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Łukasz Michalczyk

Łukasz Michalczyk

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Ecology and Evolution
Poland
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6345
World Ranking
5364
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Łukasz Michalczyk is affiliated with Jagiellonian University in Poland. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The body of work includes studies covering Tardigrade Biology and Ecology, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, and Planetary Science and Exploration, among other topics.

The main fields of study for Łukasz Michalczyk are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of study include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Physiology

The research topics prominently covered by Łukasz Michalczyk's publications include:

  • Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Biofield Effects and Biophysics
  • Spaceflight effects on biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Łukasz Michalczyk are:

  • Piotr Gąsiorek
  • Daniel Stec
  • Katarzyna Vončina
  • Witold Morek
  • Sara Calhim

The scientist has published notably in several venues with repeated contributions. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Zootaxa
  • Zoologischer Anzeiger
  • Zoological Letters
  • Scientific Reports

Significant recent papers by Łukasz Michalczyk include:

  • An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae), 2020, Zoologischer Anzeiger
  • New multilocus phylogeny reorganises the family Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada) and unveils complex morphological evolution of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Everything is not everywhere": Time-calibrated phylogeography of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada), 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Mating patterns influence vulnerability to the extinction vortex, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • A new redescription of Richtersius coronifer, supported by transcriptome, provides resources for describing concealed species diversity within the monotypic genus Richtersius (Eutardigrada), 2020, Zoological Letters

Best Publications

  • Experimental heatwaves compromise sperm function and cause transgenerational damage in a model insect.

    Kris Sales;Ramakrishnan Vasudeva;Matthew E. Dickinson;Joanne L. Godwin

  • Sexual selection protects against extinction

    Alyson J. Lumley;Łukasz Michalczyk;James J. N. Kitson;Lewis G. Spurgin

  • The Tardigrada Register: a comprehensive online data repository for tardigrade taxonomy

    Łukasz Michalczyk;Łukasz Kaczmarek

  • An integrative description of Macrobiotus paulinae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Kenya

    Daniel Stec;Radoslav Smolak;Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • Redescriptions of three Milnesium Doyere, 1840 taxa (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae), including the nominal species for the genus

    Łukasz Michalczyk;Weronika Wełnicz;Marcus Frohme;Łukasz Kaczmarek

  • Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part III: North America and Greenland

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk;Sandra J. Mcinnes

  • An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)

    Piotr Gąsiorek;Daniel Stec;Witold Morek;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • META‐ANALYSIS SUGGESTS CHOOSY FEMALES GET SEXY SONS MORE THAN “GOOD GENES”

    Zofia M. Prokop;Łukasz Michalczyk;Szymon M. Drobniak;Magdalena Herdegen

  • Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk;Sandra J. McInnes

  • The Macrobiotus hufelandi group (Tardigrada) revisited.

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela.

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Joanna Paulina Cytan;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Dawid Diduszko

  • An experimental test of eutardigrade preparation methods for light microscopy

    Witold Morek;Daniel Stec;Piotr Gąsiorek;Ralph O. Schill

  • Unmasking hidden species diversity within the Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri complex, with an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the family Ramazzottiidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela)

    Daniel Stec;Witold Morek;Piotr Gąsiorek;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America.

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk;Sandra J McInnes

  • Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry

    Daniel Stec;Piotr Gąsiorek;Witold Morek;Paulina Kosztyła

  • Inbreeding promotes female promiscuity.

    Łukasz Michalczyk;Anna L. Millard;Oliver Y. Martin;Oliver Y. Martin;Alyson J. Lumley

  • Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Apochela)

    Witold Morek;Piotr Gąsiorek;Daniel Stec;Brian Blagden

  • EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION EXPOSES FEMALE AND MALE RESPONSES TO SEXUAL SELECTION AND CONFLICT IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

    Łukasz Michalczyk;Anna L. Millard;Oliver Y. Martin;Oliver Y. Martin;Alyson J. Lumley

  • Doryphoribius mexicanus, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Mexico (North America)

    Clark W. Beasley;Łukasz Kaczmarek;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • Redescription of Milnesium alpigenum Ehrenberg, 1853 (Tardigrada: Apochela) and a description of Milnesium inceptum sp. nov., a tardigrade laboratory model.

    Witold Morek;Atsushi C. Suzuki;Ralph O. Schill;Dilian Georgiev

  • A description of the new tardigrade Macrobiotus reinhardti (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, harmsworthi group) with some remarks on the oral cavity armature within the genus Macrobiotus Schultze

    Łukasz Michalczyk;Łukasz Kaczmarek

  • Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa

    Sandra J. Mcinnes;Łukasz Michalczyk;Łukasz Kaczmarek

Frequent Co-Authors

Łukasz Kaczmarek
Łukasz Kaczmarek Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Krzysztof Zawierucha
Krzysztof Zawierucha Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Matthew J. G. Gage
Matthew J. G. Gage University of East Anglia
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen University of Copenhagen
Tracey Chapman
Tracey Chapman University of East Anglia
Jacek Radwan
Jacek Radwan Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Zhongqin Li
Zhongqin Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nozomu Takeuchi
Nozomu Takeuchi Chiba University

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