Lucyna Śliwa

Lucyna Elżbieta Śliwa (born 20 February 1964) is a Polish lichenologist and mycologist known for her extensive work on the taxonomy and biogeography of the lichen genus Lecanora. She is currently the head of the Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany at the Polish Academy of Sciences, where she has made significant contributions to the understanding of lichen biodiversity and the impact of anthropogenic factors on lichen biota, particularly in the Polish Carpathian Mountains.

Early life and education

Śliwa was born on 20 February 1964 in Rzeszów, Poland. In 1982, she moved to Kraków to pursue her higher education at the Jagiellonian University. She graduated with a master's degree in biology from the Faculty of Biology in 1987.