Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki

Researcher at Department of Organismal Biology; Evolution and Development

E-mail:
grzegorz.niedzwiedzki@ebc.uu.se
Visiting address:
Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC Norbyv. 18A
Postal address:
Norbyv. 18A
752 36 UPPSALA

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Academic merits:
PhD
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Keywords

  • palaeobiology
  • palaeoecology
  • vertebrate palaeontology
  • vertebrate trace fossils
  • early dinosaurs
  • early tetrapods

Biography

Education:

2013 Doctoral thesis defense "The large predatory archosaur Smok wawelski from the latest Triassic of Poland" (in English)

opponents: Prof. Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol, UK; Prof. Andrzej Elżanowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

2007 – 2012 PhD position at Department of Paleobiology and Evolution, University of Warsaw, supervisor: Prof. Jerzy Dzik

2007 Masters of science in biology, University of Warsaw

project “Palaeoecological analysis of the Early Jurassic ecosystem of Sołtyków, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland” (in Polish), Department of Paleobiology and Evolution, University of Warsaw, supervisor: Prof. Stefan Radzikowski

2004 Bachelor degree in biology, University of Warsaw

project “Protozoa in the fossil record” (in Polish), Department of Zoology, University of Warsaw, supervisor: Prof. Stefan Radzikowski

Grants and Awards:

2008 Team research grant of the National Geographic Poland magazine

2008 Award of the Foundation for Polish Science Program Start 2008

2008 „Traveler 2008” - Award of the National Geographic Poland magazine

2009 Award of the Foundation for Polish Science Program Start 2009

2009 Team Award of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for scientific activity

2010 Special Award of the Prime Minister of the Polish Government as an important scientific achievement

2010 Award of the Polish Association of Science Journalists – „Odkrywcy roku 2010”

2010 „Fenomen” – Award of the „Przekrój” magazine

2011 „Traveler 2010” - Award of the National Geographic Poland magazine

Expeditions and major fieldworks:

2001 Seychelles, Mahe Island and St. Anne Island, academic training at field camp of the Royal Geographical Society, London.

2006 Karatau Mountains, Kazakhstan; Jurassic outcrops (under the direction of Prof. dr. hab. Jerzy Dzik, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2008 Tunisia, Saharan Platform; Triassic and Jurassic outcrops (under the direction of Prof. Mohamed Soussi, University of Tunis).

2008 Russia, Permian-Triassic outcrops around Vyazniki (in collaboration with Dr. Tomasz Sulej, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2009 Lithuania; Triassic outcrops (in collaboration with American Museum of Natural History, New York).

2010 Lithuania; Triassic outcrops (in collaboration with American Museum of Natural History, New York).

2010 Ukraine; late Silurian and early Devonian of Podolia (under the direction of Prof. dr. hab. Huberta Szaniawskiego, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2010 Russia, Permian-Triassic outcrops around Vyazniki (in collaboration with Dr. Tomasz Sulej, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2010 Crete, Greece; Miocene outcrops around Kissamos (in collaboration with Dr. Gerard Gierliński, Polish Geological Institute).

2011 Crete, Greece; Miocene outcrops around Kissamos (in collaboration with Dr. Gerard Gierliński, Polish Geological Institute).

2012 Crete, Greece; Miocene outcrops around Kissamos.

2013 Tunisia, Saharan Platform; Triassic and Jurassic outcrops (under the direction of Prof. Mohamed Soussi, University of Tunis).

2013 Russia, Permian-Triassic outcrops around Vyazniki (in collaboration with Dr. Tomasz Sulej, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2014 East Greenland, Late Triassic and Early Jurassic outcrops (under the direction of Dr. Tomasz Sulej, Polish Academy of Sciences).

2015 East Greenland; Upper Devonian and Permo-Triassic exposures (under the direction of Dr. Benjamin P. Kear, Uppsala University).

2016 East Greenland, Upper Devonian, Permo-Triassic exposures (under the direction of Dr. Benjamin P. Kear, Uppsala University).

Research

I obtained PhD in biology in 2013. The field of my PhD research was analysis of the archosaur fossils from the Late Triassic of Poland. My recent studies are based on Permian, Triassic and Jurassic fossils collected during fieldworks in Poland (2001-2017), Russia (2008, 2010, 2013), Tunisia (2008, 2013), Greenland (2014, 2015, 2016), Sweden (2015, 2016, 2017) and also analysis of other specimens housed in museums and collections in Poland, Russia and Sweden. Recently, I decided to apply my skills to novel research questions, and I find challenging big questions, like the palaeoichnological record of early tetrapods and evolution of early dinosaurs, especially inspiring.

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