Agriculture and Horticulture

Agriculture and Horticulture

Duration of the programme: 4 years (8 semesters)

Program description: Doctoral students will gain new knowledge, skills and social competence in the areas of agricultural engineering and agricultural and horticultural plant breeding; biological and technological determinants of agricultural and horticultural plant cultivation; genetic and biotechnological determinants of crop breeding for sustainable production, multidirectional and cascade uses of crops and bioresource engineering; advances in agricultural engineering and biodiversity management in different production systems; molecular diagnostics (PCR, real-time PCR) of fungal plant pathogens; entomological diagnostics of species in agrocenoses and storehouses; qualitative and quantitative analyses of agricultural products with high nutritional value; analysis of agronomic, economic and energy efficiency of biomass production and processing in annual and perennial crops; life cycle environmental, economic, social and energy analyses (LCA, LCC, sLCA) for the production and multidirectional uses of bioresources; determinants of sustainable development of rural areas, sustainable resource management and climate change impacts in north-eastern Poland; bioeconomy, renewable energy sources and agro-energy.

Doctoral students will use innovative, state-of-the-art techniques, methods and research methodologies to apply the newly-acquired to practice while working on PhD projects.

Career opportunities: The graduates of doctoral programs have advanced knowledge, skills and social competence in the discipline of Agriculture and Horticulture. Therefore, they are prepared for implementing innovative ideas and creative problem solving. They can find employment, as leaders and managers, in the agricultural and horticultural sector. The graduates can also pursue their professional career in academia and research institutions in Poland and abroad.

Key words:

  • Agroecosystems

  • Agrotechnology

  • Bioenergy

  • Bioeconomy

  • Bioresources

  • Biotechnology

  • Production Efficiency

  • Plant Breeding

  • Quality of Raw Materials

  • Climate

  • Plant Protection

  • Horticulture

  • Yield

  • Crop Rotation

  • Agriculture

  • Horticultural Crops

  • Agricultural Crops

  • Water

  • Production Managem

Candidates for PhD Supervisors

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4741-1803

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Water Management and Climatology

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 89 523 43 51

E-mail:
marcin.sidoruk@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcin-Sidoruk

Scientific Discipline:
Agricultural Sciences – Agriculture and Horticulture
Engineering and Technical Sciences – Environmental Engineering, Mining and Power Engineering

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications WoS/Scopus: 19 / 19

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 95 / 110

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 6 / 6

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 243

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 8

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 0

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: yes

  • Foreign: (no declaration)

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Impact of catchments on the quality of inland waters

  • Heavy metals in bottom sediments of rivers and reservoirs

  • Influence of water management technologies in aquaculture on water quality

Funding or Special Equipment Required for PhD Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs?
    YES – in the second year of study, the PhD candidate will apply for a project funded from external sources

  • Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to carry out the planned research tasks?
    YES

Additional remarks:
–

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-9678

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biomass Engineering

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 89 523 48 38

E-mail:
mariusz.stolarski@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mariusz-Stolarski

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 129 / 133

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 1844 / 2298

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 29 / 30

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 4709

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 38

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 7

  • Number of current PhD candidates: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: Yes

  • Foreign: Yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Research on bio-based raw materials, bioeconomy, and renewable energy sources

  • Breeding, productivity, biomass quality, and application potential of perennial and annual alternative crops for energy and industrial use

  • Production technologies and logistics of obtaining bio-based raw materials, their processing into high value-added bioproducts, and conversion into solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels

  • Cascading use of various types of agricultural and forestry biomass

  • Economic, energy, and environmental efficiency assessment of biomass cultivation, production, logistics, and processing

  • Characterization and assessment of biomass and other renewable energy sources at the individual, local, regional, national, and international levels

Funding or Special Equipment Required for Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs? Yes

  • Is there infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to support the planned research tasks? Yes

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4804-8161

Department/Chair/Institute:
Department of Soil Science and Microbiology

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 89 523 48 32

E-mail:
pawels@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pawel-Sowinski

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture
(If the doctoral dissertation is carried out in two disciplines, it is possible to indicate one that is not represented in the doctoral school.)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 22 / 35

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 230 / 382

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 7 / 8

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 560

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 10

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates: 0

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: Yes (1 candidate)

  • Foreign: No

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Transformation directions of wetlands in the young-glacial landscape

Funding or Special Equipment Required for Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs? Yes

  • Is there infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to support the planned research tasks? Yes

Additional Remarks:
(none)

ORCID Number:
0000-0001-7958-9193

Department/Chair/Institute:
Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 89 523 32 46

E-mail:
agnieszka.pszczolkowska@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agnieszka-Pszczółkowska

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture
(If the doctoral dissertation is carried out in two scientific disciplines, it is allowed to indicate one that is not represented in the doctoral school.)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 41 / 44

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 413 / 433

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 12 / 12

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): not available

  • H-index (Google Scholar): not available

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 3

  • Number of current PhD candidates: 0

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: Yes

  • Foreign: No

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • The effect of boron compounds on limiting fungal infections in selected crop species

Funding or Special Equipment Required for Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs? Yes

  • Is there infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to support the planned research tasks? Yes

Additional Remarks:
None

ORCID Number:
0000-0003-2071-9314

Department/Chair/Institute:
Department of Soil Science and Microbiology

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 89 523 48 20

E-mail:
barbara.kalisz@uwm.edu.pl

Personal Website:
http://wril.uwm.edu.pl/kgim/dr-hab-inz-barbara-kalisz

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara-Kalisz

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture
(If the doctoral dissertation is carried out in two scientific disciplines, one not represented in the doctoral school may be indicated.)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 50 / 46

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 343 / 437

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 11 / 11

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 753

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 14

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 2 (as an assistant supervisor)

  • Number of current PhD candidates: 2 (as an assistant supervisor)

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: Yes

  • Foreign: Yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Agricultural use of organic soils

  • Transformation of organic matter and changes in carbon compounds content in soil

Funding or Special Equipment Required for Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs? Yes. Research will be conducted within the framework of a subsidy designated for research. In the second year of doctoral studies, the doctoral student will apply for a project funded by external sources.

  • Is there infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to support the planned research tasks? Yes. The Department of Soil Science and Microbiology has the necessary infrastructure and equipment for the research.

Additional Remarks:

ORCID Number: 0000-0002-5904-3035
Department/Chair/Institute: Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Bioresource Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
University: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Telephone: +48 89 523-48-47
Email: dariusz.zaluski@uwm.edu.pl
Personal Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dariusz-Zaluski

ResearchGate Account: Agriculture and Horticulture
Academic Discipline: +48 89 523-48-47

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): 66/68
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: 901/962
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): 18/19
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 1348
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 23
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 0
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: 0

Supervision Availability:
Polish Doctoral Student: Yes
Foreign Doctoral Student: Yes

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • My area of expertise is related to biometry, design of experiments (DoE), and statistical tools as needed in plant breeding, agronomy, crop science, and forestry research.
  • The research topics offered to candidates related to agricultural experimentation, with an emphasis on statistical analysis of data.
    1. Taguchi methods to evaluate the robustness of a combination of factors of crop production under environmental stress.
    2. Statistical methods of climate change analysis – assessment of the current state.

Funding and Resources for Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    Yes.
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    Yes.

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-3035

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biomass Engineering

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
(not provided – e-mail address was mistakenly entered in the “Phone” field)

E-mail:
dariusz.zaluski@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dariusz-Zaluski

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications WoS/Scopus: 71 / 72

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 1110 / 1197

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 20 / 21

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 1617

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 25

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 0

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: yes

  • Foreign: yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:
My research interests are related to biometrics, experimentation, and statistical methods used in agronomy and forest research. I am open to topics that fall within the methodology of agricultural experiments, with particular emphasis on statistical data analysis.

Funding or Special Equipment Required for PhD Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs?
    Yes

  • Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to carry out the planned research tasks?
    Yes

Additional remarks:
(none)

ORCID Number:
0000-0001-7693-9469

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Chemistry

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury

Phone:
+48 507 321 724

E-mail:
kamil.wojciechowski@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamil-Wojciechowski-2

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture
Chemical Sciences
(In the case of a PhD conducted in two disciplines, it is allowed to indicate one not represented in the doctoral school.)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications WoS/Scopus: 83

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 1321

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 23

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 1902

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 25

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 5

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: yes

  • Foreign: no

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Plant proteins (e.g. lupine, rapeseed, black cumin, etc.) as a source of surface-active compounds

  • Biosurfactants from the saponin group – biological and surface activity

Funding or Special Equipment Required for PhD Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs?
    No

  • Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair/Institute to carry out the planned research tasks?
    Yes

Additional remarks:
(none)

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-1304

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Soil Science and Microbiology

Faculty:
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
89 523 44 39

E-mail:
m.bacmaga@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malgorzata-Bacmaga/

Scientific Discipline:
Agriculture and Horticulture

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications WoS/Scopus: 55 / 55

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 726 / 730

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 15 / 16

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 1157

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 20

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 0

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

  • Polish: yes (one doctoral student)

  • Foreign: yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Microbiological profile of soil exposed to perfluorinated compounds
    (items 2–5 not provided)

Funding or Special Equipment Required for PhD Project Implementation:

  • Are there funds to cover research costs?
    Yes — the research will be carried out under a subsidy allocated for research. In the second year, the PhD student will apply for funding from external sources.

  • Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to carry out the planned research tasks?
    Yes — the Chair of Soil Science and Microbiology has appropriate infrastructure and equipment necessary to conduct the research.

Additional remarks:
None

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