Janusz R. Wojtusiak (February 21, 1942 – May 2, 2012) was a Polish

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

and son of the well-known Polish biologist, Roman Wojtusiak, Professor at 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 presented his Ph.D. thesis in 1971. It concerned the morphology of the family

Adelidae The Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths are a family of monotrysian moths in the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura. The family was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1851. Most species have at least partially metallic patter ...

. In 1994, he received a professorial nomination from the President of the Republic of Poland,

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratica ...

.nekrolog Janusz Wojtusiak
Janusz Wojtusiak's son, also Janusz Wojtusiak, is a computer scientist and a faculty member at

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

in Virginia.

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1942 births 2012 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni Polish expatriates in Nigeria Polish entomologists Scientists from Kraków Academic staff of the University of Nigeria {{entomologist-stub