Beata Leszczyńska-Madej is an employee of the Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, AGH University of Krakow, Poland. The main scope of her duties covers a wide range of issues related to metal matrix composites reinforced with ceramic particles, heat treatment, non-ferrous metals and alloys, bearing alloys, tribological properties, and surface engineering. Beata Leszczyńska-Madej is the author and co-author of approximately 100 publications, one book and one patent. She is a member of the Polish Society for Microscopy, the European Microscopy Society, the International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy, and the Polish Materials Science Society.