Mateusz Łężyk, PhD, Eng. – Mateusz Łężyk received his Ph.D. at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Technical University of Denmark in 2014. He worked on metagenomic mining of enzyme diversity for various industrially-relevant processes. From 2015 to 2018 was a postdoc researcher at Center for BioProcess Engineering at DTU Chemical Engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, and leads the Microbial Conversions and Bioengineering (MiConBio) research group. The group develops and applies integrated molecular and bioprocess strategies to understand, design, and steer microbial systems for sustainable production. MiConBio’s research centers on two complementary directions: (1) molecular characterization, optimization, and control of mixed microbial consortia for the fermentative conversion of waste streams—particularly C1 gaseous substrates—into valuable products; and (2) discovery and engineering of microbes and enzymes for the biosynthesis of value-added chemicals and energy carriers. By combining multi-omics, synthetic biology, and bioprocess development, the group aims to accelerate the translation of microbial innovations into robust, scalable technologies supporting circular bioeconomy solutions.
