Romuald Zabielski


Romuald Zabielski – 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. He earned his doctorate in veterinary science in 1990, from the university's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and his higher doctorate in 1995. He received the title of Full Professor from the President of Poland in 2004.
In 1999-2004 he led the Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition in Jabłonna, Poland. He has been a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2013.
He has held a number of research fellowships abroad, prominently in Japan, including from Monbusho and JSPS in Japan, but also from MESR in France and STINT in Sweden. He has been a visiting professor at Rakuno Gakuen University, University of Bologna, Macquarie University, Hokkaido University, the University of Shizuoka and Nihon University
The posts he has previously held include:
In October 2018 he was elected by the General Assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences to the post of Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2019-22 term.

Research activity

Romuald Zabielski has promoted 10 doctorate students. Two of them won scholarships from the Foundation for Polish Science, one was Polish government scholarship holder from China, and one earned a double doctorate under a partnership between the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw and the University of Rennes, France.
He has published more than 200 research publications, including more than 160 listed by Journal Citation Reports. He is the editor / co-author of a number of monographs.
His most important achievements include:
Prof. Zabielski is the author or co-author of a number of books and photography albums, including Moje Tatry and Duchy Tatr on the Tatra mountains in Poland, Japonia na nowo: po raz pierwszy odkryta – a guidebook to Japan, 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. He is the initiator and co-organizer of the Japan Month at the Botanical Garden – Biodiversity Center managed by the Polish Academy of Sciences in Powsin on the outskirts of Warsaw.

Awards and distinctions

Romuald Zabielski has received the following awards and distinctions: