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Professor, associated with the AGH University of Krakow since 1973 when he began his studies at the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, specialising in Materials Engineering. He has been working at the AGH University since 1978. For 10 years, he presided over the Department of Ceramics and Refractories at the aforementioned faculty. He was elected vice-dean for four terms of office and subsequently served as the dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics. He served as the Vice-Rector for Cooperation for three terms of office. Since 2020, he has been the Rector of the AGH University of Krakow.

As far as the research activity is concerned, Professor Lis specialises in materials engineering and chemical technology with an emphasis on the technology of obtaining advanced and traditional ceramic materials, special techniques of ceramic materials syntheses, examination of the properties of ceramics and composites, and their applications. He is an Ordinary Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and was a member of the Presidium of the Krakow Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences for two terms of office. Professor Lis is also a member of the Polish Ceramic Society and the Polish Society of Electron Microscopy.

Professor Lis is a member of a number of foreign academic assemblies. In 2002, he was elected a member of the reputable World Academy of Ceramics. He is also a member of The American Ceramic Society, The International Society of SHS, and editorial boards of The International Journal of SHS and Ceramics International. Moreover, for his academic achievements, he was a laureate of the following prestigious international awards: Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Fellow of the European Ceramic Society, and The Bridge Award of the American Ceramic Society. He has been distinguished with the title of Honorary Professor by the Shymkent University (Kazakhstan) and the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Ukraine).

Professor Lis is also the vice-president of the Krakow Technology Park’s Supervisory Board.

At present, he is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Materials Sciences (vice-president for two terms of office), a member of the Committee on Civil Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a member of the Committee on Ceramics Sciences of the Krakow Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the vice-president of the Committee on Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Lis held the post of the President of the Polish Materials Science Society for two terms of office. He was also a member of the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles and the president of the Whiteware Ceramics Division of the Polish Ceramic Society. He is also a member of editorial boards of certain Polish journals, a member of the academic councils of institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and also and the vice-president of the Scientific Council of the Łukasiewicz Research Network’s Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials. Additionally, for the 2020-2024 term of office, Professor Lis holds the position of the President of the International Affairs Committee of The Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) and a member of the Presidium of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland. In the 2020-2024 term of office, the AGH University Rector has been a vice-president of The Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities and a vice-president of The Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Kraków.

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