Personal details
Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk kasiab@iopan.plDepartment of Marine EcologyInstitute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences Powstańcow Warszawy 55 81-712 Sopot, Poland +48 58 7311 777 |
Education
- 2020- Professor at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2009-2020 Associated Professor at Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAS), Department of Marine Ecology
- 2002-2009 Senior research scientist, zooplankton specialist at IO PAS, Department of Marine Ecology Habilitation: "Dynamics of zooplankton community in the Marginal Ice Zone of European Arctic"
- 1997-2001 Research scientist, Marine Biology Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, Genetic Lab and Baltic Ecology Department
- 1991-1996 Ph.D. studies at the University of Gdansk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography Ph.D. thesis: "Ostracoda from West Antarctica"
- 1986-1991 M.Sc. at the University of Gdansk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography M.Sc. thesis: "Chaetognatha from Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait (Antarctica)"
Scientific interest
- Ecology of polar zooplankton
- Innovative methods for complex plankton investigations
- Food web structure
- Diel vertical migration (DVM)
- Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of pelagic Ostracoda
Professional experience
- 2016-2016 PERMANOVA workshop, Auckland, New Zeland
- 2016-2016 Participation in AREX summer cruise-around Svalbard
- 2015-2015 Co-organizer of Plankton Research in Svalbard (PRIS) workshop at University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- 2014-2014 Participation in AREX summer cruise
- 2012-2012 Participation in 2 Norwegian Arctic cruises: winter (Polar Night in January) and summer (in July)
- 2011-2011 Tutoring at the Young Scientist Forum Workshop, ARCTOS Ph.D. School, associated with Arctic Frontiers Conference (Lofoten, Norway, January/February 2011)
- 2010-2010 Deployment of the internet identification key entitled “Atlas of pelagic Svalbard Ostracoda” by Błachowiak-Samołyk, Baczewska A., Angel M.V. and Wichorowski M. Available from IO PAS web-site: http://www.iopan.gda.pl/services/apso/main.php
- 2009-2010 Participation in 2 AREX summer cruises dedicated ALKEKONGE project
- 2008-2008 Teacher at 3 weeks lasting course (taxonomical expertise) on pelagic Arctic, Antarctic and Alaskan ostracods at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Science
- 2008-2008 Deployment of the internet identification key to 130 species of “Atlantic pelagic ostracods” by Angel M.V., Błachowiak-Samołyk, K. & Chavtur V.G. Available from Natural History Museum London web-site: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/proj
- 2007-2007 Building taxonomical expertise on deep-water pelagic Atlantic ostracods onboard of RV Polarstern ANT XXIV/1 during Census of Marine Zooplankton cruise: http://www.cmarz.org/Polarstern2007/index.html
- 2007- Working in RAMS (Register of Antarctic Marine Species) taxonomical experts group (within SCAR-MarBIN) on pelagic ostracods
- 2006-2006 Statistical methods in ecology - workshop, Toruń, Poland
- 2004-2004 Participation in Norwegian cruise within CABANERA (Carbon flux and ecosystem feedback in the northern Barents Sea in an era of climate change) project 2
- 2003-2003 Deployment of the internet identification key: “An Atlas of Southern Ocean Planktonic Ostracods” by Kasia Blachowiak-Samolyk & Martin Angel: http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/
- 2003-2003 Participation in Norwegian cruise within On Thin Ice (Climatic Influence on Energy Flow and Trophic Structure in Arctic Marine Ecosystems) project
Grants and awards
- 2022-2025 - 2021/43/B/NZ8/01364; What really matters for a High-Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird foraging in rapidly changing environment - prey size or energy content? (LAPSE – project) Koordynatorka ze strony IO PAN
- 2020-2023 - Coastal ecosystem carbon balance in times of rapid glacier melt (CoastCarb) - projekt EU: MSCA-RISE-2019, nr: 872690; Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme (co-ordinator from IO PAN)
- 2019-2022 - Changes in the structure and functioning of pelagic ecosystems related to the darkening of European Arctic waters (CoastDark) NCN OPUS 2018/29/B/NZ8/02463 (project leader)
- 2016-2017 - Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard (IMOS) (3550/Norway/2016/2) Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project leader)
- 2016-2020 - Influence of relationship between protists and zooplankton on Svalbard planktivorous birds population (SEAPOP II) (3605/SEAPOP/2016/2). Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project leader)
- 2014-2015 - Variability of Arctic zooplankton populations as a food source for seabirds on Spitsbergen (SeaPOP) (3088/SEAPOP/2014/2) Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project leader)
- 2014-2017 - Declining size - a general response to climate warming in Arctic fauna? (DWARF) - Polish-Norwegian Research Fund (Pol-Nor/201992/93/2014) (participant)
- 2014-2017 - Is size so crucial? Complex examination of plankton size structure in the warming European Arctic (PicMac) - Polish National Science Centre (2013/09/B/NZ8/03365) (project leader)
- 2013-2014 - Seasonality of Arctic plankton community of Isfjorden (UniPlankton) (2736/UniPlankton/2013), Polish Ministry of Education and Science (project leader)
- 2009-2011 - Pelagic ostracods as indicators of deep circulation in the Tropical Atlantic” (PELOTA) (DPN/DWM/AD/5348/08/09), Polish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (project leader)
- 2009-2011 - The Kongsfjorden - Hausgarten transect case study: Impact of climate on Arctic marine community structures and food webs (KongHau) (DPN/DWM/AD/5348/08/09) Polish Ministry of Education and Science (project leader)
- 2008-2011 - Response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to climate changes in Arctic – links between physical environment, biodiversity of zooplankton and seabird populations (ALKEKONGE) – Polish-Norwegian Research Fund (PNRF-234-AI-1/07) (leader of zooplankton task)
- 2007-2009 - Taxonomy and zoogeography boundaries of pelagic ostracods in Svalbard waters - mini-grant ArcOD (Arctic Ocean Biodiversity) (project leader)
- 2007 - Project SYNTHESYS GB-TAF-3708 (European Commission FPVI programme “Integrated Infrastructure Initiative”), Revision of pelagic Atlantic ostracods taxonomy, Natural History Museum, London, UK
- 2005-2006 - "Bonus for Baltic Sea science-Network of Funding Agencies" EU BONUS (project investigator)
- 2003-2004 - Research Exchange Fellowships awarded by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of London for co-operation with Dr. Martin Angel from Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
- 2003 - Project COBICE (European Commission FPV programme “Integrated Infrastructure Initiative”), Arctic zooplankton taxonomy, Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Denmark
- 2002 - Danish Government Scholarship – University of Aarhus, Department of Marine Ecology, Denmark
- 2001 - The Minister of Environment award for particular achievements in protection, shaping and utilization of the environment and its resources for the study “Natural valuation of the marine parts of the Baltic Sea Protected Areas in the Pomeranian voivodship”
Selected presentations