Curriculum Vitae
Professor MACIEJ ZALEWSKI

Date of Birth: 18th March 1950, Warsaw, Poland
Country of Residence: Poland

Address 1:
International Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences - European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology
under the auspices of UNESCO
90-364 Lodz, Poland, ul. Tylna 3
Phone: (+48) 42 681 70 07 Fax: (+48) 42 681 30 69
E-Mail: mzal@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Address 2:
Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz
90-237 Lodz, Poland, ul. Banacha 12/16
Phone: (+48) 42 635 44 38 Fax: (+48) 42 665 58 19

TITLES & ACADEMIC DEGREES
1994 Professor
1986 Dr hab., University of Lodz
1977 Ph.D. , University of Lodz
1973 M.Sc., University of Lodz

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Chief Editor
"Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology", Poland

Member of Editorial Board
"Fisheries Management and Ecology", UK
"Brazilian Journal of Biology", Brazil

HONORS AND AWARDS

2010 Nomination to Stockholm Water Prize by the American Journal Ecological Engineering
2006 Scientific Award of the President of Lodz City
2006 Order "For Services to the City of Lodz"
2005 Award for co-author at the University of Lodz to the 2004's.
2005 Honorary member of the Arab Healthy Water Association-AHWA.
2001 Prize of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
1998 Golden Cross of Merit.
1994 Nomination as chief of experts to Stockholm Water Prize, the Minister of Environmental Protection Natural Resources and Forestry of Poland
1998 International Speaker Award During Annual Meeting of the North American Lake Management Society.
Scientific Award of the Minister of Education: 1979, 1987, 1998.
Scientific Award of the Rector of the University of Lodz in 1976, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1995, 2002.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED AS CHAIRMAN AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Zalewski attended many conferences or seminars, both in Poland and abroad.
The list of selected conferences, seminars, invited lectures and scientific missions includes, among others:

The 2nd Conference on Healthy Rivers and Sustainable Water Resource Management
Keynote Speaker, Chongqing, China, October 2011

International Conference on the Status and Future of the World's Large Rivers
Invited Speaker, Vienna, April 2011

National Symposium on Ecohydrology
Keynote Speaker, Jakarta, March 24, 2011

Bio-Economy Africa-Forum 2010: a Knowledge Sharing Forum on a Novel Approach to Sustainable livelihood, Wealth Creation and Climate Change Adaptation
Keynote Lecture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2010

XXXVIII World IAH Congress - Groundwater quality sustainability
Plenary Lecture at opening session, Kraków, Poland, September 2010

Presentation of on the behalf of Task Force the concept of IHP VIII 2013-2019 at Inter Governmental Council of UNESCO, Paris, June 2010

International Symposium - Ecohydrology for water ecosystems and society in Ethiopia
Chairman, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2009

China-Europa Forum on Healthy Rivers and the Implementation of Sustainable Water Resources Management
Keynote Speaker, Chongqing, China, October 2009

Workshop The Scientific Scope to find Mutual Solutions in Large River Management and Restoration
Invited Speaker, Vienna, Austria, September 2009

International Workshop of Geo-Information Techniques & Eco-hydrology for Adapting Global Change
Keynote Speaker, Beijing, China, September 2009

International Conference on Implementing Environmental Water Allocations
Plenary Lecture, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, February 2009

Opening of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Ecohydrlogy
Invited speaker, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2009

12th Biennial Conference of Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins (ERB) Conference - Hydrological Extremes in Small Basins
Keynote Speaker, Kraków 2008

4th European Centre for River Restoration - International Conference on River Restoration
Keynote Speaker, Venice, June 2008

International Conference Ecohydrological Processes and Sustainable Floodplain Management: Opportunities and Concepts for water hazard mitigation, and ecological and socioeconomic sustainability in the Face of Global Changes
Chairman of the Steering Committee, Lodz, Poland, May 2008

1st German-Polish Conference on Research for Sustainability
Invited Speaker, Warsaw, Poland, May 2008

International Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of Inter Academy Panel on Water Security and Groundwater Sustainability
Invited Speaker, Beijing, China, March 2008

Colloquium on Lake and Reservoir Management in Malaysia
Invited Speaker, Kuala Lumpur, 2007

"New Directions in Urban Water Management"
Chairman of the Session, UNESCO, Paris, France, 2007

4th World Water Forum
Member of the Panel on Ecohydrology, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006

3rd Training Workshop on Ecohydrology for Asia Pacific Region
Keynote Speaker, Bali, Indonesia, 2006

International Symposium on Ecohydrology
Co-Chairman, Vienna, Austria, 2005

Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences SEFS4
Opening Lecturer in the Ecohydrology Session, Krakow, Poland, 2005

International Workshop "Water and Ecosystems: Water Resources Management in Diverse Ecosystems and Providing for Human Needs"
Invited Lecturer, Hamilton, Canada, 2005

"The Future of Life and the Future of Our Civilization (predictions and modelling)"
Invited Lecturer, Frankfurt, Germany, 2005

"Use of Remote Sensing in Ecohydrology" Session, XII Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium
Invited Speaker, Goiania, Brazil, 2005

2nd Ecohydrology Workshop of Drylands in the Arab Region
Keynote Speaker, Beirut, Lebanon, 2004

XXIX SIL Congress
Chairman of the Ecohydrology Session, Helsinki, Finland, 2004

Conference on "Water Observation and Information System for Decision Support"
Chairman of the "Ecohydrology" Session, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, 2004

"Ecohydrology of Drylands in the Arab Region" Workshop Keynote Lecture, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 2003

International Symposium "Ecohydrology and Physical Fish Habitat Modifications in Lakes"
Keynote Speaker, Mondsee, Austria, 2003

Meeting on "Indicators and Indices to Assess the Dynamics of River Basins", UNEP
Invited Speaker, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003

Asia Pacific Training Workshop on Ecohydrology "Integrating Ecohydrology and Phytotechnology into Workplans of Government, Private and Multinational Companies
Opening Lecture, Cibinong, Indonesia, 2003

Third World Water Forum
Chairman of the Special "Ecohydrology" Session, Osaka, Japan, 2003

Expert Meeting on Biodiversity and Water Resources
Invited Speaker, Cairo, Egypt, 2002

Final Conference of the First Phase (1996-2001) IHP-V Project 2.3,2.4 on Ecohydrology "The Application of Ecohydrology to Water Resources Development and Management"
Chairman, Venice Italy, 2001

EIFAC FAO International Workshop "Ecohydrology as a Tool for Restoration of Physically Degraded Fish Habitats"
Chairman, Warsaw, Poland, 2001

III International Workshop on Regional Approaches to Reservoir Development and Management in La Plata River Basin: Focus on Informal Decision Processes for Sustainable Development of Reservoir
Keynote Lecturer, Posadas, Argentina, 2001

International Workshop on Ecosystem Impacts of Large Dams
Invited Speaker, Nairobi, Kenya, 2000

European Community Seminar "European Research Area, Agriculture and Environment"
Delegate of The Republic of Poland, Rennes, France, 2000

First International Conference on Wood in World Rivers
Plenary Lecturer, Corvallis, Oregon USA, 2000

"Solving Tomorrow`s Problems Today" Workshop - A holistic approach to the responsible care and Sustainable management of water
Keynote Lecturer, Cancun, Mexico, 2000

UNEP, UNESCO-IHP and European Commission High Level Expert Meeting Perspectives of Phytotechnologies and Ecohydrology as Tools for Sustainable Management of Water and Landscape Resources
Chairman, Walewice, Poland, 2000

UNEP Phytoremediation Expert Meeting
Invited Speaker, Elora, Ontario, Canada, 2000

International Symposium "Hydrological and Geochemical Processes in Large-Scale River Basins"
Invited Speaker, 15-19 Nov. 1999, Manaus, Brazil

"Shallow Tropical Lakes and Humans"
Keynote Lecturer, Naivasha, Kenya, 1999

SIL Congress
Chairman of the "Ecohydrology" Session, Dublin, 1998

UNESCO UNDP Workshop on Ecohydrology
Chairman, Lodz, Poland, 1998

Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)
Invited speaker, Switzerland 1998

"Ecohydrology and fisheries" Workshop, IX Congress of European Ichthyologists
Chairman of the Workshop on Ecohydrology and Fishery Sciences, Trieste, Italy, 1997

Workshop on Ecosystem Approach to Lake and Reservoir Management
Invited Speaker, Bali, Indonesia, 1997

Workshop on Current Advances in Environmental Decision-Making
Invited Speaker, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, 1997

UNESCO IHP-V Symposium "Ecohydrology"
Keynote Lecturer, Dienten, Austria, 1997

"Ecology of Floodplain" Workshop
Invited Speaker, Maringa, Brazil, 1997

"Ecology and Management of Reservoirs" Workshop
Invited Speaker, Maringa, Brazil, 1996

First Core Group Meeting of UNESCO IHP-V Programme "Ecohydrology"
Chairman, Jablonna, Poland, 1996

UNESCO MAB Synthesis Symposium "Fish and Land/inland Water Ecotones
Chairman, Zakopane, Poland, 1995

International Conference "Shallow Lakes-Trophic cascades"
Chairman of the Session, Mikolajki, Poland, 1995

International Workshop on "The Ecology and Management of Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecotones"
University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 14-19 February 1994

"Ecological land use freshwater ecosystem conservation in rural regions during transformation times"
Chairman of the Polish- German Symposium, Spala, Poland, 1994

Justus Liebig University
Invited speaker, Gissen, Germany, 1994

"Habitat Modification and Freshwater Fisheries", FAO EIFAC
Chairman of the Session, Lyon, France, 1993

"Ecotones at the river basin scale: global land/water interactions"
Keynote Speaker, UNESCO MAB Southern Hemisphere Workshop, Australia

"Fish and Land/inland Water Ecotones"
Co-Chairman, Co-Editor, UNESCO MAB Mid-term Symposium, Vienna/Luntz, Austria, 1992

World Fisheries Congress "Freshwater Habitat Management and Restoration in the Face of the Global Changes"
Keynote Lecturer, Athens, Greece, 1992

"Rehabilitation of Inland Fisheries" Conference
Chairman of the "Euthrophication and Biomanipulation" Session, University Hull, UK, 1992

International Ichthyological Congress
Chairman of the "Fish and Ecotones" Session The Hague, The Netherlands, 1991

"Wetland and riparian ecotones in landscape dynamics"
Invited Speaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory USA, 1991

UNESCO MAB Seminar "Future Trends in MAB"
Invited Speaker, Tokyo, Japan, 1990

UNESCO MAB Symposium "Fish and Land /inland Water Ecotones"
Chairman, Krakow, Poland, 1990

FAO UN, Fisheries Society of British Isles and Institute of Fisheries Management International Symposium "Fishing with Electricity"
Member of the Steering Committee and Chairman of the Session "Environmental Factors", Hull, UK, 1988

International Symposium on the Conservation of Inland Water "Aquarius"
Invited Speaker and Panel Member, Paris, France, 1987

Royal Holloway College
Invited Speaker, London, UK, 1987

International Symposium "Fish Production in Rivers", University of Lodz
Scientific Secretary, Lodz, Poland, 1985

Symposium Fisheries Society of British Isles "Scientific Basis of Fisheries Management"
Invited Speaker, Cardiff, UK, 1985

Symposium "Habitat Modification and Freshwater Fisheries" during the XIII Session of EIFAC FAO, UN
Opening Lecturer, Aarhus, Denmark, 1985