The Cyprus Institute

Wojciech Lipiński

Wojciech Lipiński is a professor at the Cyprus Institute. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology (2000), doctorate in Mechanical and Process Engineering from ETH Zurich (2004), and habilitation in Energy Technology from ETH Zurich (2009). He previously held academic positions at ETH Zurich (2004–2009), the University of Minnesota (2009–2013), and the Australian National University (2013–2021).

Prof. Lipiński's research interests extend across optical, thermal and chemical engineering sciences applied to solar energy. His basic research focuses on advances in transport phenomena, reactive flows and energy materials, in particular for problems involving radiative transfer coupled to physical and chemical changes in matter. Prof. Lipiński's research primarily underpins developments in concentrated solar thermal energy for electricity generation, processing of fuels and materials, and environmental separations.

Prof. Lipiński is the editor-in-chief of Thermopedia, and is serving on editorial boards of Solar Energy and the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. He is involved, among others, in the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, the Eurotherm Committee, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Prof. Lipiński is a recipient of the Elsevier/JQSRT Viskanta Award in Radiative Transfer (2013) and the ASME Yellot Award (2020). He is Fellow of the ASME (2021).