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 Strathclyde 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.
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, Statistically (in)significant (in English) and Pandemia 2021 (in Polish).
His scientific publications are listed on Google Scholar, his popular science articles and references in media on Authory.
He also regularly tweets as @aklecz
More details can be found on http://personal.strath.ac.uk/a.kleczkowski/
Publications
- Forecasting sterility mosaic disease in pigeonpea using dynamic Bayesian networks and 3D point cloud high-throughput scanning platform
- Mikeŝ Vojtêch, Kocian Alexander, Kholová Jana, Masner Jan, Kleczkowski Adam, Sharma Mamta, Chessa Stefano, Galba Alexander, Šimek Pavel
- 2025 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE) 21st International Conference on Intelligent Environments International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ie64880.2025.11130066
- Sickness absence rates in NHS England staff during the COVID-19 pandemic : insights from multivariate regression and time series modelling
- McTaggart Ewan, Megiddo Itamar, Bowers John, Kleczkowski Adam
- PLoS ONE Vol 20 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323035
- A note on metapopulation models
- Ayabina Diepreye, Sevil Hasan, Kleczkowski Adam, Gomes M Gabriela-M
- Journal of theoretical biology Vol 613 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112213
- COVID-19 in Scottish care homes : a metapopulation model of spread among residents and staff
- Baister Matthew, McTaggart Ewan, McMenemy Paul, Megiddo Itamar, Kleczkowski Adam
- Epidemics Vol 48 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2024.100781
- Modelling norovirus dynamics within oysters emphasises potential food safety issues associated with current testing & depuration protocols
- McMenemy Paul, Kleczkowski Adam, Taylor Nick GH
- Food Microbiology Vol 116 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2023.104363
- The effect of pests and pathogens on forest harvesting regimes : a bioeconomic model
- McTaggart Ewan, Megiddo Itamar, Kleczkowski Adam
- Ecological Economics Vol 209 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107800
Professional Activities
- Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai
- Visiting researcher
- 8/2/2025
- Impact Case Studies in Maths & Stats
- Speaker
- 9/1/2025
- Generative-AI in Learning and Teaching
- Speaker
- 19/6/2024
- Scottish Forestry Trust (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/1/2024
- Plant pests and diseases: a holistic approach to prevention and control
- Speaker
- 22/2/2023
- Scottish Forestry Trust (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2023
Projects
- Futureproofing crop health: integrating modelling and experimentation to understand plant-pathogen interactions in legumes under the climate change scenarios.
- 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 – Cajanus cajan L) and pathogen (Sterility Mosaic Virus) system. Our project builds on, and significantly expands, the collaboration between Strathclyde 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 Strathclyde 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
- Plant Health Centre 2022/04: Assessing long-term resilience of Scottish Sitka spruce forests to climate change and novel pests
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator) Rodrigues, Maria (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Memorandum of Agreement By and Between International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) And University of Strathclyde (Strathclyde), Scotland
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 25-Jan-2021 - 25-Jan-2026
- Learning to Adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes (newLEAF)
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
- Connected treescapes: a portfolio approach for delivering multiple benefits from UK treescapes
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 28-Jan-2025
- National COVID-19 Wastewater Epidemiology Surveillance Programme
- Kleczkowski, Adam (Principal Investigator)
- 23-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
Contact
Professor
Adam
Kleczkowski
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: a.kleczkowski@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3657