Alina Kowalczyk-Juśko achieved a master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences (1996) and a Ph.D. (2001) from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (Poland). She also completed postgraduate studies in Environmental Protection Management at AGH University of Science and Technology (2003) and Public Relations in scientific research at the University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin (2010). From 2009 to 2015, she was the head of Postgraduate Studies in Renewable Energy Sources at the University of Life Sciences. Research interests: cultivation of energy crops; use of biomass of various origins for energy purposes; selection of substrates for agricultural biogas plants; and management of the digestate in technological and legal aspects. She is a founding member of the Polish Biomethane Association.