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

Łukasz CZEPIŃSKI, Ph.D.
Evolution of archosaurs, late Cretaceous dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert, reptiles of the Polish Keuper

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

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

Adam RYTEL, M.Sc.
[Evolutionary morphology and paleobiology of reptiles Working Group]
Biology of Tanystropheidae (Archosauromorpha)

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

Former 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

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

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