Dawid DRÓŻDŻ, Ph.D.

Evolution and biology of aetosaurs (Pseudosuchia).
Personal data
Dawid Dróżdż
born in 1991, Cieszyn, Poland
Academic degrees and memberships
- 2016 – Ph.D. student at the International Doctoral Studies Course in the Biological Sciences with the PAS in Warsaw; Institute of Paleobiology PAS, scientific supervisor Tomasz Sulej Ph.D., D.Sc.
- 2015 – M.Sc. in biology; "Osteology of manus and antebrachium of aetosaur from Krasiejów"; Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
- 2013-2015 – member of student's Scientific Circle of Terrain Paleobiologist, working at the Faculty of Geology UW
- 2013 – B.Sc. in biology; "Functional anatomy of osteoderm of thecodonts"; Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- 2012-2013 – member of Scientific Circle of Naturalist Students of Jagiellonian University, working at Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences UJ in Krakow
- 2012-2013 – member of Scientific Circle of Anthropologists, working at Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences UJ in Krakow
Scientific meetings
- 2015 – XIII Annual Meeting of European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologist; Opole; oral presentation: "Manus of the aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae from the lower Upper Triassic of Poland"
- 2015 – Progressive Paleontology; Bristol; poster: "Manus of the aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae from the early Late Triassic of Poland"
Field work/expeditions
- 2014 – organization and leading of paleontological expedition of students Scientific Circle of Evolutionary Biology, working at the Faculty of Biology UW, to Tejra, near Medenine, in south Tunisia
- 2013-2014 – leading IP PAS paleontological excavations in Woźniki locality, in Silesia, South-West Poland
- 2013 – participation in IP PAS paleontological expedition, to Vyazniki, near Moscow, in Russia
- 2011-2016 – participation in IP PAS paleontological excavations in Silesia, South-West Poland: in Krasiejów, Lisowice, Poręba and Miedary
Grants and international projects
- 2014 – research in polish-tunisian team during realization of the project of student's Scientific Circle of Evolutionary Biology: "Middle Triassic fauna of the Sahara Platform from Tunisia"; studies on material gathered during expedition to Tunisia in 2014
Science popularization
- 2016, 2014 – active participation in Science Picnic of Polish Radio and Center of Science Kopernik at National Stadium in Warsaw; service at the post of Museum of Evolution IP PAS
- 2015 – active participation in science picnic of National Geographic; service at the post of Museum of Evolution IP PAS
- 2014-2015 – organization of the post of student's Scientific Circle of Evolutionary Biology, working at the Faculty of Biology UW, during the Night of Biologist and Celebration of University of Warsaw
Other
- 2013-2015 – treasurer in student's Scientific Circle of Evolutionary Biology, working at the Faculty of Biology UW
- 2013 – co-organization of university conference "Rzecz o istocie człowieczeństwa" (About the essence of humanity) at Jagiellonian University in Kraków
- 2013 – help with organization of VIII Polish Nationwide Students Antropological Conference, at Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Conference abstracts and posters
Dróżdż, D. 2015. Manus of the aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae from the early Late Triassic of Poland. Progressive Paleontology, 9-11 April 2015, Bristol, United Kingdom