Director of the Department of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, Plenipotentiary for International Relations of the President of the Łukasiewicz Center, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission
Prof. Dr. Eng. Rafał Łukasik, Director of the Department of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization at the Łukasiewicz Center, member of the General Council of Science and Higher Education (RGNiSW), Plenipotentiary for International Relations of the President of the Łukasiewicz Center, member of the EARTO board, and expert in numerous national and European bodies, including the Polish Academy of Sciences, DG RTD, and the European Commission Innovation Fund, ETIP-Bioenergy.
He earned a Master of Science in Chemical Technology from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon. He then worked at the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology, in the Department of Bioenergy and Biorefinery, where he headed the Biofuels in Biorefinery section.
In 2022, the President of the Republic of Poland awarded him the title of Professor in Engineering and Technical Sciences in the discipline of Chemical Engineering. After nearly 19 years, Rafał Łukasik returned to Poland and in July 2023 began working at the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Łukasiewicz Center, heading the Department of International Cooperation, and since January 2024, he has headed the Department of Research and Innovation.
Since May 1, 2024, he has served as the Center’s President’s Representative for International Relations.
Since 2025, he has been a member of the team of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission.
Professor Rafał Łukasik, PhD, Eng., is the author of over 130 publications on the Philadelphia List. His works have received over 8,000 citations. He has published two books on green chemistry and its application in biorefinery. He is the author of six patents, including one international patent, four registered with the Portuguese Patent Office, and one with the Polish Patent Office.