Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland; Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Phytochemistry, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznan, Poland. Education: Master of Science in pharmacy (1978), Faculty of Pharmacy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznan; Doctor of phylosophy (PhD) in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry (1988); Doctor of Science (D,Sc) in the field of pharmacology (2004). Membership of Professional Organizations: Polish Pharmacological Society, Polish Neuroscience Society, Polish Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Polish Society of Toxicology, Polish Medical Association, Phytotherapy Section. Current Research Interests: drug addiction, experimental alcoholism, behavioral pharmacology, pain, learning and memory, plants and drugs affecting CNS, phytopharmacology. Awards: the Minister of Health (2002), the Rector (1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018), the Polish Pharmaceutical Society (2007), President of the Republic of Poland-Golden Cross of Merit (2005), Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2019).