He has focused on moss systematics of the Southern Hemisphere, specifically in the families Amblystegiaceae, Dicranaceae, Grimmiaceae, and Seligeriaceae.
He obtained his masters in botany in 1972 while studying under Jan Kornaś [pl], and earned his doctorate in 1976.
[2] He took part in the Fourth Antarctic Expedition of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he studied bryology on King George Island from 1979 to 1980.
Together they have undertook several bryological expeditions and made large contributions to the herbarium of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
[2] In 1986, botanist and mycologist Jiří Váňa [cs] circumscribed the moss genus Ochyraea, which is in the family Amblystegiaceae and named in Rysard's honor.