Romuald Zabielski

Romuald Zabielski (born 25 December 1960) is a Polish veterinary scientist and professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In 2019 he was appointed Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

He is a former director of the Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition in Jabłonna, Poland.

He has held the academic title of Full Professor since 2008, and has been a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2013.

Education and employment

Romuald Zabielski earned his degree as a doctor of veterinary medicine from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in 1984. Chairman of the Employee Evaluation Committee for Interfaculty Units of the Senate of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (2008-2016), Chairman of the Council of Provosts of Division II—Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (2015-2018).

His most important achievements include:

describing the cyclical secretive and motor activity in the newborn digestive tract and the neurohormonal mechanisms of pancreatic secretion and motility of the stomach and intestines depending on intestinal hormones and vagus nerve, studying the developmental differences in the digestive tract of newborn piglets with Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), developing innovative feed supplements for farm animals (12 patents, including 2 EPO). and Sakura in the Garden on Japanese cherry trees and related customs in Poland. He has had more than a dozen photographic exhibitions, including in Warsaw, Olsztyn, Kościelsk, and Zakopane.

Awards and distinctions

Romuald Zabielski has received the following awards and distinctions: the Award of the Chairman of Division V of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1999, 2004) the Award of the Rector of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (1989, 1990, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012) the Award of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences (1990, 2008) the Silver Medal for Longstanding Service (2008) the Medal of the Committee of National Education (2009) the distinction "Person of Merit for the Warsaw University of Life Sciences" (2008) the Silver Medal for Innovation (Seul 2009) the Award of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education (2012) the Napoleon Cybulski Medal of the Polish Physiological Society (2014).