The PTNCE Award

The Professor Jan Strzałko Award for outstanding young scientist

The award was established on September 29, 2016 at the General Assembly of the PTNCE as a commemoration of Professor Jan Strzałko – scholar and academic at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, authority in biological anthropology, mechanisms of evolution, human anatomy and physiology, and human ecology in the Faculty of Biology, author of numerous publications and entries in encyclopedias and dictionaries, editor and co-author of textbooks, long-time Editor-in-Chief (1987–2011) of the journal Anthropological Review, member of the PTNCE merited in "vocation to life" of the Society, and key figure in Polish anthropology.

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Award Regulations

The Professor Jan Strzałko Award is given by the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies (PTNCE) to a young scientist who holds the PhD degree in recognition of outstanding publishing achievement. Publications submitted for the award must include an aspect of evolutionary research on human and be original and innovative. Candidates for the award may be a PTNCE member of up to 35 years of age (at the time of application), or in receipt of a PhD degree for no longer than 5 years. In the case of women with children, the candidate maximum age is extended by an additional 6 months per child.

A candidate can self-submit the application or be nominated by an independent professorial researcher. In the latter case, along with the necessary documentation, a written justification for the recommendation and the consent of the recommended candidate are required in addition.

Required documents:

  • A concise CV of the candidate, which should include only the essentials, such as:

    • Personal data: - name and surname (with a photo of the candidate), - birthdate, - date of award of PhD, - year of joining PTNCE, - ORCID identifier, - h-index (according to Google Scholar and Scopus)

    • Current affiliation

    • Education: BA/BSc, MA/MSc, PhD (+ dissertation/thesis title and adviser’s name)

    • Research projects management (Principal Investigator): provide the type of competition and project title, sources and dates of funding, and the amount of the grant

    • At least two-week internships abroad, including the date and type of trip (e.g., own research, Erasmus, postdoc).

  • List of 10 major publications*, including:

    • the number of citations for an article

    • journal Impact Factor and quartile ranking (Q1-Q4) in the year of publication

    • individual contribution of the candidate to the publication (in %)

*NOTE: The 5 major publications from the last 5 years, in which candidates for the Award should be the first authors, must contain links to the published articles, or, in the case of publications without open access, pdfs of the articles

Applications should be sent to the President of the Award Committee along with a copy to the official PTNCE address (kaszycka@amu.edu.pl, ptnce@ptnce.pl) between October 1–31 each year.

The laureate of the Professor Jan Strzałko Award will be selected by the Award Committee by means of competition. The Committee is appointed by the Society Board for the duration of the term of office of the Board, and consists of five members - persons from within and outwith the Board. One of the members of the Committee is elected as a President.

A solemn announcement of the name of the Laureate and presentation of the Professor Jan Strzałko Award takes place in the general forum of the annual PTNCE conference in September of the following year. As a Prize, the winner receives:

  • An invitation to deliver a special half-hour lecture, during which the laureate will present an account of his/her scientific achievements;

  • A gift voucher worth 100 euros;

  • Exemption from registration fee for the conference at which the prize is awarded;

  • Waiver of PTNCE membership fee payment for two consecutive years;

  • A diploma of recognition.

The Award Committee may choose not to select a winner in a given year.

Award Committee members (2021–2025)

  1. Katarzyna A. Kaszycka (Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) – President

  2. Ilona Nenko (Department of Environmental Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków)

  3. Katarzyna Pisanski (Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław and CNRS, Labs in Saint-Étienne & Lyon, France)

  4. Piotr Sorokowski (Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław)

  5. Przemysław Żywiczyński (Institute of Linguistics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń)

Award Winners

Michał Mikołaj Stefańczyk (University of Wroclaw, Wrocław)

2024

  • Stefanczyk, M.M., Conroy-Beam, D., Ujma, B., Walter, K. V., Zborowska, Z., Sorokowska, A. (2024). Disgust in the mating context – choosing the best and the least bad self-presentation option in a date simulation game. Telematics and Informatics, 92, 102159

    Stefanczyk, M.M., Zielińska, A. (2024). Are cooks more disgust sensitive? Preliminary examination of the food preparation hypothesis. Appetite, 192, 107117

    Stefanczyk, M.M. (2023). People declare lowered levels of sociosexual desire in the presence of an attractive audience. Archives of Sexual Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02753-w

    Stefanczyk, M.M., Rymaszewska, M., Lachowicz-Tabaczek, K. (2023). Far from disgusted: The relationships between disgust sensitivity, dark personality traits, and biological sex. Personality and Individual Differences, 202, 111983

    Stefanczyk, M.M., Lizak, K., Kowal, M., Sorokowska, A. (2022). “May I present you: my disgust!” Declared disgust sensitivity in the presence of attractive models. British Journal of Psychology, 00, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12556

Marta Kowal (University of Wroclaw, Wrocław)

2023

  • Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinić, B. M., Pisanski, K., Gjoneska, B., & 82 others (2023). Validation of the short version (TLS‐15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS‐45) across 37 languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508‐023‐02702‐7

    Sorokowski, P., Kowal, M. (2023). Relationship between the 2D:4D and prenatal testosterone, adult level testosterone, and testosterone change: Meta‐analysis of 54 studies. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, ajpa.24852

    Kowal, M., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Kochan-Wójcik, M., & Sorokowski, P. (2021). When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey. Plos One, 16(4), e0249516

    Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Żelaźniewicz, A., Nowak, J., Orzechowski, S., Żurek, A., Żurek, G. (2021). A positive relationship between body height and the testosterone response to physical exercise. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42, 179–185

    Kowal, M., Coll‐Martín, T., Ikizer, G., Rasmussen, J., Eichel, K., Studzińska, A., Koszałkowska, K., Karwowski, M., Najmussaqib, A., Pankowski, D., Lieberoth, A., Achmed, O. (2020). Who is the most stressed during the COVID‐19 pandemic? Data from 26 countries and areas. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 12(4), 946–966

Juan Olvido Perea-García (Universiteit Leiden)

2022

  • Perea-García, J. O., Ramarajan. K., Kret, M. E, Hobaiter, C., Monteiro, A. (2022). Ecological factors are likely drivers of variation in eye shape and coloration patterns across anthropoid primates, Scientific Reports, 12, 17240

    Perea-García, J. O., Danel, D. P., Monteiro, A. (2021). Diversity in Primate External Eye Morphology: Previously Undescribed Traits and Their Potential Adaptive Value. Symmetry, 13, 1270

    Danel, D. P., Wacewicz, S., Kleisner, K., Lewandowski, Z., Kret, M. E., Żywiczyński, P., Perea-Garcia, J. O. (2020). Sex differences in ocular morphology in Caucasian people: a dubious role of sexual selection in the evolution of sexual dimorphism of the human eye. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 1-10

    Perea-García, J. O., Kret, M. E., Monteiro, A., Hobaiter, C. (2019). Scleral pigmentation leads to conspicuous, not cryptic, eye morphology in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 19248-19250

    Danel, D. P., Wacewicz, S., Lewandowski, Z., Żywiczyński, P., Perea-Garcia, J. O. (2018). Humans do not perceive conspecifics with a greater exposed sclera as more trustworthy: a preliminary cross-ethnic study of the function of the overexposed human sclera. Acta Ethologica, 21, 203-208

The Award Committee did not select the winner for 2021

2021

Jitka Fialová (Charles University, Prague)

2020

  • Fialová, J., Třebický, V., Kuba, R., Stella, D., Binter, J., Havlíček, J. (2020). Losing stinks! The effect of competition outcome on body odour quality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190267

    Fialová, J., Havlíček, J., Hoffmann, R., Roberts, S. C. (2019). The effect of complete caloric intake restriction on human body odour quality. Physiology and Behavior, 210, 112554

    Sorokowska A., Sorokowski, P., Hilpert, P., Cantarero, K., Frackowiak, T., Ahmadi, K., Alghraibeh, A. M., Aryeetey, R., Bertoni, A., Bettache, K., Blumen, S., Błażejewska, M., Bortolini, T., Butovskaya, M., Castro, F.N., Centikaya, H., Cunha, D., David, D., David, O.A., Dileym, F. A., del Carmen, A., Espinosa, D., Donato, S., Dronova, D., Dural, S., Fialová, J., … (2017). Preferred interpersonal distance: a global comparative analysis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(4), 577-592

    Havlíček, J., Třebický, V., Valentova, J.V., Kleisner, K., Akoko, R.M., Fialová, J., Jash, R., Kočnar, T., Pereira, K. J., Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M.A., Vokurková, J., Vunan, E., Roberts, S.C. (2017). Men's preferences for women's breast size and shape in four cultures. Evolution and Human Behavior. 38, 217-226

    Fialová, J., Roberts, S.C., Havlíček, J. (2016). Consumption of garlic has positive effect on axillary body odor. Appetite, 97, 8-15

Katarzyna Pisanski (University of Wroclaw, Wrocław)

2019

  • Pisanski, K., Bryant, G. (2019). The evolution of voice perception. In The Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies, N.S. Eidsheim & K.L. Meizel (Eds.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press

    Pisanski, K., Oleszkiewicz, A., Płachetka, J., Gmiterek, M., Reby, D. (2018). Voice pitch modulation in human mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, B 20181634 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1634)

    Pisanski, K., Kobylarek, A., Jakubowska, L., Nowak, J., Walter, A., Błaszczyński, K., Kasprzyk, M., Łysenko1, K., Sukiennik, I., Piątek, K., Frąckowiak, T., Sorokowski, P. (2018). Multimodal stress detection: Testing for covariation in vocal, hormonal and physiological responses to Trier Social Stress Test. Hormones and Behavior, 106, 52–61

    Pisanski, K., Cartei, V., McGettigan, C., Raine, J., Reby, D. (2016). Voice modulation: A window into the origins of human vocal control? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(4), 304–318 (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.01.002)

    Pisanski, K., Fraccaro, P.J., Tigue, C.C., O’Connor, J.J.M., Röder, S, Andrews, W.P, Fink, B., DeBruine, L.M., Jones, B.C., Feinberg, D.R. (2014). Vocal indicators of body size in men and women: a meta-analysis. Animal Behaviour, 95, 89–99 (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.06.011)

Vít Třebický (Charles University, Praga)

2018

  • Třebický V., Saribay S. A., Kleisner K., Akoko R. M., Kočnar T., Valentova J. V., … Havlíček J. (2018). Cross-Cultural Evidence for Apparent Racial Outgroup Advantage: Congruence between Perceived Facial Aggressiveness and Fighting Success. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 9767

    Havlíček J., Třebický V., Valentova J. V., Kleisner K., Akoko R. M., Fialová J., … Roberts S. C. (2017). Men’s preferences for women’s breast size and shape in four cultures. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 217-226

    Třebický V., Fialová J., Kleisner K., Havlíček J. (2016). Focal Length Affects Depicted Shape and Perception of Facial Images. Plos One, 11(2), e0149313

    Little, A. C., Třebický V., Havlíček J., Roberts S. C., Kleisner, K. (2015). Human perception of fighting ability: facial cues predict winners and losers in mixed martial arts fights. Behavioral Ecology, 26, 1470–1475

    Třebický V., Havlíček J., Roberts S. C., Little A. C., Kleisner K. (2013). Perceived aggressiveness predicts fighting performance in mixed-martial-arts fighters. Psychological Science, 24(9), 1664–72

Agnieszka Sorokowska (University of Wroclaw, Wrocław)

2017

  • Sorokowska A., Pellegrino R., Butovskaya M., Marczak M., Niemczyk A., Huanca T., Sorokowski P. (2017) Dietary customs and food availability shape the preferences for basic tastes: A cross-cultural study among Polish, Tsimane' and Hadza societies. Appetite 116: 291–296

    Sorokowska A. (2013). Assessing personality on the basis of body odor: differences between children and adults. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 37: 153–163

    Sorokowska A., Sorokowski P., Hummel T., Huanca T. (2013). Olfaction and environment: Tsimane' of Bolivian rainforest have lower threshold of odor detection than industrialized German people. PLoS One 8(7): e69203

    Sorokowska A. (2013). Seeing or smelling? Assessing personality on the basis of different stimuli. Personality and Individual Differences 55: 175–179

    Sorokowska A., Sorokowski P., Szmajke A. (2012). Does personality smell? Accuracy of personality assessments based on body odour. European Journal of Personality 26: 496–503