Materials | Academic Editorial Board Member Meeting at Poland Office in Kraków Summary

We are pleased to share that the Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) successfully held an Editorial Board Members meeting in a hybrid format. We are deeply grateful for the enthusiastic participation and strong support of our members who joined the meeting both in person and online.

The meeting began with a brief overview of MDPI and the journal Materials, including performance statistics and marketing activities, followed by an introduction to our Kraków office. We then discussed the journal’s latest developments, editorial process, peer review standards, and future directions.

Presentation about the journal with all attendees.

We concluded the meeting with an open discussion session, during which Editorial Board Members shared their experiences working with MDPI and provided constructive suggestions for improvement. Their feedback was highly valuable and led to productive exchanges.

Discussion during the EBM meeting.

We sincerely thank all participating Editorial Board Members for their insights, active engagement, and continued support of Materials. Their contributions are essential to the journal’s ongoing growth and commitment to publishing high-quality research. Below is a group photo of the meeting attendees.

Attendee list information (in no particular order):

Name	Affiliation	Role	Section
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Simka	Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland	Section Board Member	“Corrosion”
Prof. Dr. Janusz Szklarzewicz	Faculty of Chemistry, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Cracow, Poland	Section Board Member	“Polymeric Materials”
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Sikorski	Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland	Section Board Member	“Polymeric Materials”
Prof. Dr. Halina Krawiec	Faculty of Foundry Engineering, AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland	Section Board Member	“Corrosion”
Prof. Dr. Igor Iatsunskyi	NanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland	Section Board Member	“Thin Films and Interfaces”
Prof. Dr. Jan Dec	Institute of Materials Sciences, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland	Section Board Member	“Thin Films and Interfaces”
Prof. Dr. Marek Kowalczuk	Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland	Section Board Member	“Biomaterials”
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Zaleski	Division of Low Temperature and Superconductivity, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland	Section Board Member	“Electronic Materials”
Prof. Dr. Paweł Bilski	Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland	Section Board Member	“Optical and Photonic Materials”
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko	Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland	Section Board Member	“Materials Chemistry”
Prof. Dr. Ewa Skwarek	Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Sq. Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland	Section Board Member	“Materials Chemistry”

We are also pleased to collaborate with our Editorial Board Members on several Special Issue projects, including the following:

“Corrosion and Protection of Biomaterials” (lead by Prof. Dr. Halina Krawiec);
“Next-Generation Biobased Polymer Composites for Green Manufacturing and Sustainability” (lead by Prof. Dr. Marek Kowalczuk);
“Environmentally Friendly Adsorption Materials (2nd Edition)” (lead by Prof. Dr. Ewa Skwarek).

In addition, we greatly appreciate our Editorial Board Members’ active contributions to the journal, with a total of 16 publications published since 2024. You can find some of them below:

1. “Zirconia Dental Implant Designs and Surface Modifications: A Narrative Review”
by Michał Ciszyński, Bartosz Chwaliszewski, Wojciech Simka, Marzena Dominiak, Tomasz Gedrange and Jakub Hadzik
Materials 2024, 17(17), 4202; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17174202

2. “Investigation of Layered Structure Formation in MgB₂ Wires Produced by the Internal Mg Coating Process under Low and High Isostatic Pressures”
by Daniel Gajda, Michał Babij, Andrzej Zaleski, Doğan Avci, Fırat Karaboga, Hakan Yetis, Ibrahim Belenli and Tomasz Czujko
Materials 2024, 17(6), 1362; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17061362

3. “Optically Stimulated Luminescence Silicone Foils for 2D Dose Mapping in Proton Radiotherapy”
by Michał Sądel, Leszek Grzanka, Jan Swakoń, Damian Wróbel, Sebastian Kusyk, Lily Bossin and Paweł Bilski
Materials 2025, 18(9), 1928; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18091928

4. “Physicochemical Analysis of Composites Based on Yellow Clay, Hydroxyapatite, and Clitoria ternatea L. Obtained via Mechanochemical Metho”
by Klaudia Kowalska and Ewa Skwarek
Materials 2025, 18(13), 3011; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18133011

We look forward to continued collaboration and future discussions with our Editorial Board.