He was born on April 15, 1954 in Slupsk. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology (1978).

In 1986 he received the title of Doctor, in 1997 he obtained the title of Ph.D. with habilitation, and in 2006 he received the title of Professor. He worked as head of department and vice-dean for Education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for two terms (2002-2008).

His research interests relate, among others, to intensification of convective heat transfer, the dynamics of bubbles of steam and gas, renewable energy, unconventional methods and systems for energy conversion, for example MHD generators, fuel cells or Stirling engines. Moreover, he studies thermophysical properties and using nanofluids in energy systems, including storage of thermal energy.

He is the author and co-author of over 300 papers, both published and unpublished. He supervised 8 Ph.Ds, and is a tutor of 4 doctoral students. He has been a reviewer in 22 doctoral, and 6 habilitation proceedings and in 1 procedure for the title of professor.

He has completed a number of scientific internships, for example at Universität-GH-Essen, in Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH and twice in Stralsund Fachhochschule / University of Applied Sciences, as a DAAD scholarship. He repeatedly held short-term internships at the Hochschule Bremen / City University of Applied Sciences. He is an active participant in the Erasmus program. He was the supervisor of more than 30 theses carried out at German universities.

Since 2002 he has been associated with GUT Publication, currently serves as the Chairman of the Editorial Board. In the years 1998-2016 his second workplace was State Higher Vocational School in Elblag. Throughout that period he served as a GUT representative in the Senate of the Higher Vocational School in Elblag.

It is active in the academic life. Since 1994 he has been a member of the Section of Thermodynamics of the Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences (secretary of the Section in 1999-2002). Since 2011 he has been a member of the Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In the years 1994-2011 he served as chairman of the interdisciplinary Subsection of Multiphase Flows Section of Fluid Mechanics of the Committee of Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been chairman, secretary or member of more than 30 organizing committees of conferences at national and international levels. Since 2014 he has been a member of the Editorial Board of The Archive of Mechanical Engineering, and since 1993- Scientific consultant of the Magazine on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

He was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit, the Medal of the National Education Commission, and also the Medal "Rebels at Gdańsk University of Technology 1945-1989". His activities for Gdańsk University of Technology were awarded 37 prizes of the GUT Rector.

Interests, Hobbies: music, literature, painting, modern history, Nordic walking, bike.