Born in 1962. She received PhD and habilitation in Machine Design and Maintenance Mechanics from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in 1995 and 2000, respectively, and the title of professor of technical sciences in 2008. She is currently a full professor at the Department of Automation of Technological Processes and Integrated Manufacturing Systems.
After graduating she worked at the PONAR BIPRON Company. Since 1990, she has been employed at the Silesian University of Technology. She was the deputy head of the Department of Automation of Technological Processes and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, later the deputy director for general affairs of the Institute, the head of the Department of Integrated Management and Manufacturing, and vice dean for science at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. She is currently the director of the Doctoral School at the Silesian University of Technology.
She specializes in production engineering, organization, and management of production systems. Her research includes production optimization, production scheduling, planning of multi-assortment rhythmic production, production planning for non-heterogeneous products, modeling of discrete systems, and balancing of assembly lines.
She was the supervisor of 6 completed doctoral theses. She is the author of 260 publications. She carried out numerous scientific and research works commissioned by the industry, managed scientific projects financed by the Ministry of National Education and NCBiR, as well as the didactic project Interactive Engineering Education - INTEREDU as part of the POKL program. She participated in two research internships at the Universita di Bologna (Italy), and repeatedly conducted classes at ICAM Nantes, ICAM Toulouse (France), Trnavská Univerzita Trnava (Slovakia), and the University of Stavanger (Norway).
- director of the Doctoral School at the Silesian University of Technology
- member of the Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- member of the Polish Society of Production Management, in subsequent periods she was a member of the management board, chairwoman of the Gliwice branch, and member of the audit committee
- expert, and since 2019 a member of the Polish Accreditation Committee
- member of the advisory team in the "Implementation Doctorate" programme
- active in the international platform "MANUFUTURE - Platform of Technology - Machine and Device Production"
- awarded the Medal of the National Education Commission, the Silver Cross of Merit, and the Silver Medal for Long-Term Service
- numerous awards from the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology for her scientific, teaching, and organizational activities
