Ryszard Słomski

Ryszard Slomski (; born January 21, 1950) is a Polish professor and lecturer at the Poznań University of Life Sciences.

Education Ryszard Słomski attended the Karol Marcinkowski Secondary School in Poznań, known as “Marcinek.” He graduated in 1973 from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where he studied biology in the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences. He undertook PhD studies at the Poznań University of Medical Sciences and beginning in 1974 worked under the supervision of Professor Antoni Horst in the newly opened Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 1986 he has been the deputy director for scientific affairs in the Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of the Agricultural Academy in Poznań, currently the Poznań University of Life Sciences, and since 1997 has headed the Department. Słomski is also an active staff member of the NanoBioMedical Centre of Adam Mickiewicz University.

Academic career In 1976 Słomski received a doctoral degree in medical sciences, and in 1982 he received a postdoctoral degree at the Poznań University of Medical Sciences. In 1990 he obtained a professorial degree. In 2000 he became a full professor at the Poznań University of Life Sciences. He set up the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics in 1992, the first private laboratory conducting DNA tests for forensic medical purposes. Słomski is a full professor, head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the Poznań University of Life Sciences, deputy director for scientific affairs in the Institute of Human Genetics at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznań,

Awards and honors Słomski has received several prestigious awards for his scientific achievements. They include the Award of the Scientific Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1976 and 1977), the Jędrzej Śniadecki Award (1988 and 2000), the Award of the 6th Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1979 and 1982) and the Włodzimierz Mozołowski Award of the Polish Biochemical Society (1975). In 1999 Słomski and his team received the Scientific Award of the City of Poznań. In 2002 he was awarded the Jędrzej Śniadecki Medal, and in 2003 the Medal of the National Education Committee. In 2009 Słomski received the 1st class individual Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for scientific achievements in biochemistry and biotechnology.