Tomasz Niedzielski is a Professor of Earth Sciences. His background is in applied mathematics and geography. He is an expert in geoinformatics, with particular emphasis on applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in geosciences and hydroinformatics. His main research interests in the field of optimization of search and rescue procedures include statistical methods for person detection in aerial imagery. He has 8 years of experience in processing close-range aerial images acquired by cameras installed onboard unmanned aerial vehicles, with a considerable number of peer-reviewed papers published in high-quality international journals, and a European patent associated with the use of drones in geosciences. He is also a certified drone pilot. He served as a principal investigator of many research projects, both covering fundamental and applied sciences. Professor Tomasz Niedzielski is a CEO and founder of the SARUAV Ltd., a spin-off company that works under the auspices of the University of Wroclaw, Poland. He is also a Professor at this University, where the SARUAV system for detecting persons in aerial images has been initially prototyped. The company developed the solution, elaborated new detectors, and produced the SARUAV software. Apart from these activities, Tomasz Niedzielski's research focuses on forecasting flood hazards.