Directors of Institutes

Janusz Sitek
He has 14 years of experience in managing human resources teams at, among others, the Research Centre for Electronic Technologies and numerous interdisciplinary international projects.

Adam Zielinski
Director Lukasiewicz – GIT. For more than 20 years he has been associated with the institute (former: Lukasiewicz – IMŻ) going through successive levels of scientific and professional career. As of March 2018. He served as director of Lukasiewicz – IMŻ until December 2022.

Marlena Maślanka
Ph.D. in economics. Associated with the institute since 2008. Specialises in the fields of economics, accounting and management.

Marcin Parchomiuk
Marcin Parchomiuk, PhD, is an experienced manager in research and development. He has many years of experience leading research teams and R&D projects focused on

Paweł Pichniarczyk
He has worked at the institute since 1995, progressing through the stages of his scientific and managerial career. Since 2018, he has been the director of the institute.

Iwona Szwach
A professor of technical sciences. She specialises in ecotoxicological research and analyses related to environmental protection. She became the Director of Łukasiewicz – ICSO “Blachownia” on 1 April 2020.

Piotr Szynkarczyk
Associated with Łukasiewicz – PIAP since 1993. He holds a habilitation granted by the Scientific Council of the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Barbara Juszczyk
Associated with the institute since 2006. Director of the institute since 2019. Ph.D. in technical sciences in material engineering.

Jakub Gadek
He has managed numerous teams. He worked as a coordinator of science and technology at the National Science Centre in Krakow. The Director of the institute since February 2020.

Witold Luty
Director of the institute since 2018. He is a specialist in the field of experimental and simulation testing of vehicles. He gained extensive professional experience during many years of work at the Military University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology and the Military Institute of Armour and Automotive Technology.

Piotr Guzdek
Graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD degree in physics from the Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science at AGH. He has been affiliated with the Institute since 2008, where he started as an assistant, then progressed through the various levels of his career from head of the laboratory and research facility to acting director of the Institute.


Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek
She is a professor of social sciences and an expert on public administration in the fields of security, management processes, ethics or the implementation of

Renata Żyłła
She has been with the Institute since 2000. She began her career as a specialist and worked her way up the career ladder from Assistant

Rafał Cichy
He has worked at the TABOR Rail Vehicle Institute (now Łukasiewicz – PIT) since 1997, starting as a senior design assistant. In May 2023, he

Jan Kozak
Dr. habil. Jan Kozak is a distinguished computer science specialist with broad scientific and research interests. His work focuses on two main areas: engineering and

Michał Matlak
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź, co-founder of the European Centre for Constitutional Studies, where he works

Damian Gąsiorek
He managed many teams and has been involved in research and development work concerning Industry 4.0 technologies for more than 10 years. A co-author and

Karol Zielonka
He has managed numerous teams. He worked as a coordinator of science and technology at the National Science Centre in Krakow. The Director of the institute since February 2020.

Cezary Szczepański
ILOT Professor Cezary Szczepański, DSc, Director at the Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation. Professor Cezary Szczepański is an expert in avionics, flight control systems, and

Marcin Górski
Dr. Marcin Górski, a professor at the University of Lodz and a legal counselor, is an academic and experienced manager. Since 2006, he has led

Jarosław Bosy
Experience Since December 2015, I have held the position of full professor at the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics of the Wrocław University of Environmental