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Date of Birth: 22 May 1952
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Place of Birth: Szczecinek, Poland
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Status: Married
EDUCATION
- 1971-1974 general physics, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
- 1974-1976 theoretical physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- 1977-1980 Ph.D. student, University of Silesia
QUALIFICATIONS
- 1976 M.S. University of Silesia
- 1980 Ph.D. University of Silesia
- 1990 Habilitation, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
- 1996 Professor
POSTS HELD
- 1976-1977 Assistant, Institute of Environment Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland
- 1981-1993 Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
- 1993-1999 Extraordinary Professor, University of Silesia
- since 1999 Ordinary Professor (Full Professor), University of Silesia
- 1991-1993 Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Silesia
- 1993-1996 Deputy Head for Scientific Matters, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
- 1996-2002 Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Silesia
- 2002-2005 Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
- 2005-2019 Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Silesia
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE, AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Member of the Council of the National Science Centre (NCN), Poland (2018-2022)
- Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU), since 2016
- "Pro Scientia et Arte" award, 2013
- Chairman of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division, European Physical Society, 2012-2015
- Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, 2012
- Editor, European Physical Journal B, 2011-2019
- Editor, Scientific Reports, 2019-2023
- Member of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division Board, European Physical Society, 2009-2015
- Director of the Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, 2002-2005
- Deputy Head for Scientific Matters, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, 1993-1996
- Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Silesia
- Co-director of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Stochastic Systems. From randomness to complexity", Erice (Italy), 2002
- Member of the National Committee for Cooperation with the European Science Foundation, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2003-2007 and 2007-2010
- Member of the Steering Committee of the program: "Stochastic Dynamics: Fundamentals and applications", European Science Foundation, 2003-2008
- Member of the Liaison Scientists Network (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-Foundation for Polish Science), 2006-2014