Staff:
- Head of the Department:
- Mirosław Nakonieczny, PhD, DSc
- Academic Teachers:
- Professor Paweł Migula (Emeritus Professor);
- Professor Maria Augustyniak, PhD, DSc
- Agnieszka Babczyńska, PhD DSc
- Alina Kafel, PhD, DSc
- Piotr Łaszczyca, PhD, DSc
- Grażyna Wilczek, PhD, DSc
- Jacek Francikowski, PhD
- Elżbieta Szulińska, PhD
- Monika Tarnawska, PhD
- Agata Bednarek, PhD
- Marta Dziewięcka, PhD
- Bartosz Łozowski, PhD
- Marta Sawadro, PhD
- Technical Staff:
- Andrzej Kędziorski, PhD
- Katarzyna Rozpędek, PhD
- Piotr Sindera, PhD
- Ilona Witas, MSc
- Ewa Świerczek, MSc
- Magdalena Skowronek, MSc
- Małgorzata Scheiki
Main field of research:
- stress reactions of selected invertebrates to chemical, physical or biological environmental factors;
- life history parameters of invertebrates in relation to environmental pressure;
- application of molecular biology techniques in monitoring of invertebrate fitness and condition;
- trade-off, energy allocation and calorimetry in invertebrate ecotoxicology;
- innate immunity markers in relation to external stressors;
- biotests in aquatic environment monitoring.
Unique resources of the Department:
- multigenerational (150 generations) cadmium-selected strain of a model species Spodoptera exigua;
- multigenerational strains of crickets of long- and short lifespan;
- newly-established strains of crickets with eye-color mutations (white- and yellow eyed crickets);
- multigenerational laboratory strain of the spiders Parasteatoda tepidariorum and Steatoda grossa;
- calorimetric microbomb;
For students:
- Erasmus +:
- Ecotoxicology
- Basics of animal physiology
- PhD studies on Advanced methods in biotechnology and biodiversity:
- Biomarkers in monitoring exposure and effects of xenobiotics in the environment;
- Effective Presentation Workshop.