Associate Professor Konrad Laber, Ph.D., D.Sc., was born on 29 July 1977 in Zawiercie, Poland. In 2001, he graduated from the Czestochowa University of Technology, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Poland, with a first specialization in Computer Science in Manufacturing Processes and a second specialization in Organization and Management in the Metallurgical Industry (2002). The knowledge he obtained during his studies was complemented by his professional and industrial practice at the CMC Zawiercie Ironworks, Poland. He worked in the Bar Rolling-Mill Department as an operator of rolling-mill equipment. In 2008, he obtained a PhD in the field of Metallurgy. In 2019, he obtained a D.Sc. in the field of Material Engineering. He currently works as an associate professor at the Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology, Department of Metallurgy and Metal Technology, Poland. He is the author and co-author of many scientific papers and has presented at many international conferences. He has participated in projects and research commissioned directly by industry. His main research field is numerical and physical modelling of plastic working processes including rolling, extrusion, materials properties investigation, plasticity and rheological properties investigations, especially in torsion tests, thermo-mechanical treatments, microstructure analyses and combined strain-stress state investigations.