Address:

Department of Animal 
Taxonomy and Ecology
A. Mickiewicz University
Umultowska 89
61-614 Poznan
Poland

E-mail: LK@tardigrada.net
or:        kaczmar@amu.edu.pl

Tel. 0048 (0) 606 38 46 87

Academic position:

Assistant Professor

Academic titles:

PhD in Zoology
A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Obtained in 2008

MSc in Environmental Biology
A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Obtained in 2003

Interests:

• Tardigrada: taxonomy, zoogeography, faunistics, ecology and morphology.
• Protura: taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography, faunistics, morphology, biology.

Scientific expeditions:

1999. Member of scientific expedition to Tatra Mountains. Research on biodiversity of liverworts in Tatrzanski National Park. (Co-ordinator Prof. Dr hab. J. Szweykowski).

2000. Member of scientific expedition to Mongolia. Research on Invertebrate biodiversity in Mongolia.

2001. Co–organiser of scientific expedition to Bieszczady National Park. Research on Invertebrate biodiversity (e.g. Tardigrada with cooperation with L. Michalczyk)

2001. Co–organiser of scientific expedition to Ukraine and Russia (Three seas: Sea of Azow, Black Sea and Caspian Sea) Research on Invertebrate biodiversity.

2001/02/03/04. Operation “Baltic” (catching and marking birds).

2002. Co–organiser of scientific expedition to Kyrgyzstan (Tien Shan Mountains) Research on Invertebrate biodiversity (especially Tardigrada).

2002-2003. Scientific expedition to Costa Rica. Research on Tardigrada biodiversity (permit No 360-2002-OFAU).

2006. Co – organiser of scientific expedition to South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay). Research on Invertebrate biodiversity (especially Acari and Tardigrada) in South America.

Scientific projects:

2003. National Bidodiversity Inventory conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) with funds from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) throught the World Bank (Costa Rica).

2003. ALAS ‘Arthropods of La Selva’ with funds from National Science Foundation-grant DEB-0072702, Organization for Tropical Studies and (INBio) (Costa Rica, La Selva Biological Station).

2003. IBISCA 2003 ‘Investigating the Biodiversity of Soil and Canopy Arthropods’ with main funding from Solvin/Solvay, STRI and Global Canopy Programme (Panama, San Lorenzo National Park).

2004 - 2005. Scientific tutor of the student’s project ‘Biodiversity of Mediterranean See Islands water-bears (Tardigrada)’.

2005 - 2008. Grant KBN No. 2P04F 05428. Mites of the group Heterostigmata (Acari) occurring in association with bark beetles (Insecta, Scolytidae) on spruce in Poland (Insecta, Coleoptera): systematics, ecology and estimation of ecological significance.

Grants:

2005-2008. KBN grant (no. 2P04C 07729): Water bears (Tardigrada) of Tropical Rain Forests of Costa Rica – Mixing of the Nearctic and Neotropic Faunas. 

2005. EU SYNTHESYS grant (no. DK-TAF 1177): Morphological variability of the oral cavity armature within and between some species and genera of Eutardigrada (Tardigrada). 

2006. EU SYNTHESYS grant (no. DK-TAF 2586): Revision and redescription of chosen Tardigrada type specimens of the Thulin's collection. 

2009. EU SYNTHESYS grant (no. DK-TAF-4888): Evolution of egg shell in Eutardigrada and its taxonomic significance. 

2009-2010. DAAD Project. Molecular and morphological characterisation of anhydrobiotic tardigrade species.

Awards:

2006. Scholarship for young researchers from Poznan (scholarship awarded by the Mayor of Poznań)

2006 – 2008 The best PhD student at the Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University.

2007. Scholarship from the Foundation of Polish Science for young researchers from Poland.

2008. Scholarship from the Foundation of Polish Science for young researchers from Poland.

2008. Award from the President of A. Mickiewicz University.

2009. Award from the Prime Minister of Poland.

Published peer-reviewed papers:

1. Kaczmarek L., BLaszak C. 2000. Niesporczaki (Tardigrada) Bieszczadów; Monografie Bieszczadzkie. 7: 29-33.

2. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2001. Wodne misie czyli niesporczaki znane i nieznane; MateriaLy V przeglądu DziaLalności Studenckich KóL Naukowych Przyrodników; WrocLaw, 129-132.

3. Kaczmarek L., Beasley C. W. 2002 Water bears (Tardigrada) of China; Fauna of China (Z. Q. Zhang ed.) 4:65-76.

4. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2002. Calohypsibius schusteri Nelson et. McGlothlin, 1996 and Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904 – gatunki niesporczaków (Tardigrada) nowe dla fauny Polski; Przegląd Zoologiczny XLVI, 1-2: 67-69.

5. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2002. Echiniscus barbarae, a new species of tardigrade from Cuba Island (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae, “arctomys group”); Zootaxa 53: 1-4.

6. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2002. Niesporczaki (Tardigrada) Rezerwatu „Wąwóz Myśliborski” (Park Krajobrazowy CheLmy); Salamandra 6: 29-33.

7. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L., Węglarska B. 2002. Itaquascon mongolicus, a new species of Eutardigrada from Mongolia (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae); Genus 13 (1): 1-3.

8. Kaczmarek L. 2003. New records of and key to Tardigrada from Costa Rica; Zootaxa 177: 1-4.

9. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2003. Platicrista horribilis, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Mongolia; Zootaxa 132: 1-8.

10. Michalczyk L., Kaczmarek L. 2003. Minibiotus constellatus, a new species of Tardigrada from Peru (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae); Genus 14 (2): 295-305.

11. Michalczyk L., Kaczmarek L. 2003. Water Bears (Tardigrada) of the Bieszczady Mountains (Poland, West Carpathians); Zootaxa 242: 1-24.

12. Pilato G., Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L., Lisi O. 2003. Macrobiotus polonicus, a new species of Tardigrada from Poland (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, ‘hufelandi group’); Zootaxa 258: 1-8.

13. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2003. Isohypsibius marcellinoi Binda et. Pilato, 1971 – nowy gatunek niesporczaka (Tardigrada) dla fauny Polski; Przegląd Zoologiczny XLVII (1-2): 95-96.

14. Michalczyk L., Kaczmarek L. 2003. A description of the new tardigrade Macrobiotus reinhardti (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, ‘harmsworthi group’) with some remarks on the on the oral cavity armature within the genus Macrobiotus; Zootaxa 331: 1-24.

15. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2003. Niesporczaki (Tardigrada) Wielkopolskiego Parku Narodowego (Polska zachodnio-centralna); Salamandra 7: 55-64.

16. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2004. New records of Tardigrada from Cyprus with a description of the new species Macrobiotus marlenae (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, hufelandi group); Genus 15 (1): 141-152.

17. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2004. Isohypsibius archangajensis, a new species of eutardigrada (Hypsibidae) from Mongolia; Annales Zoologici 54 (2): 467-470.

18. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2004. Diphascon (Diphascon) ilitsi (Schuster et Grigarick, 1965) – gatunek niesporczaka (Tardigrada) nowy dla fauny Polski; Przegląd Zoologiczny XLVIII (1-2): 97-98.

19. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. 2004. Notes on some tardigrades from South Africa, with the description of Diphascon (Diphascon) zaniewi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Zootaxa 576: 1-6

20. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. First record of the genus Doryphoribius Pilato, 1969 from Costa Rica (Central America) and description of a new species Doryphoribius quadrituberculatus (Tardigrada: Hypsibiidae); Genus 15 (3): 447-453.

21. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L., Beasley C. W. 2004. Milnesium katarzynae sp. nov., a new species of eutardigrade (Milnesiidae) from China. Zootaxa 743: 1-5.

22. Kaczmarek L., Michalczyk L. The first record of water bears (Tardigrada) from Jordan; Dirasat, Pure Sciences 31(2): 154-157.

23. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł. 2004. Minibiotus eichhorni sp. nov., a new species of eutardigrade (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Peru; Annales Zoologici 54 (4): 673-676.

24. Kaczmarek Ł. 2004. Niesporczaki (Tardigrada) Rezerwatu „Meteoryt Morasko”. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, Seria C – Zoologia 50: 35-37.

25. Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł. 2004. Macrobiotus macrocalix Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993 – nowy gatunek niesporczaka (Tardigrada) dla fauny Polski. Badania Fizjograficzne nad Polską Zachodnią, Seria C – Zoologia 50: 39-43.

26. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł., Claxton S., K. 2005. Minibiotus weglarskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Mongolia. Zootaxa 1008: 47-56.

27. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł. 2005. The first record of the genus Calohypsibius Thulin, 1928 (Eutardigrada: Calohypsibiidae) from Chile (South America) with a description of a new species Calohypsibius maliki. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 32: 287-292.

28. Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł., Diduszko D. 2005. Some tardigrades from Siberia (Russia, Baikal region) with a description of Macrobiotus garynahi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: richtersi group). Zootaxa 1053: 35-45.

29. Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł., Degma P. 2005. A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia). Zootaxa 1080: 33-38.

30. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł. 2005. Thulinius ruffoi Bertolani, 1981 – rodzaj i gatunek niesporczaka (Tardigrada) nowy dla fauny Polski. Przegląd Zoologiczny XLIX (1-2): 57-59.

31. Kaczmarek Ł., Beasley C.W., Michalczyk Ł. 2006 New records of tardigrades from China with zoogeographical remarks. Biological Letters 43(1): 3-10

32. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł. 2006. Revision of the Echiniscus bigranulatus group with a description of a new species Echiniscus madonnae (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from South America. Zootaxa 1154: 1-26.

33. Michalczyk Ł., Kaczmarek Ł. 2006. Macrobiotus huziori, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Costa Rica (Central America). Zootaxa 1169: 47-59.

33. Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł. & Diduszko D. 2006. Ramazzottius bunikowskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Russia. Zootaxa 1229: 49-57.