Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Twarda 51/55
00-818 Warsaw, POLAND
e-mail: k.humanski@twarda.pan.pl
phone: (+4822) 697-88-87;  room: 643

Personal data

Kamil Humański
Born in 1999, Szczecin, Poland
 

Degrees and Titles:

• Since 2024 PhD student, BioPlanet doctoral school, Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Supervisor: Przemysław Gorzelak, Ph.D., D.Sc.
• 2022-2024 MSc in Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Poland. Thesis: Ordovician crinoids from Siljan District (Sweden). Supervisors: Przemysław Gorzelak, Ph.D., D.Sc., Urszula Radwańska, Ph.D., D.Sc.
• 2019-2022 BSc in Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Poland, Thesis: Origin and evolution of Holocephali Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Michał Ginter

Scientific Conferences:

• 2025 ,,Fossil Insects – Bridging Past and Present’’, Kraków (participant)
• 2025 ,,Młodzi w Paleontologii XIII’’, Kraków (oral presentation)
• 2024 ,,Młodzi w Paleontologii XII’’, Warsaw (oral presentation)
• 2018 “16th International Echinoderm Conference”, Nagoya, Japan (poster)
• 2018 “London International Youth Science Forum”, London, United Kingdom (poster)

Studies, experiments and internships:

• 2025 Fossil collection studies at National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
• 2024 Live specimen study and experimentation, at the Laboratory of Marine Biology in Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
• 2023 Internship at IPaL PAN (sample preparation for geochemical analysis)
• 2022-2025 Field works in Owadów-Brzezinki, Poland
• 2018 Fossil collection studies at Museum of Evolution – Uppsala University
• 2018-2025 Field works in Siljansringen, Sweden

Research Grants:

NCN 2023/51/B/ST10/01640 (Evolutionary optimization of echinoderm microstructures: the origin and functional significance of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface stereom patterns; PI: P. Gorzelak) – (contractor, as a PhD student)

Additional Activities:

• 2025 – Participating in science fair “Urodziny Dyzia” at the stand of IPal PAN
• 2024 – Participating in science fair in Muzeum Ziemi at the stand of Koło Naukowe Biologii Ewolucyjnej
• Since 2024 – member of social media team at IPal PAN

Scientific papers

Humański K., Facchini G., Croce J., Kołbuk D., Dubois P., Gorzelak P. 2026. Morphogenesis of the diamond-type stereom microlattice and the origin of saddle-shaped minimal surfaces in the echinoderm skeleton. Acta Biomaterialia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2026.01.016. [text - journal site]