World Energy Council, the Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN), and the Scientific Association of Chemists at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is also the Head of the Silesian Environmental PhD Program in the field of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies and a member of the Scientific Council of the Central Mining Institute. He was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit, by the President of the Republic of Poland in 2016. The World’s Top 2% Scientists list published by Stanford University in 2020 and 2021, he among the names of scientists from all over the world whose publications are most often cited by other authors.