Personal information

Status: single

Date of birth: 8 July 1948

Place of birth: Białystok, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Mobile No: +48 509 240 298

e-mail: alekb@uwm.edu.pl

Educational background

2011 – Professor of Biological Sciences

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

1997 – Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences in the field of Parasitology

University of Wroclaw, Poland

Dissertation entitled: „Fish leeches (Piscicolidae: Piscicolinae) of Poland in relation to the Palaearctic piscicolines”

1938 – Ph.D. of Natural Sciences

University of Wroclaw, Poland

Dissertation entitled: „Wpływ czynników chemicznych i fizycznych na zdolność inwazyjną Fasciola hepatica (L.)” [Impact of chemical and physical factors on invasive ability of Fasciola hepatica (L.) – in Polish]

1975 – Master of Science in the field of Biology

University of Wroclaw, Poland

Research and teaching Experience

Research in the fields morphology, faunistics, etology, hydrobiology, ecology, parasitology and taxonomy of leeches (Hirudinida), especially fish leeches (Piscicolidae)

Publications: 231 papers (74 research papers, 2 monographs, 3 book chapters, 4 popular-scientific papers, 148 scientific communications)

Participation in many international conferences (Lille – France; Ontario – Canada; Sapporo – Japan; Jerusalem – Israel; Hamburg-Karnin, Lipsk and Bad Bevensen – Germany)

Research trainings:

1991 – Department of Ichtyology and Hydrobiology at University of Petersburg, Russia

1991 – Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

1992 – University of Kharkov, Ukraine

2010 – Museum of Zoological Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

Promotion of three PhDs, 104 masters and bachelors

Supervision of two doctoral dissertations

Reviewed of one habilitation dissertation, two doctoral dissertations, seven research projects, several research papers and about 100 master’s and bachelor’s theses

Teaching: lectures and seminars of varied subjects, for example: Zoology-Invertebrates, Hirudinology, Animal Classification, Methodology of Scientific Research, Methodology of Natural Sciences, Phylogenetics of Selected Groups of Invertebrates, Evolutionism, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral Seminars

Work in organizations:

1976–1998 – president of Polish Hydobiological Society (section in Wroclaw, Poland) and chief of the Laboratory of Hydrobiology in Zoological Institute at University of Wroclaw

1987–1998 – secretary of the Main Audit Commitee, president of Polish Zoological Society (section on Olsztyn, Poland), initiatior of Polish Taxonomic Society, editor in chief of the journal „Wiadomości Parazytologiczne” („Annals of Parasitology” – in Polish)

Partnerships:

Lipsk, Germany – Dr. Clemens Grosser and Dr. Uwe Jueg – studies on freshwater leeches collected in Germany and France

Muzeum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany – Dr. Birger Neuhaus – studies on freshwater and brackishwater leeches collected in Europe

Wuperttal – Prof. W. M. Epstein – studies on freshwater and marine leeches collected from Antarctic fish

Frankfurt – Dr. Hasko Nesemann – identification of new leech species  Limnotrachellobdella n. sp.

Kharkov, Ukraine – Dr. Serge Utevsky – studies on phylogeny of fish leeches based on morphological characters and molecular data, as well as compilation of freshwater fish leeches collection

Lubljana, Slovenia – Prof. Boris Sket, Prof. Peter Trontelj – compilation of freshwater leeches in Natural Museum, studies on phylogeny of pisciolid and glossiphoniid leeches

Italy – Dr. Stanislaw Cios – compilation of freshwater leeches collected in rivers of northern Italy

Helsinki, Finland – Dr. Stanislaw Cios – compilation of freshwater and brackish-water leeches collected from fish in gulfs of Finland

Vilnius, Lithuania – Dr. M. Kalninš – compilation of freshwater leeches collected in reserves

New York, USA – Dr. Mark E. Siddall – studies on phylogeny of leeches on molecular level

Hosting of scientists: Dr. Hasko Nesemann (1997), Dr. Serge Utevsky (2002, 2011), Dr. Andrey Utevsky (2002), Prof. W. M. Epstein (2005), Dr. Raja Ben Ahmed (2009)

Awards and honors
	1983 – Award of Rector of University of Wroclaw for didactic accomplishments 2004 – Finalist of the contest for the best teacher, BELFER 2004 2005 – Award of the Silver Cross of Merit

Languages

Russian – advanced

French – elementary

English – elementary

Interests

Methodology and phylosophy of science

Fishing