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Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz

Date and place of birth: 25 April 1966 in Sośnie, Poland

Primary school: 1973-1981 in Cieszyn, Poland

High school: 1981-1986, Forestry Technical School in Milicz, Poland

University: 1986-1991, Faculty of Forestry, Agricultural University in Poznań, Poland

Professor's nomination

2011


Employment: since 01.11.1991, Agricultural University in Poznań, presently the Poznań University of Life Sciences

01.11.1991 - 31.03.1999 – the position of assistant lecturer (M.Sc.)

01.04.1999 - 30.04.2011 – the position of Assistant Professor [adjunkt] (Ph.D., Assistant Professor)

since 01.05.2011 – the position of Professor (full Professor)

Scope of taught courses

- nature conservation,

- ecology,

- zoology of vertebrates,

- forestry and game management,

- economic, conservation and social functions of forests,

- esthetics and cultural roles of forests,

- microscopic techniques,

- foundations of research methods,

- acarology.

Research institutions, in which research projects were executed or courses were taught

- Romanian Academy of Science (2003),

- Sogn og Fjordane University (Norway) (2005, 2007),

- Research Station of Adam Mickiewicz University in Petuniabuhkta, Spitsbergen, Norway  (2007),

- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (2008, 2014, 2015),

- Humboldt Universität, Berlin (2009),

- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München (2009),

- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München (2009, 2016),

- University of Bergen, Norway (2009),

- University Centre in Svalbard, Spitsbergen (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013),

- Experimental Institute for Agricultural Zoology, Florence (2006, 2009, 2016),

- Comenius University, Bratislava (2010),

- Research Station Panguana, Peru (2011, 2016),

- Russian Academy of Science, Rostov (2012),

- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia (2012),

- Shahrekord University, Iran (2013, 2017),

- Hokkaido University, Japan (2014),

- Irkutsk State Agrarian University, Russia (2015),

- Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, King George Island (2016),

- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (2018),

- Field Museum, Chicago, USA (2018),

- University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, USA (2018),

- Ohio State University, USA (2018),

- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece (2018, 2019),

- Polish Research Station in Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Norway (2019).

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completed research projects