Professor Adam Kleczkowski
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
Since obtaining his Theoretical Physics PhD from the Jagiellonian University in Poland in 1989, Adam has been working on Mathematical Biology, applying models to study human, animal and plant diseases, soil and terrestrial biodiversity, and climate change. He also has worked on parameter estimation for ecological and epidemiological systems. After a post-doctoral post in Germany, he came to Cambridge in 1992, to work on human and plant diseases. In 2007 he moved to Stirling and in 2018 he joined the University of 欧美高清 as a Global Talent Chair. His recent work has been on bioeconomic modelling of crop and tree diseases, linking supply of pollination services to pesticide use, and addressing food security and sustainability in aquaculture, with funding coming from MRC, European Investment Bank, BBSRC, NERC, Scottish Government and Defra. He was part of the Expert Group that provided advice to Scottish Government on the business case for the Plant Health Centre and is now a member of the Science Advice and Response Team for the Centre.聽
He currently receives funding from NERC (three projects) and Scottish Government (three projects).
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has contributed to the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland modelling. He has written 14 articles for The Conversation, attracting over 1.5 million reads, and is maintaining two blogs, (in English) and (in Polish).
His scientific publications are listed on , his popular science articles and references in media on .
He also regularly tweets as
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Publications
- Keenan Vincent A, Kanyamibwa Mo茂se, Marion Glenn, Touza Julia,
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Vol 9 (2026)
- Ayabina Diepreye, , ,
- Journal of theoretical biology Vol 613 (2025)
- Mike艥 Vojt锚ch, Kocian Alexander, Kholov谩 Jana, Masner Jan, , Sharma Mamta, Chessa Stefano, Galba Alexander, 艩imek Pavel
- 2025 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE) 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE) (2025)
- McTaggart Ewan, Megiddo Itamar, Bowers John,
- PLoS ONE Vol 20 (2025)
- Baister Matthew, McTaggart Ewan, McMenemy Paul, Megiddo Itamar,
- Epidemics Vol 48 (2024)
- McMenemy Paul, , Taylor Nick GH
- Food Microbiology Vol 116 (2023)
Professional Activities
- Visiting researcher
- 8/2/2025
- Speaker
- 9/1/2025
- Speaker
- 19/6/2024
- Advisor
- 1/1/2024
- Speaker
- 22/2/2023
- Advisor
- 2023
Projects
- Devaurs, Didier (Project Lead) Kleczkowski, Adam (Research Co-investigator) Samaradiwakarage, Dilhani Samaradiwakara (Post Grad Student)
- Diamond Jubilee Research Scholarship
- 16-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2029
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- Smallholder farmers in ODA countries rely on legumes to meet the protein requirement in their diets and to improve their soil quality. However, changing climate is leading to an upsurge in crop losses due to abiotic (drought) and biotic (pest and disease) stresses. The temperature rise, increasing frequency of high-heat periods, and elevated CO2 levels impact the host-pathogen systems. The poorest and most vulnerable communities are particularly affected, as they are limited in how they can respond to these challenges. Breeding programs that develop climate-resilient and pest- and disease-resistant varieties are essential for improving their food security but are often hampered by low efficiency and slow development.
The aim of our project is to investigate the impact of climate change (elevated temperature and CO2) on a legume crop (pigeonpea 鈥� Cajanus cajan L) and pathogen (Sterility Mosaic Virus) system. Our project builds on, and significantly expands, the collaboration between 欧美高清 and ICRISAT-India. We will use the state-of-the-art climate change facilities at ICRISAT and their high-throughput phenotyping scanning and artificial intelligence system, LeasyScan. The 欧美高清 team will develop a novel data analysis and modelling approach, resulting in a unique world-leading pipeline to develop new pigeonpea cultivars, extendable to other crops. - 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator) Rodrigues, Maria (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 25-Jan-2021 - 25-Jan-2026
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 28-Jan-2025
Contact
Professor
Adam
Kleczkowski
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: a.kleczkowski@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804