Position: PhD Student
Room: 1.25
Research
Research Interest
My area of interest intersects issues of population ecology, community ecology and behavioral ecology. Of particular interest to me are biotic interactions and the role played by the cognitive abilities of birds in the selection process of breeding sites.
Projects
Completed Projects
- Influence of domestic cat predation on wild bird populations in Poland (grant no. 001/34/UAM/0004 within the “Initiative of Excellence – Research University” (ID-UB) project, Co-Investigator)
- Population-level consequences of social information use: a semi-experimental approach (National Science Centre, grant no. 2018/29/B/NZ8/00066, Co-Investigator)
- Breeding aggregation in birds: environmental selection, social information or response to predation pressure? (project no. 096/34/UAM/0086 within the “Initiative of Excellence – Research University” (ID-UB) project, Project Investigator)
Volunteering
- Eggshell pigmentation in sexual selection of Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) (Diamond Grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, fieldwork assistance)
- Long term population studies – White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Western Poland (project of University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Laboratory of Zoology, fieldwork assistance)
- Monitoring of Lynx (Lynx lynx) in northeastern Poland (project conducted by MRI PAS in Białowieża, funded by WWF, fieldwork assistance)
Career
CV
- 2024: M.Sc. in Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU)
- 2022: B.Sc. in Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU)
Courses
- 2023: GENERALISED ADDITIVE MODELS IN R; A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO ESTIMATING REGRESSION MODELS
- 2023: Tropical Biology Course in Uganda organised by Department of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU)
Internships
- 2021: Student internship in Warta Mouth National Park in Poland
- 2023: Student internship at the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Bialowieza , within the “UNIVERSITY OF TOMORROW” project
Honors & awards
- 2022: Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Biology for activities in the Natural Sciences Club of UAM
- 2021: Rector of AMU Scholarship – awarded to the best students
- 2018: Finalist XXXIII edition of Ecological Olympics
Conferences
2023
- 14th European Ornithologists’ Union Congress — poster: “Factors influencing breeding aggregation in the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)”
2022
- Young Ornithologists Symposium – speech: “Interspecies nest defence in birds”
- Polish Evolutionary Conference — poster: „Ecological and evolutionary implications of interspecific protective associations in birds”
- The Anthropocene and the role of universities in shaping it – speech: “Bird collisions with transparent surfaces at the Morasko Campus in Poznan”
2021
- International Conference of Centenary of Natural Sciences Club of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, speech: “Are birds in Poland endangered by the invasive species”
Activities
External Activities & Science Popularisation
- 2023: Conducting a workshop “Statistics in R” for students of the Maria Sklodowska-Curie High School in Wolsztyn
- 2021-2023: Chairman of Ornithological Section, Natural Sciences Society AMU
- 2022: Conducting a workshop and a lecture entitled “Birds in the City” for children aged 6-12 at the Emilia Waśniowska “Łejery” Primary School at 1 Brandstaettera Street in Poznań
- 2022: Conducting a workshop entitled “Biodiversity over our heads – birds around us” as part of the 11th edition of the Biologists’ Night
- 2021: Conducting a workshop entitled “Secrets of bird feathers” as part of the 14th edition of the Poznan Festival of Science and Arts
- 2021: Conducting a workshop entitled “Evolution Simulator” as part of the 10th edition of the Biologists’ Night
- 2020: Conducting a workshop entitled “Evolution Simulator” as part of the 9th edition of the Biologists’ Night
