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Professor in Natural Sciences - plant physiology
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Roman Antoszewski
Born 20 January 1935 in Lidzbark Welski – Professor in Natural Sciences - plant physiology.
Professional Qualifications
- 1957 - M.Sc. in Plant Physiology, University of Łódź, Poland
- 1963 - Ph.D. in Plant Physiology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
- 1963/4 - Postdoctoral practice at Yale University, New Haven, Con., USA (research under Prof. A. Galston)
- 1968 - D.Sc. (Habilitation) in Natural Sciences (Jagiellonian University), Cracow, Poland
- 1974 - Professor in Natural Sciences (Belweder, presidential nomination)
Languages
- Very good knowledge: English, Polish (Mother tongue);
- Good knowledge: German, Russian;
- Passive knowledge: Czech, Ukrainian, Esperanto.
Areas of Competence
- Analytical biochemistry;
- Nuclear techniques applicable in plant physiology and biochemistry;
- Use of microcomputers in biological experimentation;
- Physiology, ecophysiology, and biochemistry of horticultural plants, fruits, fruiting and related processes;
- Biochemistry of plant growth regulators, transport phenomena in plants, sink-donor relations.
Posts Held
- 1955-1957 Technical assist., Dept of Plant Physiology, University of Lódź, Poland (establishing the first isotope laboratory in plant physiology);
- 1957-1961 Research assist., ibid.;
- 1961-1964 Research assist., Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice, Poland;
- 1964-1970 Head of the Isotope Laboratory of Fruit Biochemistry, ibid.;
- 1972/3 - Grantee of the International Agricultural Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- 1966-1982 Principal Investigator of three consecutive research projects sponsored by the US Dept of Agriculture and conducted in Poland;
- 1970-1982 Head of the Dept of Biochemistry, Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture, Skierniewice, Poland;
- 1982-1984 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Radioagronomy, Nuclear Research Centre, Jülich, Germany;
- 1984-1988 Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Dept of Plant Science and Biochemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago;
- 1989-1990 Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Botany, National University of Singapore, Singapore;
- 1991-1992 Hon. Assoc. Res. Fellow, Waikato University, New Zealand;
- 1993-2012 Director of Roman Research and Translation Co.Inc., Auckland, New Zealnd
- 2000 - Retired
Transient Posts Held
- 1976 - Visiting Professor at the Institute of Plant Physiology,University of Umeå, Sweden, invited by the Swedish National Science Foundation (6 months);
- 1978 - Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Agriculture, Wageningen, The Nethertlands (6 months);
- 1980 - Visiting Professor at the University of Bonn, Dept. of Horticulture, Germany, inv. by the German Acad. Exchange Service (DAAD) (6 months).
- 1988-1989 Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Botany, Germany.
Research Grants
- 1970-1982 USDA Grant to organize research team and conduct research on physiology and biochemistry of strawberry and apple (Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice, Poland)
- 1984-87 European Economic Community Grant to study physiology of Cajanus cajan - (research team organized at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad)
- 1988 Grant from German Scientific Association (DFG) to conduct research on photoclimate of CAM plants (at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany).
Scientific Associations
- 1980-1982 President of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP);
- 1976-1984 Member of the Committee of the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP);
- 1979-1982 Chairman of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Section of the Polish Botanical Society;
- Since 1970 member of the European Society of Nuclear Energy Application in Agriculture (ESNA), organizer of XI Working Group - Use of Isotopes in Plant Physiology;
- Committee Member of the International Council on Plant Nutrition until 1988;
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the Caribbean Academy of Science (1986-1988);
- Member of the Commission of Nuclear Energy Application in Agriculture of the V Dept. of Polish Academy of Sciences;
- Two awards for research acievements of the biochemistry team at the Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice Poland
Teaching Experience, Publications and Conferences
- Invited lectures on physiology of fruiting at the University of Warsaw;
- Supervisor of 12 MSc works and 5 PhD thesis at the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University Cracow and the Research Institute of Pomology, Poland;
- Full course of plant biochemistry for 3rd year of Nat. Sciences students of the University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago;
- Lectures and seminars on fruit physiology at the University of Umeå, Sweden, and University of Bonn, Germany;
- About 130 papers published (most in refereered international journals);
- A monograph on the physiology and biochemistry of strawberry;
- Many articles published in popular journals and cultural magazines;
- About 40 international congresses, conferences, symposia and panels attended, usually with an invited paper, communication or poster presentation;
- Organizer of several national and international symposia in Poland;
- Visits to about 150 research institutions in Europe, Americas, Asia and Pacific countries in frame of International co-operation conducted by several Scientific Organisations and Governmental Agencies;
- Member of Editorial Boards of a few Polish scientific journals (until 1982);
- Member of the Editorial Board, owner of "Kraj" - Polish biweekly magazine published in New Zealand (until 1995);
Member of ...
- International Society for Horticultural Science
(co-organizer of the XIX Intern. Horticultural Congress, Warsaw, 1976 - Editor-in-chief of Congress Proceedings, 5 vols); - American Society of Plant Physiologists (until 1989);
- Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology;
- Polish Botanical Society (until 1982);
- Trinidad and Tobago Scientific Association – TTSA - (until 1988);
- New Zealand Society of Plant Physiologists - (until 2004);
- New Zealand Society of Authors PEN New Zealand Inc.;
- The Auckland Polish Association;
- Co-founder of Polonia Cultural Foundation of New Zealand (2015)
Orders and Decorations
- The Silver Cross of Merit (Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi);
- Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Polonia Restituta).
Hobby
- Computers, Scientific Photography, Writer;
- Owner of books related to Polish affairs and professional subjects (circa 8.000 vols).
Books
- Translated into Polish Red runs the Vistula (1985) English historical book of Ron Jeffery - Nevron Associates Publ., Manurewa, Auckland;
- Novel "Kariera na trzy karpie morskie", Warszawa 2000
- Przyroda inaczej... czyli Ciekawostki;
- Dziwy i dziwadła obyczajowe ... czyli Ciekawostki;
- Historia inaczej ... czyli Ciekawostki - Kraków 2000;
- Zbiór wiadomości niezwykłych, szokujących, mądrych.. choć nie zawsze... Auckland 1995;
- Dziwy i dziwadła - Warszawa 2001.
- Few handbook for classes, University of the West Indies, 1985, 1986
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