Adam Łomnicki (28 June 1935 – 15 December 2021) was a Polish
evolutionary biologist and
ecologist, a member of
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Polish Academy of Learning and
Academia Europaea, professor of
Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
The Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (MRI) ( pl, Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk) is a research institution located in the heart of Europe’s best preserved lowland forest, Białowieża Forest, Białowie ...
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Biography
Łomnicki graduated in Biology from the
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...
. He received his PhD from zoology and ecology in 1961, since 1981 he is a professor. In his scientific research he worked on levels of
natural selection, stability and its evolutionary constraints, individual-based approach in ecology, intra-population variability, laboratory populations and nature conservation.
He was awarded with a Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta.
Łomnicki died on 15 December 2021, at the age of 86.
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1935 births
2021 deaths
Evolutionary biologists
Polish ecologists
Scientists from Warsaw
Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Members of the Polish Academy of Learning
Members of Academia Europaea
Jagiellonian University alumni
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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