Habilitated doctor of agricultural sciences (discipline of veterinary sciences) employed as Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM). He conducts interdisciplinary research focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the response of fish to the presence of environmental pollutants, both of natural and anthropogenic origin (e.g., mycotoxins, cyanotoxins, or polycyclic aromatics hydrocarbons).