Biography
Date and place of birth: 04.07.1948, Znin, Poland
Current place of work
Institute of Low Temperatures and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Wroclaw, Poland since 1971,Professor since 1991.
Research activity
luminescence properties of rare earth and transition metal ions in crystal, glasses and nanostructures; laser spectroscopy; optical sensors; laser materials; technologies of luminescent materials, transparent ceramics, porous thermo-isolation materials, nanoceramic materials for fuel cells;cryotherapy; photodynamic phenomena of therapy and diagnostic; laser therapy; laser induced white lighting in rare earth systems and graphene, graphene for hydrogen generation.
In the last 10 years he participated in 16national and international research projects, and in 9projects he hold managerial functions.
Author and co-author of 550 scientific publications, 7700 citations, Hirsch index: 41 (Web of Sciences), i 45 (Google Scholar).
Prizes and awards:
Supervisor of 12 doctoral thesis; Prize of Scientific Secretary of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Warsaw, 1979, 1984; Individual Prize of Scientific Secretary of PAS, Warsaw, 1983; Scientific Secretary of Spectroscopy Committee of PAS (1984-90); Member of Steering Committee European Rare Earth Society (1982-1990); Gold medals at the International Innovation Exhibition "Eureka" Brussels (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006,2008, 2009);Knight's Cross of the Order Inventiveness of the Kingdom Belgium 2003; Officers Cross of the Order Inventiveness of the Kingdom Belgium 2006; Member of European Academy of Sciences Arts and Literature, Commanders Cross of the Order Inventiveness of the Kingdom Belgium 2010; Knights Cross of the Order of PoloniaRestituta 2018.
Co-creator more than 60 patents and patent applications in cryomedicine, laser therapy, photodynamic therapy (PDT), security, nanotechnology, sol-gel technology, thermal insulation porous, graphene technologies, luminescent materials, lighting,co-founder of the Polish Cryogenic Chamber.
He has completed scientific internships in Denmark many times; multiple research stays in Brazil, France, Finland, Israel, Germany, Italy, Russia, USA, Vietnam, China and Belarus.He lectured at numerous national and international conferences (over 100 lectures), visiting professor (Israel, Denmark, France, Brazil).Organizer and co-organizer of numerous (over 50) national and international conferences.
He has participated in the implementation of new technologies in companies such as: Medical Center for Laser Techniques Laser Secura Systems, Haemato, Nano-Tech, Medical Cryogenics, NanovectorsIpanterm, Graphene Project, Graphene Light Project.
Member of editorial boards of international scientific journals (Journal Alloys and Compounds, Rare Earth Journal, Polish Journal of Materials Sciences, Reports in Physics (Elsevier), Polish Materials Science, ISRN Spectroscopy, Acta Bio-Optica et InformaticaMedica.) and editor of many conference publications and monographs.