Jadwiga Złotorzycka

Jadwiga Zlotorzycka (1926–2002) was a Polish entomologist specialising in Mallophaga. She worked in the Parasitology Department of the University of Wroclaw.

Life and career

Zlotorzycka was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1926 and grew up in Lviv, Ukraine. She began studying at the University of Wroclaw in 1945, and worked at the Museum of Natural History there while a student. She later pursued doctoral studies there. Zlotorzycka became head of the University's Department of General Parasitology in 1972.^[1]

Works

Partial list

• With M. Modrzejewska, 1988. Katalog Fauny Polski. Mallophaga. In Polish.
• Catalogue of the Polish parasitic fauna. Part IV. Bird Parasites. Fascicle 3. Parasitic Arthropods. (PNW) Polish Scientific Publishers (1990)

Further reading

• Lonc Elżbieta, Profesor Jadwiga Złotorzycka: Jej wkład w naukę, życie uczelni oraz działalność Polskiego Towarzystwa Parazytologicznego. Wiad. Parazyt. 1998 z.1 s.114–128.
• Okulewicz Anna, Prof.zw.dr hab.Jadwiga Złotorzycka (1926–2002): (wspomnienie pośmiertne). Wiad. Parazyt. 2003 z.1 s.111–112.
• Lonc Elżbieta, Bibliografia prac Jadwigi Złotorzyckiej. Wiad. Parazyt. 1998 z.1 s.114–128.
• [1] [On the 65th birthday of Jadwiga Zlotorzycka]. Angew Parasitol. 1991 Nov;32(4):228-30.

References

1. Troyo, Adriana; González-Sequeira, María Paula; Aguirre-Salazar, Mónica; Cambronero-Ortíz, Ian; Chaves-González, Luis Enrique; Mejías-Alpízar, María José; Alvarado-Molina, Kendall; Calderón-Arguedas, Ólger; Rojas-Araya, Diana (31 March 2022). "Acknowledging extraordinary women in the history of medical entomology". Parasites & Vectors. 15 (1): 114. doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05234-6. PMC 8969321. PMID 35361284.