Jacek Szuber received his M.Sc. degree (1974) and Ph.D. degree in chemistry (1980) at the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, and then the D.Sc. degree (habilitation) in physics (1991) at the Wrocław University of Technology, Poland. In 1995 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Solid State Physics at the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. In 2002 he became a Full Professor nominated by the President of Poland. His research interest mainly concerns the technology of electronic materials at the nanoscale combined with the characterization of their local surface properties by various analytical methods, in aspects of their potential application in modern nanoelectronics. Since 2002 he is the coordinator of the European Centre of Excellence in Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Interfaces and Sensors (CESIS) at the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. In the last 20 years he has been the chairman of several editions of two international cyclic workshops in the fields of semiconductor gas sensors (SGS) and semiconductor surface passivation (SSP), being their inventor. He has coordinated several international and national research projects as well as having published about 90 original papers in the worldwide international journals, together with a high number presentations in the forms of invited talks at international conferences and workshops.