Jacek Tomczyk (Prof.)

e-mail: j.tomczyk@uksw.edu.pl

Professor of biological anthropology. His research interests relate to dental anthropology and detecting dependence between the environment and dental health. He has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. Member of the Polish Anthropologic Society, European Anthropological Association and International Association for Paleodontology. Since 2004, member of the French archaeological expedition (prof. O. Rouault – University of Lumière Lyon II and prof. Maria Grazia Masetti- Rouault – Ecole de Hautes Etudes, Paris) in Syria and Qasr Shamok (Iraq). The project is a biological study of human bones and dental material from the Middle East.

 

Specialization:
Human Biology, Anthropology, Dental Anthropology, Human Ecology

 

Post fulfilled:
Director of Institute of Ecology and Bioethics

 

Master’s Thesis:
“Mono- or polycentric model of human evolution in the light of the taxonomic position of the Neanderthal man” (1997)

 

Doctoral dissertation:
“The problems of taxonomy of fossil hominids” (2003)

 

Habilitation Thesis:
“Odontological stress indicators and factors affecting the population of the Middle Euphrates valley (Syria)” (2014)

 

Membership in Scientific Organizations and Associations:

  • Polish Anthropologic Society
  • European Anthropological Association
  • International Association for Paleodontology

 

Grants, projects, expert’s statement, scientific research:

  • 2005/2006: Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality program (GPSS) in the project (Interdisciplinary University of Paris and John Tempelton Foundation): Current controversies about human origins – between anthropology and the Bible (ID 100014).
  • 2006/2008: Polish grant financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (N109 013 31/0858): Bioarcheological researches in the middle Euphrates Valley (Syria).
  • 2009/2011: Polish grant financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (N303 319837): Biological transformations among human populations inhabiting the Middle Euphrates Valley (Syria).
  • 2014/2017: Polish grant financed by the National Science Centre (No. 2013/11/B/HS3/04117): Bio-archaeological characteristics of the population of Radom from the early Middle Ages (12th century) to the present (19th century).
  • 2015/2017: Polish grant financed by the National Science Centre (No. 2014/15/B/HS3/02184): Old material with new methods”: Using the latest bio-chemical analyzes in studies of Mesolithic human remains from the Polish areas.
  • 2017/2020: Polish grant financed by the National Science Centre (No. 2016/20/W/HS3/00593): Cultural and natural heritage of the Białowieża Forest.

 

Selected publication:

  • Tomczyk J., Komarnitki  J., Zalewska M., Lekszycki T., Olczak-Kowalczyk D., (2014), Fluorescence Methods (VistaCam iX Proof and DIAGNODent pen) for the Detection of Occlusal Carious Lesions in Teeth Recovered From Archaeological Context, “American Journal of Physical Anthropology” 154:525–534.
  • Komarnitki J., Tomczyk J., Ciszek B., Zalewska M., (2015), Proposed Classification of Auriculotemporal Nerve, Based on the Root System, “PLoS ONE” 10(4): e0123120. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0123120.
  • Tomczyk J., Palczewski P., Mańkowska-Pliszka H., Płoszaj T., Jędrychowska-Dańska K., Witas H.W., (2016), A probable case of thalassemia intermedia from Tell Masaikh, Syria, “International Journal of Osteoarchaeology” 26:549–554.
  • Tomczyk J., Zalewska M., (2016), Mechanical and chemical dental wear in historical population from the Syrian lower Euphrates valley, “Archives of Oral Biology” 62:49–57.
  • Tomczyk J., Palczewski P., Mańkowska-Pliszka H., Płoszaj T., Jędrychowska-Dańska K., Witas H.W., (2016), Anaemia (thalassaemia) in the Middle Euphrates Valley of Syria in the second– fourth centuries AD? “Antiquity” 90:157–171.
  • Tomczyk J., Wierzbowski H., Zalewska M., (2016), Stable isotope record of human and sheep enamel carbonate from the ancient Middle Euphrates Valley (Syria), “International Journal of Osteoarchaeology” 26:599–609.
  • Tomczyk J., Turska-Szybka A., Zalewska M., Olczak-Kowalczyk D., (2016), Reliability of the assessment of periodontal disease in historical populations, “International Journal of Osteoarchaeology” DOI: 10.1002/oa.2530.
  • Tomczyk J., Turska-Szybka A., Zalewska M., Olczak-Kowalczyk D., (2016), Pulp stones
  • prevalence in a historical sample from Radom, Poland (AD 1791–1811). “International
  • Journal of Osteoarchaeology” DOI: 10.1002/oa.2579.