Research

University of Warsaw Botanic Garden is a department of the Faculty of Biology UW. Our research focus mainly on pollination biology and ecology and include also evolution of plant breeding systems. We apply a mixture of classical field experiments and observations, and modern lab techniques (molecular phylogenetics, electron and confocal microscopy, chromatography, etc.) to explore the diversity of plants’ pollination systems and breeding strategies. Our graduate and post-graduate students make an important contribution to our projects, they usually become co-authors of our papers. Majority of our research projects concentrate on endangered plant species, either in national (Polemonium caeruleum), European (Ostericum palustre) or global scale (genus Fritillaria, family Orchidaceae).

Recent research projects

2015-2018 How population size and pollinator availability mould breeding system and population genetics in plants? The case of Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum, Polemoniaceae), a pollen-limited species of the 'Polish Plant Red-Book’, National Science Centre grant, project leader dr Marcin Zych

2015-2017 Evolution of the labellum and secretory structures in selected Asiatic representatives of the genus Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) with different pollination strategies, National Science Centre grant, project leader Professor Małgorzata Stpiczyńska

2014-2017 Evolution of flower features of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in response to pollinator shift, National Science Centre grant, project leader Katarzyna Roguz

2011-2013 Pollination systems of the Umbelliferous plants (Apiaceae) as an example of the"adaptive generalization": the case of Angelica sylvestris L., National Science Centre grant, project leader dr Marcin Zych

2011-2013 Local plants knowledge and narrations about nature in E Podolia (Ukraine) - an analysis in the context of the state discourses, National Science Centre grant, project leader Iwa Kołodziejska

2010-2012 Do umbelliferous plants play a structural role in the pollination network in a lowland meadow? Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant, project leader Professor Małgorzata Stpiczyńska

2009-2012 Breeding system and pollination biology of a red-listed plant Fritillaria meleagris L. (Lilicaeae), Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant, project leader dr Marcin Zych