Kiranmai Uppuluri is an environmental engineer from India. In 2017, she completed the Erasmus Mundus program, International Masters in Environmental Technology and Engineering, magna cum laude, from Ghent University (Belgium), UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands), and the University of Chemistry and Technology (Czech Republic). In 2019, she was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work as a researcher in the EU project AQUASENSE at Łukasiewicz-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics in Poland. She received the first prize and audience award at Falling Walls Lab Warsaw 2022. In 2024, she received her PhD with distinction in Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy from AGH University of Krakow, Poland. Her current research is focused on materials that can be used as alternatives in platinum group metals-based sensors for applications in water and food quality monitoring. After developing a novel pH-sensing material and successfully applying it in an underwater, wireless, real-time measurement device, she has continued to study more affordable and earth-abundant materials, with a new focus on transient electronics.

Dorota Szwagierczak graduated in 1976 from AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland, and obtained her MSc degree in materials science. In 1980, she defended her doctoral dissertation at AGH University of Science and Technology and received her PhD degree in chemical sciences. In 2012, she gained her D.Sc. degree in technical sciences in the field of electronics at the Institute of Electron Technology, Warsaw, Poland, and in 2023, she received a professorship title in materials engineering. She currently works at Łukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Poland, in the position of the leader of research area. She is the author and co-author of over 200 scientific papers, co-inventor of over 20 Polish patents, investigator in over 20 national and 5 European projects. Her current research interests include fabrication and characterization of new ceramic materials for passive electronic components, thick film technology, tape casting, LTCC technology, multiferroics, gas sensors, and pH sensors.

Krzysztof Zaraska graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH-UST), Poland, in 2004, with a PhD degree in Electronics, and has been employed at Łukasiewicz-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (formerly Institute of Electron Technology) since then. Since 2012, he has been involved in development of technology for manufacturing thick-film pH sensors and co-authored 15 publications in the area. He also managed EU FP7 SENSEIVER and H2020 AQUASENSE projects focused on development of thick-film pH sensors.

Piotr Zachariasz is a chief specialist at the Center for Functional Materials in the research group: LTCC Technology at the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (Kraków Division, Poland). He received his MSc and PhD in Solid State Physics from the AGH University of Science and Technology (Kraków, Poland) in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He is a co-author of 49 articles in peer-reviewed journals with over 225 citations in phase transitions in hydrogen-absorbing materials, hyperfine interactions in intermetallic compounds and tin solders, piezoelectric sensors, and techniques for identifying natural paint pigments in archaeometry studies. His current research challenges concern multiferroic and electroceramic materials, multilayered composites, phase-change materials, high-temperature superconductors, and their applications in electronics and energy storage devices. Newly, he has been involved in studies of viscoelastic (emul- and hydrogels) and organic (potato and rice starches) systems using the X-ray diffraction method.

Marcin Stokowski, Ph.D., is a chemist and biogeochemist currently working as an assistant professor (adjunct) at the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN). His research focuses on the effects of environmental chemistry changes on fish well-being, with a particular interest in salmonid species and their response to climate change. He uses advanced sensor technologies to study aquatic acidification and basification, ecotoxicology, and the CO2 system in the coastal zone. Additionally, he has a strong interest in sustainable energy innovations and agrochemistry. His work involves interdisciplinary research, international collaborations, and the development of strategies to assess and mitigate the impact of environmental changes on aquatic ecosystems.

Dr. Eng. Beata Synkiewicz-Musialska is a Group Leader for LTCC Technology Research at the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics. She received her PhD degree with honors in Materials Engineering from AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków in 2019. Her primary research focusses on the design and characterization of innovative LTCC/ULTCC (low/ultralow-temperature cofired ceramics) materials for THz applications. Her scientific interests include also sustainable/biodegradable electronic materials, sensors, sintering, laser treatment, soldering, and advanced material analysis (SEM and optical microscopy). Dr. Synkiewicz-Musialska is the principal investigator in the EU CHIST-ERA Project TESLA (Transient Electronics for Sustainable ICT in Digital Agriculture). Over the course of her career, she has participated in more than 12 research and development projects, as a principal investigator or a key researcher (including 10 Polish and 2 international EU-funded projects). She is a certified project manager (PRINCE2) and an active member of the IMAPS Poland Chapter. Her academic contributions include co-authorship of over 70 scientific publications and 7 Polish patents.

Dr. Paweł Krzyściak is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Infection Control and Mycology, Department of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków. He holds a PhD in Medical Sciences in Medical Biology from the same institution, with a dissertation focused on the pathogenic determinants of Rhodotorula fungi. Additionally, he is a specialist in laboratory diagnostics in the field of medical microbiology. His research interests include fungal infections, medical mycology, and diagnostic microbiology, and he has authored numerous scientific publications indexed in Web of Science and Scopus. Dr. Krzyściak has extensive professional experience, having served as the Head of the Department of Mycology at JU-MC and collaborating with various medical laboratories as a consultant and trainer. He is an active member of scientific societies, including the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology, the Polish Mycological Society, and the Polish Society of Microbiologists. In recognition of his contributions to microbiology, he has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Long Service and the Badge of the Kraków Branch of the Polish Society of Microbiologists.