Maciej Guzik
Professor of Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Maciej earned his MSc in Environmental Protection from Jagiellonian University in 2008, then completed a PhD in Industrial Microbiology at University College Dublin in 2012, focusing on high-cell-density fermentation, PHA processing, and bacterial genetic engineering. His thesis explored converting post-consumer polyethylene into biodegradable PHA. He later worked at UCD spin-out Bioplastech, leading fermentation and downstream processing strategies. In 2015, he joined the ICSC PAS in Kraków. He earned his habilitation in Chemistry in 2021 and became a Professor of Biotechnology in 2025. His research centers on biopolymers and the circular bioeconomy.