M.Sc.: Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University (Physical Chemistry), 1972
Ph.D.: Institute of Nuclear Research, 1976.
Thesis:"Ozonide ion and concomitant species investigated by pulse radiolysis in classic version and with using selfabsorption of the Cherenkov light"
D.Sc.(Habilitation): Faculty of Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, 1991
Habilitation Thesis:"Mechanistic studies of radiolytically induced radical processes in model peptides and lysozyme"
Titular Professor: President of Poland, 1998

SPECIALIZATION
1. main field: radiation chemistry
2. other fields: physical chemistry, photochemistry, biophysics
3. current research interests: radiolytically and photochemically induced radical processes in sulfur containing compounds, long range electron transfer processes in peptides and proteins, oxidative stress, pulse radiolysis, laser flash photolysis, chromatographic techniques (GC, HPLC, HPIC)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Current Employer:
1994 - present Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT), Warsaw, Poland,
Professor: 1999 – present
Deputy Head of the Department of Radiation Chemistry and Technology: 2002 – present
Head of the Pulse Radiolysis Group: 1994 – present
Docent (Research Associate Professor): 1994 – 1999
Previous Employers:
1984 – 1996 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, Senior Research Scientist
1982 – 1984 Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland, Senior Research Scientist
1981 – 1982 Institute of Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland, Senior Research Scientist
1975 – 1981 Institute of Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland, Senior Research Scientist (since 1976)

1991 – 1993 Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, Associate Professional Specialist
1979 – 1981 Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Chairing during International Scientific Conferences:
• Trombay Symposium on Radiation&Photochemistry (TSRP-2008), Pune, India, January 7-11, 2008
• International Conference on Frontiers of Radiation and Photochemistry (PHOTORADCHEM-2007), Kottayam, Kerala, India, February 8 - 11, 2007
• The First Asia-Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry, (APRSC), Shanghai, China, September 2006
• 24th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, La Londe des Maures, France, 2005
• Radiation Chemistry Gordon Conference, Plymouth, NH, USA, 2002
• 5-th International Conference on Pulse Investigations in Chemistry, Biology and Physics, PULS’97, Szczyrk, Poland, 1997
• VII-th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry; Satellite Conference „Electron Transfer”, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1991

Organization of Conferences:
• Co-chairman of 8-th International Conference on Pulse Investigations in Chemistry, Biology, and Physics, Cracow, Poland, September 6 - 12, 2008
• Chairman of the Joint Working Groups Meeting of the COST CM 0603, Cracow, Poland, September 10 - 11, 2008
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 5-th International Conference (RADAM-2008), Debrecen, Hungary, September 13 - 15, 2008
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the XIV Meeting of the Polish Radiation Research Society, Kielce, Poland, September 24-26, 2007
• Member of the International Organizing Committee of the 11-th Tihany Symposium on Radiation Chemistry, Eger, Hungary, August 26 –31, 2006
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the RADAM Conference, Groningen, Netherlands, June 6 – 10, 2006
• Chairman of the European Young Investigator Conference (EYIC-2005), Gniezno, Poland, 2005
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the RADAM Conference, Potsdam, Germany, March 17 – 20, 2005
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the RADAM Conference, Lyon, France, June 24 –27, 2004
• Chairman of the International Mini-Symposium „Radiation-induced radical processes in systems of biological relevance”, Warszawa, Poland, 2000
• Co-chairman of the Symposium „Creative Electrons” Radiation Chemistry and Technology in Research and Industrial Development, Warszawa, Poland, 1999
• Co-chairman of the Workshop „Reactive Intermediates in Sulfur Chemistry”, Poznan, Poland, 1998
• Member of the Organizing Committee of XVIIth International Conference on Photochemistry, Warszawa, 1997

Teaching courses:
• for graduate and post-graduate students in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Universidad de Chile (Santiago de Chile) 2008, 2006
• for students (III and IV year of Chemistry) in the Faculty of Chemistry of Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan) 2002
• for post-graduate students in chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry of Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan) 1997 and in the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (INCT) (Warsaw) 1998 and 2001/2002

Scientific Mentor of PhD Thesis:
• Dariusz Pogocki „Investigations of radical processes in amino acids and peptides containing thioether group induced by hydroxyl radicals (INCT 1996)
• Pawel Wisniowski „Influence of neighboring functional groups on radiation-induced radical processes in thioethers” (INCT 2001)
• Olivier Mozziconacci „One-electron transfers in the enkehalins” (Universite Paris Sud 2007)

REVIEWER
• Articles in scientific journals: J. Phys. Chem; J. Org. Chem.; Biochim. Biophys. Acta; Int. J. Radiat. Biol.; Chemistry A European Journal; Radiat. Phys. Chem.; Chem. Phys. Lett.; Biochemistry; Eur. J. Org. Chem.; J. Phys. Org. Chem.; Eur. J. Biochem.; J. Nanosc. Nanotechn.; Water Res.; Mendeleev Comms.; J. Photochem. Photobiol. A; Can. J. Physiol. Pharmac.; Nukleonika; Polish J. Chem.; J. Radioanal. and Nucl. Chem.
• 7 Ph.D. Thesis in Poland
• 1 Ph.D. Thesis in Germany (University of Leipzig, 2005)
• 9 D.Sc. (habilitation) Thesis in Poland
• over 30 grants sponsored by the Polish Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)
• 2 scientific grants sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) USA (1999 and 1991)
• 1 scientific grant sponsored by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (2008)
• 3 scientific grants sponsored by the CONICYT Chile (2008, 2007)

Memberships in Editorial Boards:
Central European Journal of Chemistry; editor
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry; associate editor

Memberships of Scientific Councils:
Elected Vice-chairman of the Scientific Council in the INCT (2007 - 2008, 2008 - 2012)
Elected Chairman of the Commitee for PhD promotion in the Scientific Council in the INCT (2007 - 2008, 2008 - 2012)
Elected Member of the Scientific Council in the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (2007-2010)
Elected Chairman of the Scientific Council in the INCT (2003-2007)
Nominated Member of the Board „Chemical Sciences” in the Polish Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) (2003/2004) and in the Ministry of Science and Informatics (2005)
Elected Chairman of the Committee for Promotion of the Scientific Staff in the Scientific Council in the INCT (1999-2003)
Elected Member of the Scientific Council in the INCT (2003-2007, 1999-2003, 1995-1999)
Member of the PhD Jury: during Ph.D defence in the Universite Rene Descartes-Paris V, UFR Biomedicale 2001, and Universite Paris-Sud, Paris XI, Orsay, 2007

Scientific Awards:
Polish Radiation Research Society Awards: 1979, 1982, 1989
Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Division Secretary`s Award: 1990
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Polish Academy of Sciences Director`s Award: 1989
Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Director`s Award: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008

Fellowships:
Risø National Laboratory, Risø, Denmark:
Visiting Scientist (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1998)
Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA:
Visiting Research Associate (1986), Visiting Associate Professional Specialist (1996),
Visiting scientist (1998), Visiting Research Scholar (2005)
Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin, Germany: Visiting Scientist (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA: Visiting Scientist (1990)
Universite Paris – Sud (Paris XI), Orsay, France: Visiting Professor (1998)

Memberships of Professional Societes:
Polish Radiation Research Society (1972 – present)
Polish Chemical Society (1996 – 2000)
Miller Trust for Radiation Chemistry (2005 – present)

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS
conference presentations: over 200 (over 30 invited lectures at the International Conferences)

INVITED LECTURES (scientific institutions):
•Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (2008)•Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile (2007, 2006)•Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile (2006)•ETH, Zurych, Switzerland (2006)•University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (2003)•National Research Council ICoCEA/FRAE, Bologna, Italy (2006, 2001)•„La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy (2001)• „Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy (2001)•University of Science and Technology, Hefei, China (2001)•University of Bejing, Bejing, China•Institute of Nuclear Research, Shanghai, China (2001)•University of Paris V, Paris, France (1999, 1991)•Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory (1999, 1980)•University Paris XI, Orsay, France (2009, 2006, 1998, 1996)• Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA (1998)•KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (1998, 1987)•Gray Laboratory, Northwood, United Kingdom (1997)• Risø National Laboratory, Risø, Denmark (1996, 1987, 1985)•Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin, Germany (1994, 1987)•National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA (1992, 1980).

INVITED LECTURES (International Conferences):
10th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals/3rd Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry IISFR10/PSRC3), Heron Island, Australia, August 3 -9, 2008•COST Chemistry CM0603, Sonderborg, Denmark, June 26 -28, 2008•PUWORP-2008, Pune, India, January, 11 – 12, 2008•Symposium on Radiation&Photochemistry (TSRP-2008), Pune, India, January 7-11, 2008•ISRAPS Workshop, Mumbai, India, January 35, 2008• The First Asia-Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry, (APRSC), Shanghai, China, September 2006•20th International Symposium on Radical Ion Reactivity (ISRIR), July 2 - 6, 2006, Monteporzio (Rome), Italy•RADAM’06, June 6  9, 2006, Groningen, Netherlands•The 10th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR), July 25-30 2005, Rome, Italy•Gordon Research Conference „Radiation Chemistry”, Waterville, Maine, USA, June 20-25, 2004•Trombay Symposium on Radiation&Photochemistry (TSRP-2004), Mumbai, India, January 8-12, 2004•3rd Trivandrum International Symposium on Recent Trends in Photochemical Sciences, Trivandrum, India, January 5-7, 2004•23th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, Białowieża, Poland, September 6-12, 2003•22-nd Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, Windermere, England, 7-12 April 2001•The 6-th International Conference on Pulse Investigations in Chemistry, Biology and Physics, PULS’2000”, Leba, 9-15 September 2000•21st Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, Doorwerth (near Arnhem), The Netherlands, April 24 - 29, 1999•Gordon Research Conference „Radiation Chemistry”, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, July 5-10, 1998•Sixth EUCHEM Conference on Organic Free Radicals, Grottaferrata, Rome, Italy, July 4-9, 1998•IV Pune University Workshop on Radiation and Photochemistry” Pune, India, January 20-22, 1998•Trombay Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (TSRP-98), Trombay, Mumbai, India, January 14-19, 1998•Polish-American Workshop, Zakopane, Poland, August 13-18, 1995•209-th American Chemical Society National Meeting " Anaheim, California, U.S.A., April 2-5, 1995•The 18-th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, United Kingdom, April 3-8 1993•The 17-th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, Giens, France, September 16-20 1991

GRANTS
ESF Programme, COST CM0603 CHEMBIORAD 2007 -2011 (Member of the Management Committee)
ESF Programme, COST P9 RADAM 2003 – 2007 (Member of the Management Committee)
EC Research Training Network, SULFRAD, 2002 – 2006 (Country Coordinator)
NATO Travel Grants (USA – Poland): 1999 – 2000 and 2001 – 2002
Polish Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) Grants: 1995 – 1997 and 2000 – 2003
POLONIUM Grants (Poland – France) 1997 – 1998 and 2000 – 2001
DAAB Grant (Poland –Germany) 1998 – 2000
Foundation for the Polish Science Grant (FASTKIN) 1997

PUBLICATIONS
papers: over 100 (J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Free Rad. Biol. Med., Chem. Commun., ChemPhysChem, Eur. J. Chem., J. Phys. Chem., J. Phys. Chem. A and B, Radiat. Res., Int. J. Radiat. Biol., Chem. Phys. Lett., Photochem. Photobiol., J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, Radiat. Phys. Chem., Nukleonika)
books: 5 chapters