Head of the Department
e-mail: piotr.tryjanowski@gmail.com (preferred) & piotr.tryjanowski@up.poznan.pl
phone: + 48 61 848 7656
Kolegium Cieszkowskich New, III floor, room 220
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8358-0797
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Research interests
ecology, ethology, ornithology, climatology, public health
Hobbies
birdwatching, Gregorian chant
Teaching
Biology for veterinary students, Ornithology, Climate change, Seminars
Ongoing projects
2022-2025 Horizon Europe
Project Leader at the Poznań University of Life Sciences
Official website: https://betterlifehorizon.eu/
CV
2007 – Professorship of Biological Sciences, Republic of Poland, President
2003 – DSc: In Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
1998 – PhD: In Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
1995 – Mater of Science, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Experience and employment
2009-ongoing – Professor, Head of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
2010-2015 – member of the board National Panel on Research and Developments (NCBR)
2008-2009 – professor; Department of Nature Conservation, University of Zielona Góra
2004-2010 – assistant professor/professor; Department of Behavioural Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
2004-2007 – scientific board of EKOFUNDUSZ Foundation
1995-2003 – assistant professor; Department of Avian Biology & Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Long-term international activities
Since 2022 – Institute of Advance Study, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany – visiting professor
2019-2021 – CULS, Prague – visiting professor
2003-2004 – CEH, Cambridge, UK
2001-2002 – Department of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
1999 – International Birding & Research Centre in Eilat, Israel
Short-term scientific visits
more than 30 countries (including Africa, S America, Asia)
Other activities
- member of the editorial boards – Acta Ornithologica, Journal of Ornithology, Biologia, Open Ornithology Journal, PeerJ, Animals, European Journal of Ecology (editor-in-chief)
- referee and consultancy to many national and European grant agencies (Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Hungary, the UK, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Greece, Finland, Norway, USA, Brazil, Latvia, Belgium and ERC EU)
- referee for journal manuscripts – in total more than 600 opinions including: Nature Climate Change, Science, PNAS, Proceedings Society of London B, Ecology Letters, Global Ecology and Biogeography
- member of the board of Natura International (2008-2015)
- member of scientific boards: Institute of Zoology PAS (2008-2016), Institute of Mammal Research PAS (2012-2016), Institute of Food Production and Animal Breeding PAS (2018-2023)
- member of Polish Academy of Sciences committees: Zoology (since 2005-2014), Ecology (since 2007 – 2016), Evolutionary Biology (since 2007- 2016)
- the president of scientific council of Wielkopolski National Park (2009 – 2020)
- member of board Polish National Centre for Applied Sciences, the chief of Strategic Commission (2010 – 2016)
- member: European Ornithological Union, Polish Zoological Society, Polish Ecological Society, IUCN Species Concern – Ciconiidae
Higher Level Education
Supervising of 12 defended PhD students (already two of them got habilitation / DSc and one full professor title), additional 5 with open PhD procedure. Referee for PhD candidates (17 in Poland, 2 in Czech Republic, 1 in Slovakia, 1 in Norway, 1 in Estonia, 1 in Finland, 1 in the Netherlands), for professorship title (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, China). A host for 12 post-docs (Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Algeria, Italy).
Awards
- Member of Academia Europaea (2022)Hans Fisher Senior Fellowship IAS TUM, Munich, Germany (2022)
- Title Doctor honoris causa Czech University of Life Sciences (2019)
- Scientific Award of Poznan City (2017)
- Important Person for the Polish Environment (2017)
- Important Person for Polish Agriculture (2014)
- Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007)
- The Great Seal of Poznań (2007)
- Young Scientist of Poznań (1999)
- Adam Mickiewicz University Rector Prize and Poznań University of life Sciences Rector Prize (more than 10 times in years 1999-2018)
- Brilliant Polish Young Scientist START FNP (1998)
- Magazine POLITYKA Awards – „Stay with us” – 2004
Publications
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International conferences
more than 30, including invited talks: EOU Meeting (Strasburg, France), EmW Volkswagen Meeting (Gettingen, Germany), Ecology XXI (Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia), Urban Ecology (Rondonopolis, Brazil), Bird Migration (Kaliningrad, Russia)
International Seminars
more than 30 – including very prestigious ones: CEH Cambridge, IWZ Berlin, University of Parana Brazil, University of Oslo Norway, University of Trondheim Norway, University of Halle