MSc Jerzy Pogrzeba, in 2020 obtained a master's degree in the discipline of chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Opole. In his work, he took up the topic of the influence of aminophosphonates and boronates on the growth and metabolism of selected species of cyanobacteria. In the same year, he began education at the Doctoral School of the University of Opole in the discipline of chemistry, in his work addressing the issue of the ability of cyanobacteria to biosorption and biotransformation selected anti-inflammatory drugs and the influence of these substances on the tested microorganisms. The author's scientific interests focus on the chemical aspects of cyanobacteria, including the impact of substances on these organisms, their chemical role in the environment and the acquisition of cyanobacterial metabolites and their possible use in chemistry. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Polish Chemical Society.