Prof. Andrzej Slominski

Prof. Dr. Andrzej T Slominski is an endowed Professor with tenure at the Department of Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He finished medical school at the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland in 1979 and obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences in 1983. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1989. His research focus is on the neuroendocrinology of the skin, cancer, photobiology, pigment biology, cutaneous steroidogenesis, and vitamin D, plus novel secosteroids and melatonin. His contribution to the International and Pan-American Pigment Cell and Melanoma communities is exemplified by his service as secretary/treasurer and council member of the PASPCR, secretary of the IFPCS and past membership in the Steering Committee of the MSR. His academic track record is marked by discoveries of cutaneous expression of classical hypothalamic and pituitary hormones, discoveries of cutaneous serotoninergic and melatoninergic systems, a defining of the skin as a neuroendocrine organ, and most importantly, the discovery of new seco/steroidogenic pathways. He is a full member of the World Academy of Sciences, a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. In 2009 he received the Commander Order of Polonia Restituta and in 2021 the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity.