Tomasz Artur Jarzembowski is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk (GUMed), Poland. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Biology, University of Gdańsk, in 2000, a specialization in clinical microbiology in 2003 and a D.Sc. from the Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk. After specialization in clinical microbiology he has started study on biofilm formation and heterogeneity of antibiotic resistance. He has been a leader of several projects of the Ministry of Education and Science, Poland, and laureate of grant from Applied Microbiology International. The cooperation with experts in nephrology and immunology result in the designation of the new diagnostic method of UTI, patented in 2017. The method has been awarded in “Eureka“ competition of the DGP for the best polish innovation in 2017. Currently, his interests are focused on the proteomic study of virulence biomarkers of species of the microbiome. He is a member of scientific societies the Main Audit Committee of the Polish Society of Microbiologists (PTM), the Steering Committee of the Gdańsk branch of the PTM(2004-2022) , Applied Microbiology International, and the member of editorial boards of international journals. He has published and edited more than eighty scientific publications and book chapters