PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Elżbieta Żądzińska
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Żądzińska
SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
My tasks as a research and teaching employee include:
- carrying out scientific activities and disseminating their results;
- acquiring and implementing research projects;
- participating in the implementation of the strategic plans of the discipline I represent;
- training students and participation in doctoral students training;
- continuous improvement of professional competence.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
I represent the discipline of biological sciences and specialise in biological anthropology.
I am a research and teaching employee. I have been associated with the university since 1985, when I started my biology studies. Throughout more than 35 years at the University of Lodz, I have gone through all the stages of academic career – from research-technical staff member to the Associate Professor and, since 1 March 2015, Full Professor (the Full Professor title was granted on 19 February 2014).
During the 2005-2008, I was the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection.
During the 2008-2016, I was the Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection.
During the 2016-2020 term, I was the University of Lodz Vice-Rector for Research.
During the 2020-2024 term, I was the Rector of the University of Lodz.
I have headed the Department of Anthropology at the University of Lodz since 2005.
I am a member of the Polish Anthropological Society, the Dental Anthropology Association and the European Anthropological Association.
I have been the Honorary Visiting Research Fellow School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Adelaide since 2014.
I am a member of the Committee on Organismal Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) (currently I am the Chairman).
I am a member of the Anthropology Section of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU).
During the 2020-2024 term, I was the President of the Science Committee of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (KRASP).
I am the member of the EUA Research and Innovation Strategy Group.
INTERESTS
- human biology of contemporary and historical populations,
- determinants of population stress (secondary sex ratio index, fluctuating asymmetry, abnormal weight-growth ratios)
- odontology
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Key publications
A full list of my scientific publications is available on my ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-7319
- Internships/research stays/scientific exchanges
University of Padova (Italy)
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
University of Adelaide (Australia)
CONTACT DETAILS AND OFFICE HOURS
Banacha 12/16 90-237 Łodź
phone: 42-635-43-15
Banacha 12/16 room: 159 90-237 Łodź