Irena Baranowska is a full professor at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland. For 20 years she has been Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry at Chemical Faculty. She was vice-president of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (9 years) and presently is a member of its Presidium. Irena Baranowska also was a member of a section in the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) in Warsaw and currently she is member of team of experts in National Science Centre in Krakow. She was awarded the Wiktor Kemula medal for outstanding scientific achievements in analytical chemistry. Her research focuses on analysis of organic compounds, especially pharmaceuticals and their metabolites, as well as endogenous compounds in clinical and environmental samples. She has supervised 19 PhD theses, is reviewer of 21 applications for the title of professor, 30 habilitation dissertations and 45 PhD theses.