Sebastian Lech

Sebastian Lech is an assistant professor at AGH University of Krakow in Poland. He graduated with a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the same university in 2021, focusing on superalloys and electron microscopy. After graduation, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US, working on high-entropy alloys, additive manufacturing and high-throughput experiments. In the final year, he was a research scientist combining work in Mitra Taheri's group with an additive manufacturing lab manager role at the Materials Characterization and Processing Centre. After departure from the US in 2025, Sebastian joined Katerina Christofidou's IDEA group at the University of Sheffield as research associate, working on additive manufacturing. His research now is focused on high-throughput materials science through additive manufacturing and materials for extreme environments. Sebastian received the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education award for outstanding young researchers in 2025, and authored over 35 peer-reviewed articles.