Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysics

Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana Dobrzańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IA PAN)
Purpose Research and education
Location
Coordinates 51°13′14″N 22°37′35″E / 51.22048°N 22.62628°E / 51.22048; 22.62628
Parent organization
Polish Academy of Sciences
Website www.ipan.lublin.pl

The Bohdan Dobrzański Institute of Agrophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IA PAS, Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana Dobrzańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk, IA PAN) is a public research and higher education institution dedicated to the study of agrophysics, agricultural sciences and research on physical problems of agriculture. The Institute publishes two English-language scientific journals, the quarterly Acta Agrophysica (since 1993) and the semi-annual Polish Journal of Soil Science (since 1968).

The Institute promotes agrophysics as a part of agricultural sciences that uses knowledge and methods of basic sciences such as physics, biology and chemistry for solving contemporary problems in agronomy. It develops new methods, experimental and numerical tools, products, and technological and service innovations for agriculture and for exploitation of the agricultural resources.

The Institute is funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. It is located in Lublin, Poland. Its email addresses include sekretariat@ipan.lublin.pl and agrof@demeter.ipan.lublin.pl. Its telephone numbers include (48 81) 744 50 61 (to 66), and its facsimile line is (48 81) 744 50 67.

Mission

The Institute's mission[1] addresses

Research and Development

Research and development at the Institute is both inter- and trans-disciplinary, involving the soil-plant-atmosphere system and distributed in three areas:[1]

History

The Institute was founded in 1968 by Professor Bohdan Dobrzański, PAS, who was its director until 1979.[2] Originally with the rank of a basic research institution, in 1986 it was elevated to the full rank of an Institute in the structure of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1990 the Institute was named after its founder. In 1989 the Institute was awarded the right to confer the degree of PhD, and in 1992 the degree of DSc in the field of agronomy-agrophysics. In 1998 the Institute became a legal entity and was entered in the Register of Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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