Jan Popczyk

Jan Popczyk (21 September 1945 – 13 September 2024) was a Polish electrical engineer and professor of technical sciences. President of Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (the Polish power grid operator), member of the Committee on Power Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers. President of the Founding Association of Electroprosumerism. President of the 3x20 Cluster Association, vice-president of the Polish Green Energy Technology Platform. Co-founder of the Dolivo Association. Creator of the Common Platform for Energy Transition.

Biography Born on 21 September 1945 in Ślęcin in what was then the Kielce Voivodship. In 1970 he graduated with a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. At the same time, he began doctoral studies and worked as an assistant. Four years later he completed his PhD degree, and in 1979 his habilitation degree (dr hab.). He was awarded the title of professor in 1987 and the position of full professor (profesor zwyczajny) in 1997 (at the Silesian University of Technology). Initiator and head of postgraduate studies "Energy Market" at the university. Member of the Energy Committee of the UN Economic and Social Council.

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his merits in the field of electrical power engineering. Honorary member of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers.

Jan Popczyk died on 13 September 2024 in Gliwice and was buried in the Central Cemetery there.