prof. zw. dr hab. Krzysztof Szostek

prof. zw. dr hab. Krzysztof Szostek

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The Institute of Ecology and Bioethics, CSWU
Wydział Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej
ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warszawa (budynek nr 23)
e- mail: k.szostek@uksw.edu.pl

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Expert in the field of physical anthropology and the influence of natural environment on human being, especially in relation to historical groups of people.

Academic research conducted

  • Variation in the level of trace elements within sequence of human milk teeth;
  • The influence of the process of cremation on the content of trace elements in human teeth;
  • The application of analysis of in anthropological research – reconstruction of paleodiet and migration processes of the residents of Kraków;
  • The application of stable isotopes of oxygen in research of prehistoric groups on the example of burial from a multicultural, neolythic site in Bronocice;
  • Complex bioarcheological research in the region of Middle Euphrates (East Syria);
  • The use of the newest bio-chemical analyses in the Mesolithic studies of human remains from the area of Poland;
  • Application of analyses of stable oxygen isotope on an animal model in the interpretation of anthropological prehistoric research and historic human groups.

Cooperation

  • Polish Anthropological Society;
  • Polish Society of Nutricional Sciences;
  • European Anthropological Association (EAA). 

Offer for entrepreneurs

  • Modern isotopic analysis of bone material;
  • Bioarcheological, histomorfometric, biochemical, molecular and microscopic research.

Organizations

  • Member of Management Board of the Polish Anthropological Society (PTA);
  • President of the Cracow Branch of the Polish Anthropological Society (2012 – 2015);
  • Member of the management Board of the Cracow Branch of the Polish Society of Nutricional Sciences;
  • Member of European Anthropological Association (EAA).