CURRICULUM VITAE Personal data Andrzej Baliński Instytut Paleobiologii PAN Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland born 8 November 1946 in Warszawa, Poland married, one daughter Research Interests Early Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from southern China. Late Devonian brachiopod successions and Frasnian–Famennian biotic crisis. Evolution of the embryonic shell in lingulid brachiopods. Academic Degrees 2005. Professor of paleontology 1995. Doctor habilitatus degree in geology at Instytut Paleobiologii PAN. 1979. Doctoral degree in natural sciences at Zakład Paleobiologii PAN 1970. Master of Science in geology at Uniwersytet Warszawski Research grants and scientific expeditions 2009-2012. Leader of the research grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) on the Ordovician brachiopods and associated fauna from Hubei Province (China). 2004-2007. Leader of research grant from the Polish Committee of Scientific Research on Early Carboniferous silicified fauna of Muhua ( South China ). 2004-2005. Co-author (with Prof. Hubert Szaniawski as a leader) of the NATO grant “Environmental changes on the Silurian–Devonian boundary in the Dnestr Basin, Ukraine” . 2004. Paleontological investigation during expedition to Podolia (Ukraine) 2002-2005. Co-author (with Prof. Grzegorz Racki as a leader) of research grant from the Polish Committee of Scientific Research: „Ecosystem aspects of the great isotope anomaly at the lower–middle Frasnian boundary (upper Devonian) 2002 Short-term scholarship at Natural History Museum (London) granted by the SYS RECOURSES 1998-2000. Co-author (with Prof. Grzegorz Racki as a leader) of research grant from the Polish Committee of Scientific Research: ”Ecosystem aspects of the Late Devonian biotic crisis”. 1979. Member of the Polish Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen. 1974. Member of the Pleontological Expedition to Spitsbergen. 1971. Member of the Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition to Gobi Desert (Mongolia). Editorial work 1993-present. Head of Publishing Department of the Institute of Paleobiology, production manager and half-tone image editor of Palaeontologia Polonica and Acta Palaeotologica Polonica. 2006. Guest editor of the thematic issue of Acta Palaeotologica Polonica vol. 51 No. 4: Biotic aspects of the Early–Middle Frasnian eventful transition. 2002. Guest editor of the thematic issue of Acta Palaeotologica Polonica vol. 47 No. 2: Biotic responses to the Late Devonian global events. 1998. Guest editor of the thematic issue of Acta Palaeotologica Polonica vol. 43 No. 2: The brachiopods and the Frasnian–Famennian biotic crisis.