**Meet the editor**

Marek Solecki received an M.Sc. degree in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Lodz University of Technology. He was granted his Ph.D. and D.Sc. from the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering at the Lodz University of Technology. Since 1998, Dr. Solecki has been working as an assistant professor in the Department of Process Equipment of the Lodz Univer-

sity of Technology. His academic interests include dynamic processes and process equipment. He is the author and co-author of over 100 reviewed papers published in international science journals and peer-reviewed proceedings, co-inventor of five patents, and author of one monograph and chapters published in three books. Dr. Solecki is a member of the European Federation of Biotechnology and the Polish Society of Mechanical Engineers and Technicians.
