Dr. Michał Michalak is an assistant professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences (ICHO PAN) in Warsaw. He obtained his M. Sc. from the University of Bialystok and then joined the group of Prof. Jerzy Wicha at ICHO PAN, where he completed his Ph. D. studies in 2007 working on the total synthesis of terpenoids. Afterwards, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratories of Prof. Samir Zard at the Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) and Prof. Karol Grela at the Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University (Warsaw, Poland). In 2012 he started independent research at the ICHO PAN devoted to the synthesis of new N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes and its application in homogenous catalysis, developing sustainable protocols for azaheterocycles synthesis “on water”. In 2020, he received his habilitation in the area of homogenous catalysis. His research interests are mainly focused on the total synthesis of natural products and antibiotics, radical chemistry, and organometallic chemistry, in particular an application of N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes in catalysis.