Professor Breda Kegl earned her PhD degree (1992) at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. She teaches and conducts research in the area of internal combustion engines. Her research focuses on diesel engines with emphasis on theusage of alternative fuels, engine performance and emissions, numerical simulation and optimization. Breda Kegl received the Golden symbol of Jožef Stefan and the Silver sign of the University of Maribor for outstanding achievements in knowledge transfer to practice and creative work in science. She was engaged in the EU project MOBILIS alongside many industrial projects in Austria, Croatia, India, Poland, and Serbia. She conducted one year of her postdoctoral research at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. For many years she was one of the mentors of the Formula Student team at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Maribor. She chaired two international conferences and several national workshops. She is the author of around 80 original scientific papers, two books (Springer Nature Publisher) and book chapters (Nova Science Publishers, Business Briefing).