Prof. Stanislaw Bielecki, PhD.,Eng., DSc., Dhc
Professor of Technical Sciences. His research specialties include molecular and industrial biotechnology, molecular engineering of enzymes and biosystems, applied biocatalysis, biocatalysis in unconventional media, enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, molecular and technical aspects of bacterial nanocellulose biosynthesis, biomaterials, and the bioeconomy. He is the author or co-author of over 200 publications, including 50 patents. He is the founder of the Łódź School of Industrial Biotechnology. He is a co-founder of the International Center for Research on Innovative Biobased Materials (ICRIBioM). He has lectured and served as a visiting professor in Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, Austria, France, the USA, and China. He coordinates activities for the development of industrial biotechnology and the bioeconomy both in Poland and abroad. Chairman of the Biotechnology Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2003-2008), Chairman of the Biotechnology Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź Branch. Member of the Scientific Councils of the Centre for Macro and Micromolecular Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medical Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Agro-Food Biotechnology, and the Academy of Engineering. Member of the Advisory Group for the EU's FP7. Initiator and coordinator of the Polish Technology Platform for Biotechnology, initiator and coordinator of the Polish Technology Platform for Bioeconomy, which was the foundation of the Bioeconomy Cluster Association, where he is a board member.
He is also active internationally as a board member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (2001-2005), and member of the Scientific Committee of the European Section on Applied Biocatalysis. Member of the Industrial Biotechnology Steering Group in the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (Sus-Chem-ETP), Member of the European Bioeconomy Stakeholders Panel at the European Commission and co-author of the “Bioeconomy Manifesto” (2014-2020). Director of the Institute of Technical Biochemistry (1998-2019), Vice-Rector for Science and University Development (2002-2008), Rector of the Lodz University of Technology from 2008 to 2016. Vice-Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) (from 2012 to 2016), member and Chairman of the CRASP Committee on International Cooperation 2016-2020. Deputy Member of the Council of the European University Association (2016-2020). Honorary Doctor of the University of Strathclyde.
