Born 27.10.1955 in Katowice;
mathematical studies at Silesian University in Katowice,
master degree 1978;
doctor of mathematics at Jagiellonian University,
Cracow 1980;
habilitation at Jagiellonian University 1987;
professor of Mathematics 1999.
In 1999-2002 and in 2008-2012 vice-director of The Institute of Mathematics, Silesian University in Katowice.
Visiting professor at
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1989);
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (1990);
The University of Queensland, Brisbane (1995);
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos (1996, 2001, 2007 and 2013);
Lanzhou University, China (2008, 2011, 2018);
Nanjing University, China (2011).