Dr. Maciej Haranczyk obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry from University of Gdansk in Poland in 2008. During his graduate studies, he received numerous research fellowships to collaborate with researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Southern California, University of Sheffield, and others. After his graduate school, he moved to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which had offered him a prestigious Glenn T. Seaborg Fellowship. He was then hired into a tenured Research Scientist position (2010) and subsequently promoted to a Staff Scientist position (2014).

He joined IMDEA Materials Institute as a Senior Researcher in 2015, and was supported by a Ramón y Cajal award. He currently leads the Accelerated Materials Discovery Group, managing a robot-equipped materials research laboratory.

Dr. Haranczyk co-authored 149 research publications in leading journals. His work has been highlighted in numerous news articles as well as on covers of top-notch journals such as Science, Energy&Environmental Science and others. Regarding project experience, Dr. Haranczyk participated in 21 projects funded by different regional (Regional Government of Madrid), national (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovations, The US Department of Energy) and international (European Commission) public entities as well as by the Industry.