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  • Date of Birth: 22 May 1952
  • Place of Birth: Szczecinek, Poland
  • 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