Nikodym taught at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and University of Warsaw and at the Akademia Górnicza in Kraków in the years that followed. He moved to the United States in 1948 and joined the faculty of Kenyon College.
Nikodym educated at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and University of Warsaw, followed by his move to the United States in 1948, where he joined the Kenyon College faculty.