Michał Kulka

Michal Kulka was born in 1961 in Poznan, Poland. He studied ‘mechanics’, with specialization ‘heat treatment and thermochemical treatment’ at the Poznan University of Technology. He acquired his M.Sc.Eng. degree in ‘mechanics’ in 1985, a Ph.D. degree in ‘construction and operation of machines’ in 1993 at the Poznan University of Technology, and D.Sc. degree in ‘materials science and engineering’ at the Lodz University of Technology. In January 2021, President of Poland awarded him the title of professor of engineering and technical sciences. He works at Poznan University of Technology since 1984. His specialties are as follows: gas boriding, growth kinetics of boride layers, borocarburizing, laser surface alloying with boron, plasma paste boriding, gas carburizing, gas nitriding, laser modification of diffusion layers (borided, carburized and nitrided layers), low-cycle fatigue, wear, mechanical and nanomechanical properties of the diffusion layers. Since 2012 he works as Associate Professor and Head of Division of Metal Science and Surface Engineering at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, first at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Managements, and now at the Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics. He has (co-)authored 147 scientific papers in international scientific journals, wrote two monographs entitled ‘The Gradient Boride Layers Formed by Borocarburizing and Laser Surface Modification’ and 'Current Trends in Boriding: Techniques' as well as was a reviewer of over 420 manuscripts, submitted to international scientific journals in his field of science. He often received awards for his scientific work and opinion-forming activity. He can be contacted at: michal.kulka@put.poznan.pl.