Joanna Pawłowska
PhD Student
Department of Marine Ecology,
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
Powstancow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot, Poland
pawlowska@iopan.gda.pl
Phone: (+48 58) 7311781
Education:
2004 – 2009: MSc at the University of Gdansk, faculty of Geography and Oceanography. MSc
thesis: Seasonal changes of benthic fauna in an arctic fjord (Adventfjorden,Spitsbergen).
2009 - : PhD student at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Department
of Marine Ecology.
Employment:
2011-2012: researcher at the University of Geneva, Department of Genetics and Evolution
Scientific interests:
Ecology of benthic Foraminifera
Foraminifera as a proxy of past and present environmental changes
Metagenomics of Arctic Foraminifera assemblages
Publications:
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Łącka M, Pawłowska J. New methods in reconstruction of the Arctic marine
paleoenvironments. Impact of climate changes on marine environments, Springer Series:
GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, accepted.
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Iglikowska A, Pawłowska J. The adaptations of the Foraminifera and Ostracoda to fresh
water colonization. Impact of climate changes on marine environments, Springer Series:
GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, accepted.
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Pawłowska J, Lejzerowicz F, Esling P, Szczuciński W, Zajączkowski M, Pawłowski J.
(2014) Ancient DNA sheds new light on the Svalbard fossil foraminiferal record from the last
millenium. Geobiology, 12: 277-288.
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Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Pawłowska J, Zajączkowski M (2013) Do Foraminifera mirror
patterns of diversity and distribution of macrobenthic fauna in an Arctic glacial fjord?(Marine
Micropaleontology, 103:30-39)
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Pawłowska J, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Zajączkowski M, Nygård H, Berge J. (2011)
Seasonal variability of meio- and macrobenthic standing stocks and diversity in an Arctic fjord
(Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen). Polar Biology 34: 833-845
Conferences:
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Pawłowska J, Sezonowe zmiany fauny dennej w arktycznym fiordzie. Sympozjum Młodych
Oceanografów, Gdynia, 2009.
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Pawłowska J, Zajączkowski M. Seasonal changes of the benthic fauna in an Arctic fjord.
Arctic Frontiers conference, Tromsø 2010.
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Pawłowska J, Pawłowski J, Zajączkowski M. Paleometagentics of Arctic Foraminifera.
ART.-APECS Science Workshop, Sopot 2012
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Pawłowska J, Pawłowski J, Zajączkowski M. Paleometagentics of Arctic Foraminifera.
Holocene Climate Change conference, London 2013
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Pawłowska J, Pawlowski J, Lejzerowicz F, Zajaczkowski M. Ancient DNA: a new
perspective for using foraminifera as paleoenvironmental proxy? 11th International Conference
of Paleoceanography, Sitges, Barcelona, 2013
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Pawłowska J, Lejzerowicz F, Esling P, Szczuciński W, Pawłowski J, Zajączkowski M.
Kopalne DNA: nowe spojrzenie na zbiorowiska otwornic Svalbardu z ostatniego millenium.
Konferencja Geologia Morza: Teraźniejszość kluczem do przeszłości. Przeszłość kluczem do
przyszłości. Poznań, 2013
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Pawłowska J, Lejzerowicz F, Esling P, Szczuciński W, Zajączkowski M, Pawłowski J.
Ancient DNA provides new insight into the Svalbard fossil foraminiferal record. 35th Polar
Symposium, Diversity and state of polar ecosystems. Wrocław, 2014.
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Pawłowska J, Zajączkowski M. In a changing climate: paleoceanographic record of
environmental changes after the Little Ice Age in the Hornsund fjord. 35th Polar Symposium,
Diversity and state of polar ecosystems. Wrocław, 2014.
Research grants:
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2011 – 2012: ‘Paleometagenetics of Arctic Foraminifera (PALMEGAFOR)’, SCIEX (Swiss
Research Fellowships), project code 10.140, position: fellow.
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2011 - 2014 :‘Biodiversity of Foraminifera in a warming climate. Paleoceanographic record of
climate changes after the Little Ice Age’. Project funded by Polish Ministry of Science and
Higher Education, project code: 2011/01/N/ST10/06533, position: scientific leader.
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2013 – 2017: Declining size - a general response to climate warming in Arctic fauna?
(DWARF). Project funded by EEA/Norway Financial Mechanism Project Contract, position:
Work package leader.
Project participation:
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2006-2008: Pelago-benthic coupling in an Arctic fjord: Adventfjorden 2006 – 2007
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2008-2011: Biodiversity of the arctic marine ecosystems in a changing climate of the last 4
thousand years. New application of the paleoceanographic record. (Project under the umbrella
of IPY No 786 project Arctic warming in the Past; WARMPAST)
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2010-2012: PALECURR: Advection of Atlantic Waters to the European part of the Arctic in
Holocene: Paleoceanographic record of fluctuations in West Spitsbergen Current. (Project
funded by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education)
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2013: Quantifying climate variability since Late – glacial in Southern Svalbard (QUAL;
Academy of Finland).
Awards:
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IOPAS Scholarship for Outstanding Students, 2012.
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National Science Center Scholarship ETIUDA, 2014.
Training/courses:
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Course of dionflagellate cysts taxonomy conducted by dr Maija Heikkila, Helsinki, 2014.
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ART-APECS Science Workshop, Sopot, 2012.
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Course of planctic foraminifera taxonomy conducted by dr Katarzyna Zamelczyk; Tromsø,
2011.
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The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-Monitoring) expert workshop, Fribourg, 2011.
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Course on the management of the scientific projects, Innopomerania Science Panel, Gdansk,
2010
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PhD Young Scientist Forum Workshop ‘Marine Biodiversity Under Change’ Tromsø, 2010.
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Member of APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) since 2010
Fieldwork experience:
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Fieldwork experience: participant in 7 research expeditions of r/v ‘Oceania’ (Svalbard waters,
years 2008 - 2014).