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EDUCATION
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2022-2024 Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden - MSc in Marine Sciences
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2019-2020 Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada – International Exchange
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2018-2022
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland – BSc in Biotechnology (Molecular Biology with Honours)
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
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2024-now Institute of Oceanology PAN, Climate and Ocean Research and Education Laboratory, Sopot, Poland
PROJECTS
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ArCLE (2026 - ongoing)
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Field assistant (2026 Svalbard sampling campaign; measurements of GHG fluxes along the glacier-ocean continuum). Involved in fieldwork logistics and planning.
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ALANIS (2025 - ongoing)
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Involved in water inherent optical properties measurements, mesocosm experiments and project fieldwork logistics and planning.
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MARBEFES (2024 - ongoing)
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Involved in ecological, cultural and socio‑economical valuation of Gulf of Gdansk and Svalbard sites as well as project admin.
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BlueMissionBANOS (2025)
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Contriution to Deliverable 3.2: Concrete actions and co-creating guidelines to promote citizen engagement in Mission Ocean.
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Baltic Sea2Land (2024 - 2025)
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Activity Lead, Creation of Learning Materials to Support Navigating Multi‑level Governance.
TEACHING AND STUDENT MENTORSHIP
- Internship supervisor and bachelor thesis consultant for an Oceanography student from University of Gdańsk
- Preliminary thesis topic: investigation of the sources and transport of organic matter along the Svalbard glacier-land-ocean continuum.
- Ocean: ecosystem goods and services - Teaching Assistant, International Environmental Doctoral School, Centre for Polar Studies, University of Silesia (IEDS), Spring 2026
- The ocean as the key to a sustainable planet in the light of the UN Ocean Decade - Teaching Assistant, International Environmental Doctoral School, Centre for Polar Studies, University of Silesia (IEDS), Spring 2026
OUTREACH AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
OUTREACH
- Sopot Science Association (2024 - now)
- Organisation of the SSA conferences & Sopocka Kawiarenka Naukowa events/mini-lectures
- Ocean of Changes (2024 - now)
- Co-creation and running of OL workshops for youth and professionals
- Regular workshops with different age groups, guest lectures in schools, Sopocki Piknik Naukowy etc.
- Aberdeen Science Centre (2019)
- Our Magnificent Bodies - a side event to The Physiological Society’s Physiology 2019 conference in Aberdeen, UK
- Adam Mickiewicz University (2018)
- Noc Biologów event in Poznań, Poland
DISSEMINATION
- INES 2027- International school on integrated Environmental Studies in the Arctic in context of climate change, 4th Edition (2026 - now)
- Organising Committee, 2027 Winter School
- ISYC - International Sopot Youth Conference (2024 - now)
- Organising & Young Scientific Committees, Session Chair, Proceedings Editor for 2025 and 2026 editions
- 5th MSP Baltic Forum, Riga, Latvia (2025)
- Expo exhibitor, session co-organising
- 4th Blue Mission Arena, Sopot, Poland (2025)
- Venue procurement, session planning
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
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2023-2024 Gothenburg University, Dept of Marine Science – MSc thesis title: “Assessing remote sensing biases in primary productivity estimates in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica”, Advisors: Prof. Bastien Y Queste (GU) & Dr Hilde Oliver (WHOI, MA, USA)
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2022 University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Oomycete Laboratory – Honours thesis title: “Oomycetes and fungi in UK aquarium shops: investigation of diversity and taxonomical characterisation of novel oomycetes species”, Advisor: Prof. Pieter van West
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2019 Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Plant Physiology – Summer research assistant, Advisor: Prof. Sławomir Borek
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2019 University of Aberdeen, the Rowett Institute of Health and Nutrition – Project title: “Tip of the Tongue: Role of Taste in Obesity”, Advisor: Prof. Lora Heisler
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2018 University of Edinburgh, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine – Project title: “Investigating the Role of Peripheral Nerves in Cutaneous Wound Repair”, Advisor: Dr Elaine Emmerson
AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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2022 Biotechnology Prize, University of Aberdeen – Awarded to the highest achieving Honours student in the UG Medical Sciences, Biotechnology discipline, awarded on the recommendation of external examiners
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2019 Medical Research Scotland Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship (for the project at the Rowett Institute)
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2018 ERASMUS+ Summer Traineeship Grant (for the project at the Centre of Regenerative Medicine)
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLISHED
- Borek S, Stefaniak S, Śliwiński J, Garnczarska M, Pietrowska-Borek M. Autophagic Machinery of Plant Peroxisomes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(19):4754. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20194754
IN REVIEW
- H. Oliver, J. J. Śliwiński, Q. Diou-Cass, L. Boehme, H. Dierssen, T. Dotto, F. Glassup, R. Hall, K. Heywood, P. Medeiros, M. Meyer, O. Schofield, H. M. Sosik, J. Turner, P. L. Yager, and B. Y. Queste. Light stress-triggered phytoplankton bloom collapse in a productive west Antarctic coastal polynya. Submitted to Science Advances.
DATASETS
- Śliwiński, J.J., Oliver, H. and Queste, B. 2026. Processed data from SeaExplorer SEA070 in the Amundsen Sea, 2022, as part of the TARSAN and ARTEMIS deployments on cruise NBP2202. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19219996.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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- Jacek Zaucha*, Joanna Piwowarczyk, Aleksandra Koroza, Joanna Pardus, Jan Jakub Sliwinski. 2026. Beyond Functional and Expert Zoning: The Role of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Marine Spatial Planning - Evidence from the Gulf of Gdańsk. Oral presentation: 6th ESP Europe Conference 2026, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Aleksandra Koroza*, Joanna Piwowarczyk, Jacek Zaucha, Natalia Skierzyńska, Tymon Zieliński, Jan Jakub Sliwinski. 2026. Conserving Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Oral presentation: 6th ESP Europe Conference 2026, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Jan Jakub Sliwinski*, Aleksandra Koroza, Tymon Zielinski, Joanna Piwowarczyk, Tomasz Kijewski, Natalia Skierzynska and Jan Marcin Weslawski. 2026. Beyond Biodiversity – Toolsets for Assessing Ecosystem Services in Urban Marine Settings. Poster: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow, UK.
- Aleksandra Koroza*, Joanna Piwowarczyk, Tymon Zielinski, Jan Jakub Sliwinski, Natalia Skierzynska, Tomasz Kijewski and Ashley Cahillane. 2026. Studies of integration of cultural and social perspectives in the light of perceptions of biodiversity and ecosystem health. Oral presentation: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow, UK.
- Joanna Piwowarczyk, Aleksandra Koroza*, Jan Sliwinski, Tymon Zielinski and Tomasz Kijewski. 2025. Fishers' Perceptions of Offshore Wind Farm Development in the Context of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP): Insights from the Polish Baltic Sea Coast. Oral presentation: EAFE Conference 2025, Rome, Italy.
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