I was born 08.08.1964 in Zielona Góra, Poland. I graduated from the Faculty of Basic Problems of Technology of Wrocław Technical University in 1988. My M.S. Thesis „Computer Simulations of Side Directed Mutagenesis and Is Influence on Proteins Activity and Stability” was prepared in the Quantum Chemistry Group under a guidance of prof. dr hab. inż. A. Sokalski and resulted in publication in Int. J. Quant. Chem. As a student I was a chairmen of the Association of Biotechnology Students (1987-1988) where I organized the Ist and IInd National Biotechnology Seminars. I received three Chancellor of Wrocław Technical University Awards (1985, 1986, 1988) and Minister of Higher Education Award („Primus Inter Pares”) in 1987.

I begun my doctoral study at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA in the group lead by prof. J. Kincaid in 1989 . During my graduate study at Marquette University I completed five proficiency exams in the first year of the program and received: Dennis J. O'Brien Fellowship (1990), Rev. J.P. Raynor, S.J. Fellowship (1991-1992) and “Certificate of Accomplishment" in 1994. I obtained my Ph.D. degree in 1992 for Thesis: "Spectroscopy and Physicochemical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complexes in Free Solutions and Entrapped in Zeolites". I continued research at Marquette University as an Associate Researcher during my post-doctoral work (1992-1995).

After return to Poland in 1995 I begun to work in the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research (Polish Academy of Sciences) in Wrocław and in the Chemistry Department of Opole University. The Scientific Council of the Institute granted me a D.Sc. degree for „Physicochemical and Spectroscopic properties of metal complexes and organic molecules immobilized in zeolites and sol-gel matrices” in June of 1999. I was nominated for an Assistant Professor position in the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research in March of 2000. In the same year I was also offered a professor position at the Wrocław University of Technology which I accepted (ending my work at the Opole University).

In 1997 a Polish Scientific Research Committee (KBN) grant „Technology and Physicochemical Properties of Optical Chemi- and Biosensors (Optodes) Based on Sol-Gel Silica Matrices” (of which I was a Principal Researcher) was nominated to the „Polish Nobel” series. The results of the grant were evaluated as „excellent” and described in several newspapers and TV programs. I am/was involved in 14 other Polish grants concerned with such devices. I was a member of a Coordinating Committee of a SCI-TECH II grant (program Phare) related also to optical sensors. I am a Coordinator of the European Center of Excellence "Sol-Gel Materials and Nanotechnology" (SGM&N; sgmn.immt.pwr.wroc.pl).

I was awarded four Gold Medals during the World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies Eureka in Brussels. The Medals were awarded in: 1999 (with Distinction), 2000 (with Distinction), 2002 and 2003. I participated in approx. 40 international conferences in Poland and abroad. I am an author of 62 published papers and two books. I have two patents and eight submitted patents. Number of citations: above 217 (1989- May 2004). I supervised 1 finished PhD thesis. I am a supervisor of seven PhD students. I was a co-organizer of ten conferences including chairmanships of the „Sol-Gel Materials” International Conferences Series (Rokosowo, Poland, 2001; Szklarska Poręba, Poland 2003; Wrocław 2004, Poland, ( details ). I am a member of the Polish Chemical Society. I am a Scientific Secretary of the Materials Science journal.