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lukasz.kajtoch [at] gmail.com
Biography
1999-2004 - M.Sc. study - Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Science, Institute of Zoology, Biology, M.Sc. - 2004
2004-2008 - Ph.D. study - Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Science, Ph.D. - 2008
2015 – habilitation - ISEA PAS
2025 - professor
Employment
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biodiversity
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków
kajtoch [at] isez.pan.krakow.pl
(+48 012 422 80 00 ext. 29)
Other functions
Stowarzyszenie Przyrodników "Ostoja" [Naturalist Society "Ostoja"]
- vice president
Scientific interests
systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography, population and conservation genetics, molecular ecology of invertebrates (particularly beetles)
ecology, conservation biology, faunistics and population genetics of birds (mainly riparian, forest & mountain species like mergansers, woodpeckers, owls, grouses)
nature conservation
Supervisor of doctoral students:
Agata Lis (ISEA PAS) -PhD in 2015
Mariusz Kanturski (as auxiliary supervisor; supervisor - dr hab. Karina Wieczorek University of Silesia) PhD in 2016
Tomasz Figarski (ISEA PAS) PhD in 2019
Michał Kolasa (ISEA PAS) PhD in 2019
Jakub Wyka (ISEA PAS, extern since 2019)
Rama Sarvani Krovi (ISEA PAS, 2023- )
Antonii Bakai (ISEA PAS, 2023- )
Reviews of doctoral thesis:
Krzysztof Dudek (Poznań University of Life Sciences; 2018)
Beniamin Wacławik (Jagiellonian University; 2018)
Adrien Quiles (Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France & University of Lodz; 2019)
Giulia Magoga ( Università Degli Studi di Milano, Italy; 2019)
Daniel Stec (Jagiellonian University; 2021)
Kamila Zając (Jagiellonian University; 2021)
Witold Morek (Jagiellonian University; 2022)
Ewa Pikus (University of Lodz; 2022)
Bernardo Antunes (Jagiellonian University; 2023)
Amelia Chyba (University of Lodz; 2023)
Grzegorz Zawadzki (The Warsaw University of Life Sciences; 2024)
Radosław Gil (University of Wrocław; 2024)
Reviews of habilitations:
Aleksandra Biedrzycka (Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS, 2018)
Łukasz Depa (University of Silesia, 2018)
Szymon Śniegula (Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, 2019)
Robert Rutkowski (Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS, 2019)
Anna Michalik (Jagiellonian University, 2022)
Tomasz Mamos (University of Lodz, 2023)
Member of Scientific Councils:
Insitute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS (2019-2022 & 2023-2026)
Institute of Nature Conservation PAS (2019-2022 & 2023-2026)
Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS (2019-2022 & 2023-2026)
Visitors:
Nela Kotásková (University of Ostrava; 09-12.2016)
Miłosz A. Mazur (Opole University; 07&11.2016)
Radosław Ścibior (University of Life Sciences in Lublin; 11.2016)
Peter Lešo (Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia; 12.2019)
Christina-Eleni Iliopoulou (University of West Attica, 05-07.2023)
Eliška Aubrechtová (University of Hradec Kralove; 06.2024)
Steven Emslie (University of North Carolina; 07.2024)
Kateřina Czajová (University of Ostrava; 11.2024)
Hobbies
Mountain trekking
Birdwatching
Fantastic & S-F book reading
Drawing
Beer degustation
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