Jan Marek Wójcik

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Leader of the Research Group "Genetics and Biomorphology of Mammals"

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Education and scientific degrees:

• Professor: 2004
• Habilitation Thesis: 1999, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
• PhD: 1989, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Kraków
• Msc: 1981, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Kraków

Research profile:

The main research interests of J. M. Wójcik include population genetics and evolution of mammals. He is the editor and co-author of one scientific book and 79 scientific papers, articles and research reports. His ongoing studies are focused on: (1) genetic diversity in the European bison; (2) phylogeography of the bank vole. J. M. Wójcik is a supervisor of two PhD students from Poland.

International experience:

• 2008 - 3-month research visit to the Department of Biology, University of York, UK
• 1990-1991 - 10-month post-doctoral fellowship of the British Council to the Department of Zoology, Oxford University, UK
• 1988 - 1-month training and research visit to Institute d'Ecologie, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1987 - 1-month training and research visit to Museo National de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain

Awards and prizes:

• 1999 - Award of the Department of Biological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (for the scientific book: "Evolution of Shrews" J.M. Wójcik & M. Wolsan, eds - Mammal Research Institute, Białowieża: 1- 458.)
• 1994 - Award of the Department of Biological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (for the publication: "Chromosome races of the common shrew Sorex araneus in Poland: a model of karyotype evolution"- Acta Theriologica 38: 315-338.)

Membership of scientific associations:

• Chairman of the International Sorex araneus Cytogenetics Committee (1999-2002)
• Member of the Committee of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Białowieża National Park.

Research projects:

• Nornica ruda (Myodes glareolus) - Filogeografia: polodowcowa kolonizacja obszaru Polski z północnych refugiów
• Żubr (Bison bonasus) - Genetyczna i morfologiczna analiza składu diety i ocena oddziaływania na odnowienie lasu w Puszczy Białowieskiej
• Myszy domowe (Mus musculus) - Sterylność hybrydowych samców