Piotr A. Domanski has been associated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA for almost forty years where he led the HVAC&R Equipment Performance Group for over two decades before becoming a NIST Fellow.

His research focused on alternative refrigerants and on modeling of vapor-compression air-conditioning equipment.  His current interests also include evolutionary computation-based optimization methods, automated commissioning, and fault detection and diagnostics with the goal to improve the performance of air conditioners and heat pumps for application in both current and net-zero structures.

Dr. Domanski is an ASHRAE Fellow and the IIR Honorary President of the Science and Technology Council. He holds a M.S. degree from the Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, and Ph.D. degree from the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA.