In 2000 he graduated from Wroclaw Academy of Economics with a master degree. His master thesis addressed the problem of empirical verification of popular option pricing models. The subject of his doctoral thesis, defended in 2007, was extreme value theory and its applications in financial risk analysis. His main areas of interest are risk management, portfolio management and portfolio performance evaluation. Currently, his interest is focused on life-cycle-spanning integrated model of household risk. Within the research he develops the building blocks of the model that are connected with household financial goals and their financing, investment portfolio of the household, its performance evaluation and risk control in the financial plan.