Bartosz is an Assistant Professor at the MCLL, affiliated with the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Jagiellonian University. He holds a Master's degree in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Silesia in Katowice. His doctoral dissertation (defended in 2023) concerned mechanisms of geometric cognition in insects. Bartosz is a co-author of papers published in Animal Cognition, PLOS One, Insects, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Journal of Pest Science, Open Life Sciences, Molecules, Zoomorphology, Scientific Reports, European Journal of Entomology, Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). He led the project funded by the Diamond Grant V programme and was awarded the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for academic excellence. He is a corresponding member of the Polish Ethological Society and a longtime co-organizer of Brain Awareness Week celebrations in Katowice. He collaborates with Lars Chittka's team (Queen Mary University of London).
Bartosz's post of Assistant Professor (in the Polish educational system called Adiunkt) in the MCLL is funded by the Strategic Programme Excellence Initiative at Jagiellonian University. In our lab, he is involved in investigating cognition of humans and insects.
