Tomasz Liskiewicz is a Professor of Tribology and Surface Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he acts as a Head of Department of Engineering. Tomasz has 25 years of international academic and engineering experience from leading research institutions in the UK, France, Canada and Poland. His research interests focus on surface engineering and tribology of functional surfaces, with a particular interest in understanding the engineering coatings, its architectures and optimization for enhanced performance. His work has been published in such journals as Surface & Coatings Technology, Wear, Tribology International, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. It has been presented at international conferences, including the World Tribology Congress, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, and Plasma Surface Engineering.Tomasz holds a doctorate in Tribology from École Centrale de Lyon, France, and MSc degree in Materials Science from Lodz University of Technology, Poland. He spent two years in Alberta, Canada, working as a Senior Scientist in Charter Coating leading material testing projects for oil and gas industry. Tomasz has taught BSc, MSc and PhD-level courses on tribology, surface engineering and thermofluids. He was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2014 and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2019. Tomasz is editor-in-chief at Sage in the "Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces" journal. Tomasz runs a successful not-for-profit Surface Ventures and acts as a Chairman at F1 in Schools Poland. He enjoys hiking in Yorkshire Dales and is a passionate traveller.