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
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)
- 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.
- 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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