BORN: Zakłodzie (1956)

EDUCATION:
Ground School - Sułowiec, 1971
Secondary School - Warsaw 1975
Master of Science - Physics Department, Warsaw University 1980
Doctor of Philosophy - Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences 1986
Habilitation - Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1997

EMPLOYMENT:
High Pressure Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences - since 1985

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:
Crystal growth mechanisms
Properties of substances under high pressure
Thermodynamics
Surface diffusion
Fluid dynamics
Physics of semiconductors

SCIENTIFIC VISITS:
Center for Microgravity and Materials Research, Huntsville USA - 1988-1990 (2 years)
Universite Montpellier II - 1993 (6 months)

SERVICES TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:
1986 - Member of Accounting Commission of Warsaw Branch
1999 - 2001 - Deputy chairman of Division of Bulk Crystals of Polish Society for Crystal Growth (PSCG)
2000 - 2002 - Member of European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG)
2001 - 2003 - Secretary of International Association for Advancement of High Pressure Research and Technology (AIRAPT)
2001 - 2004 - President-Elect of Crystals of Polish Society for Crystal Growth (PSCG)

NON-SCIENTIFIC INTERSTS:
History of civilizations
Agriculture
Skiing, Football
Cars