Józef Smak#
| Membership Number: | 800 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 Full professor, University of Warsaw
- 1995 - 1998 Director of the Department of Astronomy, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1974 - 1981 Director of the Department of Astronomy, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1971 Professor, Department of Astronomy, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1965 1971 Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1958 Assistant, senior assistant and assistant professor at the Department of Astronomy, University of Warsaw
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolution of stars
- Tight binary systems
- Variable stars
Honours and Awards
- 1986 Correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, since 1998 full member
- Member of the Polish Astronomical Society
- Member of the International Astronomical Union
- 1973 Gold Cross of Merit
- 1990 Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 2002 Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 1961, 1965 Youth Award of the Polish Astronomical Society
