education: 1972 2nd place, 1974 1st place in national contest for young chemists as a student of the Zamoyski High School, Lublin, Poland. 1979, M.Sci. (cum laude), Institute of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 1980 Graduate Course, ABC-Defense Military School, Kraków, Poland. 1981 Graduate Course in Psychology and Sociology, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 1984, PhD, Institute of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 1986 Graduate Course, ABC-Defense Military School, Kraków, Poland. 1994, D.Sci. (doktor habilitowany), Department of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland (confirmed by the Central Committee for Scientific Degrees in Warsaw in 1995). 2009, Full professor, Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (approved by President of Republic of Poland). position: 1979-84, teaching assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 1984-88, research associate, Institute of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 1988-97, research associate, Institute of Catalysis, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland. 1997-2010, associate professor, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland. 2010-, full professor, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland. 1997-2012, Head of Department of Electrochemistry, Lublin University of Technolo