Personal details
Kaja Bałazy
kaja@iopan.pl
Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
Powstańcow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot, Poland
+48 58 7311696
Education
  • 2020- Research internship, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso
  • 2019- Adjunct, IO PAN, Sopot
  • 2014-2019 PhD sudent in Interdisciplinary Polar Studies, Centre for Polar Studies KNOW (Leading National Research Centre), IO PAN. PhD (with honours), Thesis: "The phenology of key Calanus species in the context of food demand of plantivorous little auk (Alle alle)
  • 2013-2015 Postgraduate studies in Valorisation and protection of natural areas, University of Gdansk
  • 2012-2014 M.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Animals Ecology, University of Gdansk. M.Sc. thesis: "The variability of haematological parameters in Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) residing in the Tricity beaches area".
  • 2009-2012 B.Sc. in Biology, University of Gdansk, Poland
Scientific interest
  • Ecology of Arctic zooplankton and seabirds
  • Phenology
  • Behavioral ecology
Professional experience
  • 2016-2016 PERMANOVA+ course, Auckland, New Zeland
  • 2016-2016 AREX summer cruise R/V Oceania, Hornsund, Spitsbergen
  • 2016-2016 STATISTICA training course, StatSoft, Krakow, Poland
  • 2015-2015 Big Black Box Workshop: Marine ecological processes during the polar night UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway
  • 2015-2015 Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Svalbard (IPSiS) Meeting – Field Workshop in Longyearbyen Area, University Centre in Svalbard & Centre for Polar Studies, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
  • 2015-2015 AREX summer cruise R/V Oceania, Hornsund, Spitsbergen
  • 2015-2015 MOSJ cruise R/V Lance, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen
Grants and awards
  • 2021-2025 - "When colour matters –key Arctic zooplakton species as a source of carotenoids for seabirds during breeding period" (ORANGE)National Science Centre Poland (2021/41/B/NZ8/03830) (project leader)
  • 2018-2021 - "Separation of two sibling Calanus species in little auks’ diet using molecular techniques" The Iwanowska Programme, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/IWA/2018/1/00080/U/0001) (project leader)
  • 2016-2020 - Influence of relationship between protists and zooplankton on Svalbard planktivorous birds population (SEAPOPII) (3605/SEAPOP/2016/2). Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project investigator)
  • 2016-2017 - Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard (IMOS) (3550/Norway/2016/2) (project investigator)
  • 2016 - Travel Grant Award for the ASLO 2016 Summer Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Selected presentations