Monika Kalinowska is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and Head of the PhD Studies. Her main research interests include modelling the spread of pollutants in surface-flowing waters and numerical methods in fluid mechanics. She is a member of the Committee on Water Sciences and Water Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the International Association of Water and Environmental Engineering and Research. Magdalena Mrokowska is an Associate Professor and Head of the Hydrodynamic Models Laboratory at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her laboratory research integrates fluid mechanics and chemistry to investigate particle transport in marine and riverine environments, with a focus on stratified aquatic systems, biologically modified water rheology, particularly emphasising the transport of microplastics. PaweÅ RowiÅski is a professor of Earth sciences at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and its Director. His research interests include environmental hydrodynamics, mathematical modelling and experimental studies of hydrological processes. He is the Chair of the Europe Division of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research IAHR.

He also chairs the Committee on Water Sciences and Water Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He served as Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences from 2015 to 2022 and is currently the President of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, ALLEA.