Dr Mariusz Stepien is an Associate Professor at the Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, and Robotics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology (SUT). He received the M.Sc., Ph.D., and Habilitate Doctorate (D.Sc.) degrees, all in electrical engineering, from SUT, Gliwice, Poland, in 1999, 2006 and 2019, respectively. His area of research interests includes power electronics, energy conversion, superconductivity, high frequency and special transformers, resistance welding machines, FEM modeling of electrical engineering and interdisciplinary problems. He is an author and co-author of almost 200 scientific publications, including books, journal and conference papers and patents. Participated in implementation of numerous research and educational projects, many of them funded by EU programs. Dr. Stepien is a senior member of the IEEE and a member European Society of Superconductivity (ESAS). He is serving as a Vice Chair of the Chapter of Magnetics, Polish Section of the IEEE and a Vice Chair of the Power Electronics and Motion Control Council.