Prof. Hazem M. Kalaji

Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) Department of Plant Physiology

Faculty of Agriculutre and Biology Nowoursynowska 166, 02-776 Warszawa

Institute of Technology and Life Sciences ITP, Falenty, PL

Vice Chair of The Scientific Committee MSCA, European Commission, BE Assessor of ‘HR excellence in research’ award, European Commission, BE Expert of Erasmus+ (EMJMD), European Commission, BE

Coordinator of TRIFFID Project- White Hill Company, Białystok, PL Associate Editor - Photosynthetica, Springer, CZ

Member of UK Controlled Environment Users' Group, UK

Scientific consultant in Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East: http://www.hansatech-instruments.com/

http://ppsystems.com/ http://www.bbe-moldaenke.de/en/ http://www.force-a.com/en/ http://www.skyeinstruments.com/

Polish Scholarly Bibliography (PBN) ID: 922205

Researcher's ID: E-8086-2012 - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-8086-2012 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3833-4917

Scopus Author ID: 6504454079 - http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=6504454079 Phone: +48 664 943 484

Email: [email protected] https://sites.google.com/a/kalaji.pl/kalaji/

Fields of expertise: stress physiology, photosynthesis, photosynthetic productivity and efficiency, plant talk, phenotyping, machine learning, artificial intelligence in biology and agriculture, plant phentotyping, monitoring of marine and land environemnts.

Bibliometric data

SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM VITAE

I was born on September 1, 1960 in Aleppo, Syria. After graduating with a very good high school Al- Mutanabi in Aleppo in 1978, I started full-time studies at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Agricultural Academy in Aleppo. Title: MSc. Eng. Agricultural sciences with the specialty of yielding plants I  obtained in 1983 on the basis of my master's thesis entitled "Crop yield of wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.) Under drought conditions" made under the supervision of prof. Nazir Sankari. In the same year, I started working as an assistant professor at the Department of Plant Physiology at the Faculty of Agriculture, at the branch of the Agricultural Academy in Der Alzor.

In 1985, I received a doctoral scholarship in Poland as part of a bilateral agreement between the Syrian government and the Polish. After completing the one-year study of Polish Language at the University of Lodz (obligatory language course for foreigners) in 1987, the Polish Ministry of National Education sent me to doctoral studies at the Department of Soil Science, Agricultural University in Wroclaw. My research topic was to be the effect of salinity on the growth of crops. In the same year, as a result of the change of the work profile prescribed by the Syrian Ministry of National Education, I continued my doctoral studies at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Initially, under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Czerwiński, at the Department of Soil Science, I studied the composition and physiochemical properties of Syrian soils to determine their typical salinity. After a short stay at the Department of Soil Science, I went to the Department of Plant Physiology, WULS-SGGW, where I had the opportunity to participate in the statutory research of the Chair entitled: "Physiological foundations of plant productivity". at that time, I also conducted my own research entitled "Photosynthesis and photosynthetic productivity of crop plants". Doctoral dissertation under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Emil Nalborczyk, Ph.D. in 1993, obtained Ph.D. in agricultural sciences in the field of plant physiology, on the seedling growth and gas exchange of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings. The work received a distinction from the Agricultural Faculty of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. After obtaining the doctoral degree, I worked at the Department of Plant Physiology of WULS-SGGW as a senior technical consultant, and then in 1995- 1997 as an adjunct professor. in the years 1997 - 1999, I cooperated scientifically with the Department of Plant Physiology of SGGW as part of contracts for the creation and commissioning (contractor of several grants). From 2000 to the present, I am a research and didactic employee, employed as a lecturer at the Department of Plant Physiology, WULS-SGGW.

I obtained the academic degree of habilitation with distinction from the Faculty Council in 2013 at the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW. in my postdoctoral thesis, I undertook to investigate the reaction of the photosynthetic apparatus of spring barley plants (Hordeum vulgare L.) of the A. Abiad and A. Aswad strains to the effects of abiotic stresses using chlorophyll fluorescence measurement method a. They are simple and reliable tools that allow for quick and non-invasive assessment of the physiological status of some components of photosystem II (PSII), conveyors in the electron transport chain and interaction of the reaction of the photosynthetic light phase with the efficiency of the biochemical processes in the dark phase. to obtain information on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus, as well as energy flow through PSII and electron transport, the so-called JIP test. to assess the reaction of the photosynthetic apparatus to the applied abiotic stresses I also used the chlorophyll fluorescence imaging a, recording of the 820nm transmission signal and evaluation of the relative chlorophyll content in the photosynthetic organs. In this work, I assessed the impact of 16 abiotic stresses on the functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus of barley. These were: low and high intensity of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), low and high temperature, drought, salinity, herbicides, heavy metals (cadmium and lead), and shortage of macro- and microelements (calcium, sulfur, magnesium, potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, iron). I have conducted experiments in the laboratories of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, as well as in the Bioenergetics Laboratory of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The research shows that barley plants of the Arabi Aswad cultivar show Arabi Abiad, a barley different than plants, a strategy for overcoming stress.

Since obtaining the postdoctoral degree, I focus on cognitive research in the structure and functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants in response to stress and on the molecular basis of these reactions.

During all my work, I enriched my knowledge and professional experience through participation in courses, internships, and especially during joint work that I conducted in foreign scientific and research institutions. I have repeatedly presented the results of my research at national and international symposia, conferences and scientific seminars.

As part of my didactic activity, I promoted 9 masters and 10 engineers, six of them based on my theses in English. I promoted three doctors (one of which was defended with distinction), I was an auxiliary promoter in two defended doctoral theses. Another five young scientists have already launched a doctoral dissertation. At full-time and part-time studies, I tought and provided lectures to students of Agriculture, Biology and Horticulture Agriculture. For students who are studying as part of the international Socrates / Erasmus exchange, I teach in English lectures and exercises in subjects related to plant physiology and plant yielding physiology under the influence of changing climatic conditions, as well as the use of modern control and measurement equipment in biological and agricultural research.

I am the Vice-President of the MSCA-IF competition in the European Commission in Brussels (in FP7 and H2020 programs) and the editor of the magazine Photosynthetica (IF5lat 1.283) and several other international magazines. As part of international contact, I have established cooperation with dozens of institutions and universities from around the world (eg. from India, China, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy and many others). I was and have been the coordinator/manager/principle invistiagtor or contractor of numerous grants.

EDUCATION

2013 - Habilitation degree in Agricultural Sciences in the field of Agronomy, specialty: Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (distinction of scientific achievements by the Habilitation Committee and the Council of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences).

1993- Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences in the field of Agronomy, specialty: Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences in SGGW (Distinction of the Agricultural Faculty Council of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences). Work titled 'Salinity effects of NaCl on growth and gas exchange of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings'. Promoter prof. Emil Nalborczyk.

1983 - Master's degree in agriculture, Agricultural University, University of Aleppo, Syria. Work titled "Crop yield of wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.) Under drought conditions", Promoter prof. Nazir Sankari.

PROCESS OF EMPLOYMENT

PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS

Summary of publications (before and after obtaining the academic degree of Docotor of Sceinces)

*including 24 as a correspondent author

PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND PROJECTS

• Grant contractor NCN No. 2675 / B / P01 / 2011/40 "Development of a method for assessing the efficiency of water use by monocotyledonous crops by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange", 2011-2014.


• MNiSW grant contract No. N R12 0098 10 "The use of phosphites as resistance elicitors for root pathogens in forest nurseries and stands", 2010-2013.


• Project contractor KSI-POKL.04.01.01.-00-232 / 08-0 "Program for modernizing education in WULS- SGGW to ensure competitiveness and high competence of graduates", financed under the Human Capital Operational Program (POKL) and co-financed from the European Fund Social, 2009-2013


• IHAR-PIB Project Contractor no. 4-3-00-3-03 "Determination of physiological indicators of tuberization and yielding of potato plants using classic growth analysis and using modern control and measurement equipment for their use in breeding", 2003-2007.


• The contractor of the KBN instrument grant "Supplementing the scientific and research apparatus for the Department of Plant Physiology with control and measurement devices for the study of crop response to stress", 2000-2001.


• Grant contractor 5P06B02515 "The use of photosynthetic active radiation for the production of traditional and semi-wood biomass for winter forms of triticale, wheat and rye", 1999-2004.


• Organizing and launching a tissue culture workshop at the Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, WULS-SGGW. 1994. within the framework of the university grant, technical works related to the creation of a tissue culture workshop were designed and made, and the necessary apparatus was purchased and launched. The laboratory was used for the in vitro production of Miscantus gigantus seedlings, mini potato tubers and for didactic purposes (specialty: Plant biotechnology).


• Deputy head of the scientific and research topic "Determination of physiological indicators of tuberisation and yielding of potato plants using modern control and measurement equipment". The order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 2002-2007.


• Research contractor in the BIOSTRATEG2 / 296369/5 / NCBR / 2016 project; PBOSPBC: "Processing of waste biomass in combined biological and chemical processes" (Task 6 in the evaluation of chlorophyll fluorescence in microalgae cultures), 2016-2019. Total value of the project: PLN 29 591 845.


• Project coordinator no. POIR.01.01.01-20-1911 / 15 titled: "Triffid - a product of the future of the Metalworking Cluster (KKK). White Hill synergy of cooperation in the R & D area of the "Intelligent

Development Operational Program, Priority Axis: Support for conducting R & D works by enterprises. Activities: R & D projects of enterprises, 2016-2020. Total value of the project: PLN 8,744,817.80.

• Manger of mini grant INCUBATOR, titled: "iPlant - remote system of physiological monitoring of plants" (2018) Total value of the mini project: PLN 55 000. The Mini Grant is implemented as part of the Innovation + Incubator program awarded to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Leader) and Hugo Agricultural University Kołłątaja in Krakow (Partner) The grant is implemented as part of the system project Supporting the management of scientific research and commercialization of R & D results in scientific units and enterprises, implemented under the Intelligent Development Operational Program 2014-2020.The total value of the project: PLN 2,200,000 .


• NCBR grant coordinator "The saving of water resources and improvement of air quality through the use of retention rainwater" in and the edition of the strategic program for scientific research and development "Natural environment, agriculture and forestry" - BIOSTRATEG, 2014-2017 - ID: 270606 (no agreement has yet been signed with NCBR for administrative reasons, despite a positive evaluation of the grant and granting financial resources - NCBR Decision No. DZP / BIOSTRATEG-I / 2489). Total value of the project: PLN 20,321,015.

COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES, SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES AND RESEARCH CENTERS

• Agroecological University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

• Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Research / Kacst Herbarium, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  
  
  
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
  
  
  
  

• Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia

• Bioenergetics Laboratory, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

• ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas), Aleppo, Syria

• Botany Department, Bareilly College, Bareilly, India

• Faculty of Agricultural Biotechnology, Florence, Italy

• Department of Agriculture, USAMV, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• Universidade de Aveiro, CESAM Center for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal

• Environmental Institute of Scientific Networks EISN-INSTITUTE, Germany

• Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt

• Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil

• Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

• Institute of Fundamental Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia


• Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Faculty of Biology, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria
  
  
  
  • Horticultural Department, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valencia, Spain
  
  
  
  

• Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment Via del Borghetto, Pisa, Italy

• Plant Lighting BV, Bunnik, the Netherlands

• School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India

• Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

• Center for Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India

• Department of Plant Production, Universitat Polite`cnica de Vale`ncia, Valencia, Spain

• Department of Biology, CESAM - Centro de Estudos to Ambiente e do Mar, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  
  
  
  • Research Board for Palm Oil, Andhra Pradesh, India
  
  
  
  

• Department of Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, USA

• Institute of Plant Physiology, INFIVE (Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı'ficas y Te'cnicas), La Plata, Argentina
  
  
  
  • Faculty of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
  
  
  
  

• Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

• Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

COOPERATION WITH THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS/SECTORS

• Scientific representation - role: research and development research towards the creation and improvement of scientific and research portable and computerized instruments/devices to be used in the field of plant biology and physiology (development of prototypes and technical assistance) in the following companies:

-       Hansatech Instruments Ltd, Narborough Road, Pentney, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1JL, United Kingdom

-       bbe Moldaenke GmbH, Preetzer Chaussee 177, 24222 Schwentinental, GERMANY

-       FORCE-A, Université Paris Sud - Bâtiment 503, Rue du Belvédère, 91893 ORSAY CEDEX, France

-       Skye Instruments Ltd, 21 Ddole Enterprise Park, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6DF, United Kingdom

-       PP Systems International, Inc. 110 Haverhill Road, Suite 301, Amesbury, MA 01913 USA

-       Green Architecture Company (Poland). Monitoring of the physiological condition of the grass at the National Stadium in Warsaw, by measuring the fluorescence of chlorophyll.

Preparation for the European Football Championship 2012 (EURO 2012).

-       Avgust Crop Protection Company (Ukraine). Monitoring the physiological state of plants by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence.

-       COOLEX Libner Company - Brzostowski Company (Poland). Monitoring the physiological status of fruit by means of chlorophyll fluorescence measurement (SGGW experimental field in Wilanów, Warsaw).

-       AB System Company (Poland). Monitoring the physiological state of vertical garden plants by measuring the chlorophyll fluorescence.

-       Headwall company (Poland). Monitoring the physiological status of plants using drone.

-       Fly & Watch Company (Poland). Monitoring the physiological status of plants using drone.

-       Bobus Lab. Sp. z o.o. Company, Pacanowice (Poland). Bionic greenhouse - standardization of plant lighting processes in crops under cover, taking into account the plant's demand for mineral components, H₂O and CO₂.

-       "Lafoge" Company Wiesław Ksztoń (Poland). Modern development of lighting in greenhouses based on the measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence.

-       Norbert Kochanowski company. " Development of a biofeedback system for quality control and light intensity optimal for plants.

-       Clean World Energy Systems Company (Poland). Comprehensive CHP, P2G & P2P technology, a new era in power engineering, chemistry and environmental protection.

-       IQGarden Company (Poland). Development of a remote plant monitoring system for the Polish Green Wall project (EMP) in the IQ GARDEN monitoring system for the Rotunda Bank PKO BP SA building in Warsaw at Rondo Dmowskiego (Warsaw City Centre).

IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGIES, STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, SOLUTIONS AND PROCEDURES

Innovative remote system for monitoring the physiological condition of plants "iPlant" developed as part of the Incubator of Innovation + project (Warsaw University of Life Sciences). The product is in the form of a prototype. TRL level is IV. The notified subject of commercialization does not yet have the protection of intellectual property rights. It was not registered in the Polish patent office or in a foreign office. The subject of commercialization is not protected due to the use of "Open Source" IT tools and the use of commercial image converters (available on the market). iPlant is a non-invasive health monitoring system based on metabolic data coming directly from plants. It was created in response to the needs of enterprises (among others, vegetable producers under covers at an industrial scale), eg. "Lafoge" Wiesław Ksztoń, "Bobus" Borowiak Łukasz and "Norbert Kochanowski", sports facilities and others. Solutions applied in iPlant technology will contribute to the development of Polish companies and increase their revenues, which will create the possibility of business expansion.

In addition, the system will support the development of certified crop systems under cover, capable of competing on international markets. An additional benefit is the construction of human capital by employing scientists, specialists, diagnostics and experts in the areas of sustainable crop cultivation, plant intelligence and their impact on improving the quality and profitability of crops.

Possible patent reservation of the system may give the possibility to build sales through own production and sell to third parties the rights to use proprietary products at a later period, after the expansion on the domestic market, internationalization of the iPlant brand.

SUPEVISION (PROMOTOR)

Comleted Doctorates

1. PhD Student Name

and Surname

Kristýna

Thesis title                             Institute                  Defense date

Fakulta Agrobiológie A

Kunderlíková

1

(Co-supervisor)

Klaudia Brücková

2

(Co-supervisor)

Jacek Mojski

Regulation of photosynthesis of wheat mutants chlorophyll- deficient in changing conditions

Phenotyping of Salad genetic resources in terms of production and quality in changing environmental conditions

Photosynthetic productivity of ornamental plants from the resources of rural home gardens used in vertical

Potravinových Zdrojov, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita V Nitre, Slovakia

Fakulta Agrobiológie A Potravinových Zdrojov, Slovenská Poľnohospodárska Univerzita V Nitre, Slovakia

Institute of Technology

16.08.2016

30.08.2017

3

(PhD defended with honors from the Scientific Council of ITP)

garden conditions

The usefulness of the

and Life Sciences (ITP)  31.08.2018

4             Henryk Kociel

structural substrate for the development of trees in urban areas

Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP)

03.09.2018

5          Tomasz Horaczek           The reaction of the            Institute of Technology    06.09.2018

6        Izabela Samborska

photosynthetic apparatus Miscanthus giganteus plants

(Miscanthus x gigantheus Anderss.) Growing in conditions of deficiency of selected macroelements in the substrate

The effect of deficiency of selected mineral components on the performance of the photosynthetic apparatus in radish plants

and Life Sciences (ITP)

Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

18.04.2019

Runing Doctorates

1. PhD Student Name                  Thesis title                               Institute and Surname

Functioning of photosynthetic

Thesis opening date

1          Magdalena Cetner

2         Szymon Rusinowski

apparatus of radish plants (Raphanus sativus L. var. Sativus) growing in conditions of deficiency of selected mineral components

Efficiency and intensity of the photosynthesis process of energy crops grown on soils contaminated with heavy metals

Developing a control system for

Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

Institute of Technology and

28.01.2016

07.06.2018

3              Adam Adamski

intelligent greenhouse lighting management based on LED

Development of an intelligent system for data collection based

Life Sciences (ITP)     27.06.2018

4               Adam Ławicki

on image analysis from visible light cameras and a mobile platform moving in a greenhouse environment

Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP)

27.06.2018

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES - DELIVERING PAPERS

Before obtaining the academic degree of Docotr of Sceinces

Regularly for many years at every stage of my academic career I have been actively participating in scientific conferences, which are for me a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience. in the period before obtaining the posdoctoral degree, I delivered papers at 27 conferences, including 25 in English at international conferences.

After obtaining the academic degree of Docotr of Sceinces

Invariably for many years at every stage of my academic career I have been actively participating in scientific conferences, which are for me a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience. in the period after obtaining the postdoctoral degree, I delivered papers at 27 conferences, including 17 in English at international conferences.

PARTICIPATION AS EXPERT IN PROJECTS ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION

Before obtaining the academic degree of Docotr of Sceinces

For many years, I have been a recognized reviewer in international and domestic programs, financing research and R & D projects as well as scholarships. at the request of the European Commission I reviewed in 2008-2011 about 130 projects under various programs (Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy FP7-KBBE-2008, Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme FP7-PEOPLE-2008-IRSES, FP7-PEOPLE-2008 -IEF-IIF-IOF, FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES, FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, FP7-PEOPLE-2010- IEF-IIF-IOF, FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF -IIF-IOF). In 2012, I received the role of

Vice Chair (Superreview) and as part of Marie Curie Individual fellowships FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-IIF- IOF, panel Environment, I was responsible for reviewing over 50 projects. In the years 2006-2011, I also reviewed two research projects for the Czech Science Foundation (GA CR), 2 for the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV), 1 for the South Moravian Center for International Mobility (SoMoPro Program), 1 for the Polish-Norwegian Fund Research Scientists, 8 for the Egyptian Science and Technological Development Fund (STDF) and 6 as part of the Greek program commissioned by COOPERATION 2011 - Partnerships of Production and Research Institutions in Focused Research and Technology Sectors - Hellenic Republic Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning & Religious Affairs Special Agency. I also reviewed 16 research and R & D projects in POIG for the National Center for Research and Development.

After obtaining the academic degree of Docotr of Sceinces

As a scientist with the title of doctor habilitated, in the years 2013-2018 I reviewed in total over 460 research, research and development and scholarship projects. at the request of the European Commission I was the Vice Chair and was responsible for the final shape of the review of 410 projects under the programs: Marie Curie Individual fellowships FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-IIF-IOF (Panel Environment), HORIZON 2020 H2020-MSCA-IF -2014, HORIZON 2020 H2020-MSCA-IF-2015 European

& Global Fellowships, H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 European & Global Fellowships, H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 European & Global Fellowships. I was a reviewer of 43 projects commissioned by the European

Commission (The Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme FP7-PEOPLE-2013- IRSES, Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (CIG), Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R), Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD) applications- 2018-EAC / A05 / 2017). In addition, I evaluated a total of 8 projects for the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) and The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. From among the national units, a review of 13 projects under the second GEKON Competition and applied PBS programs was carried out by the National Center for Research and Development.

RECEIVED AWARDS ZND DISTINCTIONS

2017 - 1^st degree award for scientific achievements, Rector of Warsaw University of Life Sciences 2016 - 1^st degree award for scientific achievements, Rector of Warsaw University of Life Sciences 2016 – Silver medal “For many years of service’ (over 20 years)

2015 - Distinction of scientific, didactic and organizational achievements in the period 2104-2105 by the commission for the assessment of WRiB SGGW employees

2014 - Jubilee Award, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

2013 – 2^nd degree award for scientific achievements, Rector of Warsaw University of Life Sciences

2013 - Distinction of scientific achievements by the Habilitation Committee and the WRiB Council - SGGW

2010 – 3^rd degree award for scientific achievements, Rector of Warsaw University of Life Sciences

2009 - The Rector's Award of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) for the first in Polish language textbook on chlorophyll fluorescence

1993 - Honorable mention of the Agricultural Faculty of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) for a doctoral dissertation

ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF DIDACTICS

Before obtaining the academic degree of Docotr of Sceinces

1) Courses and lectures

As part of didactic work, I conducted courses for students of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology of WULS-SGGW (Agriculture and Biology), but also for students of the field of Gardening at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at WULS-SGGW. It was 6 different topics. I also conducted subjects in English that were intended for foreign exchange students under the Erasmus program. It was 5 topics.

a. in Polish for students of Biology, Agriculture and Horticulture

• Plant physiology

• Biological yielding and biological progress

• Plant physiology with biochemistry

• The use of modern computerized equipment in plant physiological studies and in agricultural sciences
  
  
  
  • The physiology of yielding
  
  
  
  

• Biological progress and yielding biology

b. in English for Erasmus students

• Physiology of plants and its production under climate change
  
  
  
  • The use of computerized and portable instruments in the field of agriculture and biological researches
    
    
    
    • Photosynthetic crop productivity under unfavorable environmental conditions
    
    
    • Energy crops: a renewable energy source
    
    
    • Climate change impacts on plant growth and crop yield
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

2) Teaching publications:

I am the main author (90% share), published in 2009, the academic textbook Fri "Fluorescence of chlorophyll in studies of the physiological state of plants". The resumption of this handbook was released in 2010.

3) Scientific care for students

During my work at the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology of WULS-SGGW, until obtaining the postdoctoral degree, I was the supervisor of 6 MA theses and 10 BA or Bachelor's theses at the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology.

a. Masters theses

• Reactions of the photosynthetic apparatus of maize seedlings to salt stress. Agnieszka Rutkowska. Specialty: Agronomy and Agribusiness, 2003.


• The influence of the habit and mass of rizomes on the growth, development and yielding of Miscanthus plants. Barbara Wawryło. Specialty: Biological Basics of Environmental Protection, 2003.


• Gas exchange of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants with photosynthesis mechanism C3 and C4 under various environmental conditions. Marcin Żebrowski. Specialty: Environmental Protection, 2003.


• Chlorophyll content and yield of seeds of traditional and semi-dwarf plants forms of triticale and wheat. Renata Kacprzak-Pacan. Specialty: Environmental Protection, 2005.


• Photosynthetic apparatus reactions to the d