Research staff
Maria Aleksandra BITNER, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Cretaceous and Cenozoic brachiopods
Błażej BŁAŻEJOWSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Microfossils, evolution of marine arthropods, paleoclimatic and environmental changes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions
Agata BONK, M.Sc.
Sunken wood communities
Milan CHROUST, Ph.D.
Turtles from Czechia and Poland: An overview of common evolution in Central Europe since the Triassic until Recent
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.,
Phylogeny and evolution of Glires (Mammalia)
Przemysław GORZELAK, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Biomineralization of echinoderm skeleton, Mesozoic crinoids (Crinoidea), predator-prey interactions
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.,D.Sc.
Systematics and phylogeneny of bivalves; evolution and the fossil record of chemosymbiotic ecosystems; polar faunas, paleontology of the paleogene
Katarzyna JANISZEWSKA, Ph.D.
Cretaceous scleractinian corals: biomineralization and diagenesis
Andrzej KAIM, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
Early ontogeny and phylogeny of Mesozoic gastropods; evolution of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems; paleoecology of Mesozoic fossil assemblages; trends in body-size evolution
Anna KOZŁOWSKA, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Silurian graptoloids (retiolitids): phylogeny, evolution, and systematics
Barbara KREMER, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
Cyanobacterial mats, black cherts, microbialites, taphonomy and paleobiology of acritarchs, paleogeomicrobiology, biosedimentology
Magdalena ŁUKOWIAK, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Demosponges and siliceous biomineralization, Mesozoic crinoids, fossil ascidia and their taxonomy
Marcin MACHALSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
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
Wojciech MAJEWSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Antarctic foraminifera, Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstructions, mid-Miocene climate change; formerly: Middle Jurassic ammonites
Alicja OWCZAREK, M.Sc.
Paleoproteomics of fossil fish otoliths
Krzysztof OWOCKI , Ph.D.
Geochemistry, mineralogy and taphonomy of Cretaceous dinosaur bones from the Gobi Desert
Rafał PIECHOWSKI, Ph.D.
Functional anatomy of dinosaurs (including birds), crocodilians, turtles, synapsids, early tetrapods and other animal groups (based on skeletal and musculature reconstruction)
Adam RYTEL, M.Sc.
Biology of Tanystropheidae (Archosauromorpha)
Justyna SŁOWIAK, Ph.D.
Phylogeny and evolution of Lagomorpha (Mammalia); Phylogeny and evolution of dinosaurs
Jarosław STOLARSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor,
Mechanisms of biomineralization, origin and evolution of Anthozoa
Tomasz SULEJ, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
Triassic labyrinthodonts: phylogeny, evolution, and systematics
Tomasz SZCZYGIELSKI, Ph.D.
Triassic turtles, genesis of Testudines; diversity, evolution and phylogeny of reptiles
Andrzej Stefan WOLNIEWICZ, Ph.D.
Evolution and palaeobiology of Glires; systematics, phylogeny and evolution of Ichthyopterygias
Former and 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
Ismael CORONADO VILA, Ph.D.
Biominerals and biomaterials: Structure, composition and crystallography
Michał CZERNIELEWSKI, Ph.D.
Rodents (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Late Pliocene site of Węże 2: systematics, biogeography and ecomorphology
Dawid DRÓŻDŻ, Ph.D.
Evolution and biology of aetosaurs (Pseudosuchia)
Jerzy DZIK, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Early metazoan phylogeny and evolution of conodont apparatuses
Katarzyna FRANKOWIAK, Ph.D.
[Biostructures and Biomineralization Working Group]
Triassic scleractinian corals, coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis
Andrzej GAŹDZICKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Triassic-Jurassic microfossils: biostratigraphy, ecology, biogeography of the Tetyhs Realm and the Arctic; climate change during the Cenozoic and origin and evolution of the Antarctic biota
Józef KAŹMIERCZAK, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Fossil and recent cyanobacterial mats, biosedimentology, paleogeomicrobiology, calcareous algae, sclerosponges, biocalcification processes in space and time, astrobiology
Zofia KIELAN-JAWOROWSKA, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., Professor
Mesozoic mammals, trilobites and polychaete jaw apparatuses
Dorota KOŁBUK, Ph.D.
[Biostructures and Biomineralization Working Group]
Diet and environmental parameters influencing Mg/Ca ratio of echinoderm skeleton
Sergi LÓPEZ-TORRES, Ph.D.
Phylogeny and evolution of Euarchontoglires (Mammalia)
Ewa OLEMPSKA-RONIEWICZ, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Palaeozoic ostracodes, foraminifers, and problematic microfossils: stratigraphy, paleoecology, evolution
Danuta PERYT, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Permian, Cretaceous, and Miocene foraminifera, Miocene calcareous nannoplankton
Maciej Krzysztof PINDAKIEWICZ, Ph.D.
Otoliths and statoliths of mesosoic fishes and cephalopods
Andrzej PISERA, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Fossil and Recent sponges, especially lithistids; biosilicification; Mesozoic crinoids; fossil and Recent coralline red algae
Ewa RONIEWICZ, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Mesozoic scleractinian corals: skeletal microstructures
Hubert SZANIAWSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor
Scolecodonts, chaethognaths, and conodonts: phylogeny and evolution
Janina SZCZECHURA, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor emeritus
Ostracodes, foraminifers and bolboforms (calcareous phytoplankton) from the Miocene of Carpathian Foredeep and its paleoecologic and paleogeographic significance.
Ryszard WRONA, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Early Palaeozoic palaeontology and biostratigraphy