Rector's Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment
Dr. hab. Tomasz Lech, prof. GAMNS
e-mail: tomasz.lech@gamns.edu.pl
Dr. Tomasz Lech, Ph.D., professor at GAMNS, is a renowned biologist, psychologist, psychotherapist, and psychotraumatologist. He graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 2006, and five years later earned a PhD in biological sciences, specializing in genetics and evolution. In 2016, he earned a postdoctoral degree in social sciences.
Professor Tomasz Lech gained his scientific experience at renowned research centers in Poland and abroad. He collaborated with institutions including the Department of Genetics and Evolutionism at the Jagiellonian University, the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Human Genetics at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. He also participated in international research fellowships at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," the University of Milan, the University of Valencia, and Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
Throughout his career, he has held numerous leadership positions, including head of the Department of Microbiology at the Krakow University of Economics and director of a research center. He was also a member of the Commission on Commodity Sciences and Quality Sciences at the Poznań Academy of Sciences, chairman of the peer tribunal of the Polish Society of Commodity Sciences, and chairman of the audit committee of the Krakow branch of the Polish Society of Social Sciences. In 2016, he received a prestigious scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists.
Dr. hab. Tomasz Lech, professor at GAMNS, has led and implemented numerous research projects funded by, among others, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Programme for the Development of Humanities, the Polish-Norwegian Research Funds, and the European Regional Development Fund. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications, monographs, and conference proceedings, and a reviewer of articles in leading scientific journals. As an educator, he serves as a supervisor and reviewer of diploma, master's, and doctoral theses.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Tomasz Lech, DSc, professor at GAMNS, is also a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist. He completed four years of training at the Psychoeducation Laboratory in Warsaw, recommended by the Polish Psychological Association and the Polish Psychiatric Association, as well as the School of Couple and Family Psychotherapy at the same institution. He also completed a one-year training program in "Psychotherapy and Counseling" at the Polish Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy in Krakow.
He is a co-founder of the psychotherapy center Relations – a space for psychotherapy in Gdańsk.