A Liber Amicorum: Jadwiga Siemińska-Słupska (1922–2018)

Abstract

This issue of Plant and Fungal Systematics includes six papers dedicated to the memory of Professor Jadwiga Siemińska-Słupska, an exceptional woman, scientist, and educator who devoted her life to research on algae, especially diatoms, and teaching. Her work had a significant impact on the post-war and contemporary phycology and hydrobiology in Poland. Prof. J. Siemińska was born on January 1, 1922, in Krakow, the city where she graduated from Jagiellonian University and later chose as a place for her over half a century long academic career. The editors thank the authors and collaborators for their contributions to this issue highlighting the career of this renowned Polish phycologist.