Stanisław J. Czuczwar
- Professor of Medical Sciences – pathophysiology, pharmacology, experimental epileptology,
- Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2015,
- Corresponding Member (2013-2021) of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division V: Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, now Ordinary Member (since 2021),
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2012,
- Head of the Chair and Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin (since 2000),
- Head of the Department of Physiopathology, Institute of Rural Medicine in Lublin (1997-2018),
- Member of the Committee on Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1997),
- Member of the Committee on Neurological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2012),
- Member of the Committee on Neurobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (2006-2012),
- Member of the Drug and Therapeutics Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences (2009-2012),
- President of the Polish Pharmacological Society (2007-2010),
- Member of the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles (2011-2015),
- Member of editorial committees of the following journals: Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior (since 1998), Epilepsia (2004-2006), Epilepsy Research (2004-2008), Neurotoxicity Research (2000-2010), Int. J. Epileptology (since 2003), Journal of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research (since 2007), Neurochemical Research (since 2014),
- Associate Editor of Neurochemical Research (since 2015),
- Author (co-author) of 459 scientific papers (PubMed database as of 16th March 2022) usually published in English in prestigious Polish and foreign journals,
- Number of citations – 11,631, Hirsch factor – 50 (according to Web of Science database as of 16 March 2022).
Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk
- Professor of Agricultural Sciences – genetics, animal biotechnology, food improvement and nutrigenomics,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2016, Division II: Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Head of the Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences – 2011-2019,
- Head of the Department of Biotechnology and Nutrigenomics at the Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences – since 2011,
- Member of the international team of European experts in animal sciences – Animal Task Force in Brussels (since 2012 – representative of Poland), co-author of a white paper Animal science research priorities in the EU until 2027,
- International Expert at the European Commission in Brussels, who evaluates research projects in the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme – since 2015,
- Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (since 2010) and of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (since 2013)
- Member of the Board of the National Council of EU Research Project Coordinators,
- Member of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) – since 2007,
- Member of the Scientific Council: Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Olsztyn since 2015; State Veterinary Institute, National Research Institute, in Puławy (2013); Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Lublin (2018),
- Lecturer at many foreign universities (including Harvard University) and invited speaker in 50 countries on all continents, i.e. in the USA, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, China, South Korea and many European countries – since 2000,
- Author (co-author) of >100 publications from the JCR list, including the prestigious journal Nature. Number of citations – approximately 2,800, including citations in Science and Nature. H-index – 32 (according to Scopus database). Author of 11 books on ostrich biology and usage published in 6 languages including Polish, English, German and Russian,
- Author (co-author) of 9 patents – innovative technologies of pro-health products with functional food characteristics, awarded gold medals at the International Invention Exhibitions in Brussels, Geneva, Barcelona and in the USA.
Jan Kisyński
- Professor of Mathematical Sciences – mathematics, functional analysis,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division III: Comprehensive Sciences and Earth Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009),
- Ordinary Member of the Warsaw Scientific Society (1994, a corresponding member in 1984-1994 ),
- Full Member of the Lublin Scientific Society (1997),
- Member of the Polish Mathematical Society,
- Member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS),
- Chairman of the Committee on Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences (2003-2006),
- Member of the Scientific Council at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, and at the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Positions held while working at the University of Warsaw: Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, Head of the Department of Mathematical Analysis; in PL: Head of the Chair of Mathematics, a member of the Senate.
Wiesław Oleszek
- Professor of Agricultural Sciences (1997) – plant biochemistry, phytochemistry,
- Graduate of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) 1975,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division II: Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Crop Quality (1993-2010), Director (2010-) of the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute in Puławy (https://www.iung.pl/),
- Internships abroad: the USA: 1979-1980 (12 months); the USA: 1987 (12 months); the UK: 1991 (three months) France: 1993 (six months),
- Member of the Phytochemical Society of Europe Committee (1994-1998),
- Secretary-General of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (2002-2007),
- President of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (2008-2014) (http://www.phytochemicalsociety.org),
- Member of the Domain Committee “Food and Agriculture” COST, Brussels (2006-2010),
- Member of the European Panel of Experts “Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE)” (2014-2017),
- Member of the ECOFE network – A research network to meet the needs for 21st century crop science (since 2015),
- Member of Configuration “Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy” of the Horizon 2020 Programme Committee,
- Member of Editorial Boards: Allelopathy Journal, Phytochemistry Reviews, Phytochemistry Letters, Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment (Regional editor), Open Journal of Biochemistry, Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, Frontiers in Agricultural Biological Chemistry,
- Member of the Polish Biochemical Society,
- Founding Member of the International Allelopathy Society 1994 (http://www-ias.uca.es/),
- Author of approximately 210 scientific papers in impact journals (number of citations approximately 7,400, H-index 48), 5 books, 23 book chapters and 1 European patent,
- Main scientific interests include studies concerning plant secondary metabolism including isolation, purification, chemical structure evaluation and determination of natural products such as saponins, phenolic compounds, glycoalkaloids, glucosinolates, resorcinols, cyanogenic glucosides, investigation of biological activity of these compounds, their significance in human and animal nutrition, ecological function of these compounds, influence on quality of plant products, biosynthesis,
- Participant of many international projects in the EU Framework Programmes: 5 PR (1 project), 6 PR (3 projects), 7 PR (4 projects, including one project as a coordinator), H2020 (2 projects as a coordinator),
- Project Manager for the Operational Programme Development of Eastern Poland (2007 – 2013) – construction of the Innovative and Scientific Agricultural Research Centre – INCBR in Puławy,
- Portfolio: http://iung.pl/staff/Oleszek/
Lucjan Pawłowski
- Professor in the discipline of Environmental Engineering,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division IV: Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology,
- Honorary Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997),
- Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts,
- Member of the Nominating Committee for the Green Award awarded by the Japanese Asahi Glass Foundation,
- Member of the Presidium of the State Council for Environmental Protection,
- Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Member of the EU Commission on the Environmental and Sustainable Development,
- Vice-chairman of the Man and the Environment Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1996-1999),
- Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (Division VII), (1999-2005),
- Vice-chairman of the Committee on Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (Division VII),
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas,
- Several times Chairman of the Environmental Engineering team at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (since 1996),
- Member of the interdisciplinary Science Support Team of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (since 2006),
- Member of the Polish Academy of Engineering,
- Chairman of the Programme Board of 2 journals:
– Arch. Envir. Protectio.,
– Envir. Prot Eng. - Member of the Editorial Board:
– Environmental Engineering Science, Problems of Sustainable Development.
Zygmunt Pejsak
- Professor of veterinary sciences – veterinary medicine, diagnostics of infectious diseases in pigs,
- Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division II since 2010,
- Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Swine Diseases of the State Veterinary Institute in Puławy since 1981 to 2019
- Member of the Central Commission for Academic Title and Academic Degrees from 1997 to 2018,
- Professor at the University Centre for Veterinary Medicine, UJ-UR – since 2018,
- Doctor honoris causa of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin – 2004,
- Doctor honoris causa of the University of Life Sciences in Wrocław – 2015,
- Vice President of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences in 1997-2001, and President of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences in 2001-2004 and 2007-2010,
- Head of the National Specialisation in Swine Diseases from 2003 to 2019,
- Expert and Head of the Reference Laboratories for classical swine fever and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),
- Published original papers: 315, book publications and monographs: 39, review articles: 155, manuals and methodologies on diagnosis of infectious diseases in pigs: 45,
- Author of textbooks: Ochrona zdrowia i terapia chorób świń [Health protection and treatment of swine diseases] (PWR, 1999), Choroby świń [Diseases of swine] (PWR, 2002)., Ochrona zdrowia świń [Swine health protection] (PWR, 2007), Wybrane zagadnienia dotyczące: genetyki, reproductive, immunologii, środowiska, żywienia i prawodawstwa związane z produkcją świń [Selected issues concerning genetics, reproduction, immunology, environment, nutrition and legislation linked to pig production] (PIWet-PIB, 2010), main author of the textbook Zdrowie świń, prewencja i terapia [Health, therapy and prophylaxis in pigs], 812 pages (PWR 2021),
- Co-author of the internationally prestigious textbook “Diseases of Swine”, published by Iowa State University Press (USA) (2005.),
- Supervisor in 12 doctoral theses; five of his students obtained the title of a full professor;
- Member of scientific councils: Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences in Jastrzębiec and Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences in Jabłonna,
- Member of editorial committees: Medycyna Weterynaryjna, Polish Journal of Vet. Sciences, Bull. Inst. Vet. Puławy, Życie Weterynaryjne, Magazyn Weterynaryjny, Medycyna po Dyplomie,
- Member of Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Veterinary Sciences, Biotechnology, Livestock Biology; Member of the Lublin Scientific Society; Member of the Commission on Agriculture of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences,
- Chairman of the Scientific Council of PIWet–PIB, Puławy, (2003-2006 and 2011-2014),
- Member of the Central Commission for Academic Title and Academic Degrees (2000 -2019.),
- Chairman of the Specialist Group for the evaluation of research proposals in the Veterinary Sciences Group of the National Committee for Scientific Research (several times),
- First Award of the Minister for Scientific and Technical Progress and Implementation (1985),
- Awards and distinctions: Award of the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences – 1986, 1994; Second Degree Award of the Prime Minister for scientific and technical achievements – 1999; Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific achievements in research for economic development, 2006,
- M. Oczapowski Scientific Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the book “Ochrona zdrowia świń” [Swine health protection] 2008, ten First Degree Awards of the Minister of Agriculture for the development and implementation in large-scale production of vaccines and medicines for animals and diagnostic kits for detecting infectious diseases of pigs – 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012. Vaccines in development and mass production include Rhinovac, Suimastivac, Celpest, Aptovac, Rhinovac-P, Pleurovac, Streptovac,
- Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta – 2003,
- Founder of the national school of hypopathology.
Cezary Sławiński
- President of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Professor of agricultural sciences,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division II: Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Director of the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Head of the Department of Metrology and Modelling of Agrophysical Processes, the Institute of Agrophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Member of the Polish Biophysical Society,
- Member of the Polish Agrophysical Society,
- Member of the Lublin Scientific Society,
- Member of the Presidium of the Committee on Agronomic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2016),
- Awards and distinctions: Silver Cross of Merit, Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the 700th anniversary of the City of Lublin.
Tomasz Trojanowski
- Vice-president of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Professor of medical sciences – surgery for cerebrovascular diseases, neuro-oncology, surgical technique, radiosurgery,
- President of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin in 2011-2018,
- Acting as the President of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin in 2019-2020,
- Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division V: Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Ambassador of the Lublin Region in 2001,
- Foreign Member of the Crimean Academy of Sciences in 2013.
Artur Zdunek
- Professor in agricultural sciences,
- Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs of the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin
- Head of the Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials, Institute of Agrophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Vice-chairman of the Committee on Agronomic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences,
- In 2013-2019, the President of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Biophysical Society (Vice-President since 2019),
- Member of the expert panel of the Regional Initiative of Excellence at the Ministry of Education and Science,
- Expert at the Research and Development for the Lublin Marshal’s Office,
- Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute in Puławy,
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Horticulture, State Research Institute in Skierniewice,
- Until 2021, the Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of Quantitative and Natural Sciences and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Agricultural Sciences,
- Member of the Management Committees of COST Actions (TD1002, TA1001, CA17121),
- PhD thesis reviewer at the KU Leuven and the University of Bologna,
- Organiser of the International Conference on Agrophysics (ICA),
- Editor: International Agrophysics; Postharvest Biology and Technology,
- Project manager of NCBiR [National Centre for Research and Development], NCN [National Science Centre], international INTERREG PL-BY-UA projects,
- Fellowship holder of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Kyoto University, Japan; Research internship at the INRA Nantes, France; DAAD fellowship holder at the ATB Potsdam, Germany,
- Index H 30, an author of over 100 publications in the Scopus database (until 2021).
Jan Franciszek Żmudziński
- Vice-president of the Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Lublin,
- Professor of veterinary sciences – virology, diagnosis of viral diseases in animals,
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2007-2021
- Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences 2022 until now, Division II: Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Professor of veterinary sciences – virology, diagnosis of viral diseases in animals,
- 1969 – a diploma in veterinary medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Higher School of Agriculture in Lublin; 1976 – a doctoral degree; 1987 – habilitation; 1997 – a title of full professor; a director for research of the National Veterinary Research Institute in Puławy (PIWet) in 2001-2011; a supervisor in 6 doctoral theses; a supervisor in 3 habilitation theses; two of his students obtained the title of a full professor; head of the Department of Virology at the PIWet in 1991-2016; member of working groups of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE/WAHO) and the European Union (EU) on rabies in 1990-2005, BSE in 2001-2008; a national consultant to the Minister of Agriculture and the Chief Veterinary Officer on control of rabies, BSE, scrapie, herpesviruses and bluetongue in cattle and sheep from 1992 to 2016; a member of the Lublin Bioethics Committees for Experiment in Animals (I and II) in 2000-2006; a member of the National Bioethics Commission for Animal Experiments for the Minister of Science and Higher Education in 2006-2012; a head of national reference laboratories for rabies, bovine and equine herpesviruses, equine influenza, bluetongue in cattle and sheep, BSE, scrapie in sheep in 2004-2016; an author of national programs for eradication of rabies in free-living animals; an author of programs for eradication of BHV-1 (IBR/IPV), BVD-MD infections in herds of bulls; a co-author of the national system of laboratory diagnosis of rabies, bovine and equine viral diseases, BSE and scrapie – an educator of diagnosticians for the above-mentioned diseases in regional laboratories of the veterinary services; a member of an international consortium for research on treatment of rabies in humans in 2013-2016; an expert for the Minister of Agriculture and the Chief Veterinary Officer in the negotiation process for Poland’s EU membership; a creator of the concept and a co-author of the project to build modern research laboratories at the National Veterinary Institute in Puławy in 1998-2008; a representative of Poland at the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) in London; a member of the European Society for Veterinary Virology (ESVV), the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences (PTNW), the Polish Society of Microbiologists (PTM).