Physicist, educator; b. Poland; U. Tech., Warsaw, Poland, 1974, Phd in Physics, 1984. Tchg. asst. Dept. Chemistry and Applied Physics/ Mil. U. Tech., Warsaw, 1981-84; asist. prof. Inst. Quantum Electronics, Inst. Optoel./Mil. U. Tech., Warsaw, 1985-2002; Prof. in Inst. of Physics, Head of Optoelectronic Group, University of Technology, Szczecin, 2003-2008, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, 2009-, Author: Chosen Problems of the Crystal Growth Theory, 1981; The influence of ionizing radiation on the optical properties of materials applied in optoelectronics, 2008. Col. Polish mil., 1987-2002. Mem. Internat. Soc. Optical Engring (Polish Chpt.)-No. ID# 00404532, Europian Rare-Earth and Actinide Society (ERES), International Association of Advanced Materials and Polish Physical Society. Achievements include research on X-ray diffraction from 8H, nH structures containing stacking faults, lasing properties of SrLaGa3O7 single crystals doped with Nd, Pr and Dy, gamma induced sensitization of lasing properties of YAG crystals doped with Er3+ and Cr3+, Ho3+, Tm3+ ions and radiation defects in oxide single crystals - under gammas, electrons and protons, structural and magnetic properties of some vanadates, tungsten compounds and molybdates, optical and magnetic properties of chromium and manganese doped materials for broad-band emission of near-infrared light-emitting-diodes.