CV

Born: Torun, Poland
Nationality: Polish

Education

•Habilitation degree (Astronomy), Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, 2006
•Ph.D. (Astronomy) with distinction, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland, 2000
•M.S. (Astronomy), Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland, 1996

Appointments

•Associate Professor, tenured, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2006-
•Assistant Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2005-2006
•Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, USA, 2003-2005
•Michelson Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, USA, 2000-2003
•Junior Fulbright Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1998-1999

Visiting positions

•Visiting Researcher, Kobe University, Japan, 2005 (1 month)
•Visiting Researcher, Harvard University, Harvard -Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA, 6 times, 2002-2004 (5 months total)
•Visiting Researcher, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1997 (4 months)

Awards

•"Zlota Lampa" (en. "Golden Lantern") of the PGNiG Foundation, (PGNiG is the largest natural gas company in Poland), 2006
•Stefan Pienkowski Award of the Division of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2006
•Polish Astronomical Society Biannual "Young Astronomer" Award, 2005
•Michelson Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2003
•Fulbright Fellowship, 1998-1999
•Polish Secretary of Education Prize Scholarship, 1995-1996
•Polish Secretary of Education Prize Scholarship, 1994-1995

Professional societies

•Member, Polish Astronomical Society, 2005-
•Member, American Astronomical Society, 2003-

Funding

•NASA, Origins of Solar Systems, "Extrasolar Planets in Binary Stellar Systems", Science Principal Investigator, 2004 -2007, $169, 000
•NASA /JPL, Michelson Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2003, $190,500

Press releases

•"NASA Scientist Finds World With Triple Sunsets", NASA, July 13, 2005
•"First Planet Under Three Suns Is Discovered", Caltech, July 13, 2005
•"Scientists Announce Smallest Extra-Solar Planet Yet Discovered and Find Outer Limits of the Pulsar Planetary System", Penn State University, February 7, 2005
•"Astronomers 'weigh' pulsar's planets", Caltech, May 29, 2003
•"Farthest Known Planet Opens the Door For Finding New Earths", Harvard/CfA, January 6, 2003

Selected media coverage on my research

•"When a World is Born", The Economist , October 12, 2006
•"Discovery of a First: A World With 3 Suns", The New York Times , July 15, 2005
•"Tristar planet", Geotimes , September 2005
•"The triple sunset that should not exist", Nature , July 11, 2005
•"Triple star planet", Sky & Telescope, July 13, 2005
•"Pack extra sunscreen", Astronomy Magazine, July 13, 2005
•"A flurry of exoplanet discoveries", Sky & Telescope, February 9, 2005
•"Micro-planets and mini-systems", Astronomy Magazine, February 16, 2005
•"A Tsunami of Hot Jupiters?", Science, January 23, 2003
•"A new way to find planets", Sky & Telescope, January 8, 2003
•"Planet Hunting: In Transit", The Economist, January 9, 2003
•"New Method Detects Planet Very Distant", The New York Times, January 7, 2003
•"Astronomy: Distant planet is the hottest yet", Nature, January 30, 2003