Professor Kurzydłowski graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology, where he earned his PhD in Materials Science in 1981. Throughout his career, he has held several academic positions. Vice Rector of Warsaw University of Technology, Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science, Warsaw University of Technology. Currently Director of Institute of Mechanical Engineering at Bialystok University of Technology. Visiting researcher at the University of Manitoba, at Brunel University, UK, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France. Member of several committees and advisory groups for European Commission. Recipient of four honorary doctorates from Polish universities, Member of Academia Europaea, Gold Medal of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS). His research interests focus on the relationships between structure and properties of engineering materials as investigated with modern tools of materials characterization and modelling.