Born in Poland in 1949. In 1972 graduated (M.Sc. in Chemistry) from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.
In 1979 I received my Ph.D degree in Technical University in Wroclaw. D.Sc. degree (Habilitation) received in 1990 in Maria Curie – Sklodowska University in Lublin.
In 2004 I obtained Full Professor title.
Theoretical and experimental problems of surface science (adsorption phenomena, methods of preparation and characterisation of adsorbents, kinetics of adsorption, supercritical adsorption),
Application of adsorbents for environmental processes,
Adsorbents in energy storage systems, adsorption at high pressures (gaseous fuels storage by adsorption).