Andrzej Tarkowski#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1005 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fnp.org.pl/en/prof-dr-hab-andrzej-krzysztof-tarkowski-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2013 |
Andrzej Tarkowski passed away September 23, 2016.
Positions Held
- 2003 Professor Emeritus
- 1997 - 2004 Chairman and later member of the State Committee for Scientific Research’s Unit for Biology, Earth Sciences and Environmental Protection
- 1972 - 1981, 1987 - 2002 Director of the University of Warsaw’s Institute of Zoology
- 1964 - 2003 Head of the Department of Embryology
Fields of Scholarship
- Modern mammalian developmental biology
- Progress in animal breeding
- Assisted reproduction (in vitro fertilisation)
- Preimplantational diagnostics
Honours and Awards
- 2013 FNP Prize in the life and earth sciences
- 2005 Honorary Doctorate by Medical University of Łódź
- 2002 The Japan Prize granted by the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan and “Japanese Nobel Prize
- 2000 Honorary Doctorate by Jagiellonian University
- 2000-2004 Vice-chairman of the Council of the Foundation for Polish Science
- 1997-2000 Member of the Council of the Foundation for Polish Science
- 1991 Prize from the International Embryo Transfer Society
- 1991 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1990-1992 Member of the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1985 State prize first degree
- 1985 Award from the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation
- 1982-1985 Vice-chairman of the General Council of Science and Higher Education
- 1980 The Albert Brachet Prize from the Royal Academy of Belgium
- Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences
- Foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
