Scientific career: 1980 – MSc Eng.(solid state physics), Technical University, Lodz, Poland 1988 – PhD, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies 2006 – DSc (habilitation), Centre of Molec. and Macromolec. Studies 2007 – Associate Professor, Centre of Molec. and Macromolec. Studies 2014 – Professor (title conferred by President of the Republic of Poland) Foreign laboratories: MIT, Cambridge, MA (USA) - 1988-91, 1996-97 Institute of Technology and Rheology of Polymers, CNR, Arco Felice (Italy) - 1984-1996 (5 months) Centre of Studies of Multiphase and Biocompatible Macromolecular Materials, CNR, Pisa (Italy) - 1986-2008 (4 months) Current research area: structure and properties of crystalline polymers plastic deformation and orientation of polymeric materials polymer blends and composites crystallization of polymers.