OUR TEAM
Weronika Antoł
Weronika obtained her MSc and PhD degrees in Biology from the Jagiellonian University (Poland). Her research interests include the conservation of amphibians and experimental evolution in nematodes. Currently she's an adjunct at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, PAS, where she focuses on the molecular and physiological aspects of health and disease in honeybees.

Photo: Weronika Antoł / Private collection

Photo: Leszek Zych / POLITYKA
Krzysztof Miler
Krzysztof obtained his MSc in Biology and an MA in Psychology from the Jagiellonian University (Poland). This was followed by a PhD in Biology from the same institution. Later, he completed a post-doc stay at Tel Aviv University (Israel). Currently, he's a professor at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, PAS. His projects and interests focus on cognitive ecology and addiction biology.
Monika Ostap-Chec
Monika studied solitary bees for her two MSc degrees in Biology and Natural Resources Management obtained from the Jagiellonian University (Poland). Currently, she's a PhD student in Biology there and investigates the short- and long-term effects of dietary alcohol on the honeybee. Monika has beekeeping qualifications and a keen interest in popularizing knowledge about pollinators.

Photo: Monika Ostap-Chec / Private collection

Photo: Jakub Włodek / Agencja Wyborcza.pl
Daniel Stec
Daniel obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Biology from the Jagiellonian University (Poland). Now, he's a professor at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, PAS. His research centers around taxonomy, systematics, biodiversity, and ecology of tardigrades with a strong integrative approach. In turn, his personal passion is beekeeping.
Bartłomiej Surmacz
Bartłomej obtained his MSc in Biology from the Jagiellonian University (Poland). Currently, he continues his education as a PhD student at the same University. He is involved in several projects that deal with different aspects of ecology, botany, population genetics, forestry, and meiofauna research.

Photo: Bartłomiej Surmacz / Private collection
INTERNS

Krystian Budzik
Krystian is a BSc student in Biology at the Jagiellonian University (Poland). He is training his skills in an integrative data collection for tardigrade research, and field work.

Yelyzaveta Matsko
Liza completes her PhD degree in Biology at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). In our team, she participates in the projects related to tardigrade patterns of diversity and distribution.

Daniele Camarda
Daniele just obtained his PhD degree at the University of Catania (Italy). During his internship in our team, he conducts the project on DNA barcoding of Italian tardigrades.
ALUMNI
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Szymon Grzesik (intern)
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Monika Opałek (intern)
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Daniele Camarda (intern)
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Jędrzej Warguła (intern)
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Marta Golańska (intern)
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Jakub Godziek (intern)
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Daniel Bajorek (MSc student)
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Matteo Vecchi (Polonez Bis fellow)
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Filip Turza (PhD student)