Prof. Dr. Mariusz Ziółkowski
Director of the CEAC
Prof. dr hab. Mariusz Ziółkowski Director of the Center for Andean Studies at the University of Warsaw. Art historian and archaeologist, among his specialties are archaeoastronomy, history of the Inca State and radiocarbon dating methods.
Edyta Mularczyk, MA
Administrative director
Mrta Edyta Mularczyk MEc, administrative director of CEAC, responsible for the administration of the entity.
Prof. Dr. Eng. Arch. Jacek Kościuk
Principal Architect
More than 50 years of experience in construction archeology and conservation of architectural monuments in Poland and around the world, including UNESCO World Heritage List sites in Egypt, Bolivia, and Peru. Specialist in conservation of ancient architecture, and 3D laser scanning and modeling.
Dr Dagmara Socha
Head of the bioarchaeological and paleogenetic research team
Dr. Dagmara Socha, head of the bioarchaeological research group at the Center for Andean Studies of the University of Warsaw. Her areas of interest are the Nasca culture and the Capacocha ritual of the Inca culture among others.
Dr. Dominika Sieczkowska is currently on sabbatical leave at the Silesian Polytechnic University, at the Institute of Physics of the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory. She worked in Poland, Italy, and in Peru. The area of her interest is the Peruvian "jungle eyebrow" and the area of the Machupicchu National Archaeological Park.
Dr Michal Gilewski
Head of the research group in Mesoamerica
Dr Michał Gilewski Head of the research group in Mesoamerica of the Center for Andean Studies of the University of Warsaw. He is coordinating the Polish part of the geoarchaeological research project carried out at Tak'alik Ab'aj in Guatemala.
Dr. Alexei Vranich
Specialist in reconstructions of movable heritage
Dr Alexei Vranich received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and has been working in South America since 1995. He has extensive research experience around the world in places such as Spain, Italy, India, Peru, Bulgaria, and Costa Rica. He has been recognized by the National Science Foundation for innovative application of technology in the study of the past.
Dr Stephen Berquist
Dr Stephen Berquist received his PhD from the University of Toronto, where he investigated sociopolitical organization in the Andean Middle Horizon (AD 600-1000) through architectural organization, spatial theory, and GIS analysis. His current project focuses on political hydrology and climate infrastructure in the Terminal Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1475).
M.A. Jan Kłaput PhD student associated with CEAC. He is directing the research project on Muyu Muyu within the Grant Preludium funded by the Polish Center for Science.
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prof. Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a specialist in organizational issues of indigenous administrators under the Incas, planning and ecology, Andean religion in colonial times, reconstruction of Inca oral tradition, and research into Quechua and other Andean languages as a historical source.
Dr. Ewa Kubiak, PhD in art historian, has been working at the Institute of Art History at the University of Lódź since 2002 and since 2017 has been collaborating closely with the Center for Andean Studies UV. She is dedicated to colonial art in Latin America.
Dr. Sylwia Siemianowska works at the Center for Research on Late Antiquity at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw. Her main specialty is Andean pottery.
Director of the Pacific Coast Archeology Laboratory
Dr Maciej Sobczyk Director of the Laboratory of Archeology of the Pacific Coast and the Far East at the Faculty of Archeology of the University of Warsaw. Archaeologist specializing in the Andean region and Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
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