Prof. Zbigniew Szwast (1948), PhD; ScD, has been since 2005 a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Warsaw TU, Poland. He has received his MsD in Chemical Engineering in 1971, PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1979, and ScD (habilitation) in Chemical Engineering in 1994, all from Warsaw TU. He has been a visiting professor in US University of Stoors (Chemical Engineering) and University of Bern (Physiology, 1990). His research focuses on optimization of chemical engineering processes. He is co-author of several books.