Past Employment:

• Lecturer at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China; Honorary Lecturer at University of Liverpool, UK
• Postdoctoral researcher at National University of Ireland, Galway;

‘Innovation in Irish Timber Usage’ - project funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine of the Republic of Ireland  in  partnership between National University of Ireland, Galway and Queen's University, Belfast

• Adjunct Lecturer at College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway

Memberships:

• Rotary Club of Suzhou - President Elect, Secretary, Chair for Administration
• Academic Board Member at XJTLU (elected for term of office: 2016-2018)

• Management Committee Member (representing Ireland) of COST Action FP1004 Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures

• Management Committee Substitute (representing Ireland) and Working Group Member of COST Action FP1402 Basis of structural timber design - from research to standards
• Member of Working Group 2 of COST Action FP1101 Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures
• Member of Task Group 1 of Timber Standards Consultative Committee of National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
• Society of Wood Science and Technology
• Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland

Editorial duties:

• Scientific Board of Materialy Budowlane
• Editorial Board of Developments in the Built Environment (DIBE)
• Reviewer of Construction and Building Materials
• Reviewer of Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
• Reviewer of Wood and Fibre Science
• Reviewer of Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture
• Editor Area of Journal of Building Chemistry 'Chemical modifications of wood'

Invited presentations:

• 2020: Co-Chair: 44th International JVE Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• ‘International Conference on Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering and infrastructural developments (IC-RACEID-2019). Keynote, Emerging trends in sustainable construction materials, (Nagpur, India)
• Promatap 2019 (Lodz Expo, Poland)
• International Eco-Conference EKON 2018 (EKON Foundation, Poland)
• GLOBAL BAMBOO AND RATTAN CONGRESS 2018 (China National Convention Center, Beijing)
• International Eco-Conference EKON 2017: Circular Economy-The Economy of the Future (EKON Foundation, Poland)
• The National Sustainability Summit 2015 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)
• Innovations in Timber Construction, Industry Seminar (National University of Ireland, Galway)
• Trainer at COST Action FP 1011 Training School on Reinforcement of timber structures (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2014)
• Invited lectures on ‘The importance of Civil Engineering in Development of Civil Society’ (Long Island University and Mercy College, NY, USA)
• Invited lecture on ‘Professional Advantages of Studying and doing Research in Civil Engineering (College in Walbrzych, Poland)

Academic PhD Supervision:

• 1st Supervisor of PhD student in Timber-Concrete Composites (XJTLU)
• Co-supervisor of 2 PhD students (National University of Ireland, Galway)

Funding awarded:

•  > RMB1,000,000 for various projects in timber, and concrete technology and design

Skills:

• Research techniques including: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP), X-ray scanning, Calorimetric methods, Destructive and non-destructive methods of mechanical properties assessment of construction materials, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

• Certificate in Professional Studies at The Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2018 (2016-2018), Suzhou/Liverpool. 
• Postgraduate course at the Warsaw School of Economics in “Strategic management in the enterprise”

• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Warsaw University of Technology
• Training on:

- Timber grading (Edinburgh Napier University, UK);
- CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) Materials Product and Calculation (University of Trento, Italy);
- Assessment and reinforcement of timber elements (Mons, Belgium);
- Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Glasgow, UK);
-  International contracts FIDIC type of building (Warsaw, Poland);
- ‘The longer it is the better it is...’ - sustainable development, company visits, workshops (Lille, France);
- ‘Get Yourself Integrated’ - maintenance security, environment pollution, production quality, concern logistics, quality management, accreditation, normalisation (Kosice, Slovakia);
- Smart Home!’ – safety, automations, materials, construction methods, standards, emergency situations, energy saving, eternal building (Thessaloniki, Greece);

• Courses: managing groups of people, work in a team, negotiations, professional presentation, effective memorising;
• Driving Licence, Scuba Diving License, Motorboat Licence

Previous volunteering:
2011-2012                   President of the Research Students' Society at the Glasgow Caledonian University
07.2007-12.2007        Auditor – Faculty of the Mathematics and Information Science, the Warsaw University of Technology
2005-2009                   Secretary of Committee on Finance of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of WUT
2005-2009                   Various representational roles at Students’ Union of the Warsaw University of Technology including:
-          President of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of Students’ Union
-          Member of the Warsaw University of Technology Students’ Parliament
-          Member of European Students' Union of Civil Engineering (Baufak)
2005-2009                   Member of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)
07.2006-09.2006        Fund-raising from the European Union – Radom town
2003-2009                   Member of the Scientific Group of Engineering of Building Materials at WUT
2003-2005                   Member of the International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)
07.2004-09.2004        Fund-raising from the European Union – Radom town office