Department of Evolutionary Paleobiology

Head of the Department:

Andrzej KAIM, Ph.D., D.Sc.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Early ontogeny and phylogeny of Mesozoic gastropods; evolution of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems; paleoecology of Mesozoic fossil assemblages; trends in body-size evolution

Maria Aleksandra BITNER, Ph.D., D.Sc.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Cretaceous and Cenozoic brachiopods

Błażej BŁAŻEJOWSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Microfossils, evolution of marine arthropods, paleoclimatic and environmental changes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions

Łucja FOSTOWICZ-FRELIK, Ph.D., D.Sc.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of mammals Working Group]
Phylogeny and evolution of Glires (Mammalia)

Adam T. HALAMSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Cretaceous leaf floras; brachiopods (Silurian to Jurassic, mainly Middle Devonian); plant microtaxonomy (Ranunculus auricomus aggr.)

Krzysztof HRYNIEWICZ, Ph.D.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Systematics and phylogeneny of bivalves; evolution and the fossil record of chemosymbiotic ecosystems; polar faunas, paleontology of the paleogene

Anna KOZŁOWSKA, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Silurian graptoloids (retiolitids): phylogeny, evolution, and systematics

Sergi LÓPEZ-TORRES, Ph.D.
Phylogeny and evolution of Euarchontoglires (Mammalia)

Marcin MACHALSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
[Paleoecology and Evolution of Mesozoic nekton Working Group]
Late Cretaceous ammonites; K-Pg biotic and abiotic events; taphonomy of mid-Cretaceous marine vertebrates

Daniel MADZIA, Ph.D.
Phylogeny of dinosaurs; taxonomy and paleoecology of Cretaceous marine reptiles

Justyna SŁOWIAK - MORKOVINA, Ph.D.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of mammals Working Group]
Phylogeny and evolution of Lagomorpha (Mammalia); Phylogeny and evolution of dinosaurs

Tomasz SULEJ, Ph.D., D.Sc.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of reptiles Working Group]
Triassic labyrinthodonts: phylogeny, evolution, and systematics

Tomasz SZCZYGIELSKI, Ph.D.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of reptiles Working Group]
Triassic turtles, genesis of Testudines; diversity, evolution and phylogeny of reptiles

Andrzej Stefan WOLNIEWICZ, Ph.D.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of mammals Working Group]
Evolution and palaeobiology of Glires; systematics, phylogeny and evolution of Ichthyopterygias

 

Ph.D. students:

mgr Sofia BAKAYEVA, M.Sc.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Gastropods diversity and distribution in the Cretaceous; Origin and evolution of Neogastropoda; Cretaceous part of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution

mgr Michał CZERNIELEWSKI
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of mammals Working Group]
Rodents (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Late Pliocene site of Węże 2: systematics, biogeography and ecomorphology

Dawid DRÓŻDŻ, M.Sc.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of reptiles Working Group]
Evolution and biology of aetosaurs (Pseudosuchia)

Oksana MALCHYK, M.Sc.
[Paleoecology and Evolution of Mesozoic nekton Working Group]
Cretaceous paleontology, bivalves, nautiloids

Maciej Krzysztof PINDAKIEWICZ, M.Sc.
[Evolution of benthic ecosystems Working Group]
Otoliths and statoliths of mesosoic fishes and cephalopods

Anwesha SAHA, M.Sc.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of mammals Working Group]
Stratigraphic and geographic distribution of Glires

Retired staff:

Andrzej BALIŃSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Devonian and Carboniferous brachiopods

Magdalena BORSUK-BIAŁYNICKA, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Mesozoic lizards; Triassic diapsids

Jerzy DZIK, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Early metazoan phylogeny and evolution of conodont apparatuses

Hubert SZANIAWSKI , Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Scolecodonts, chaethognaths, and conodonts: phylogeny and evolution