dr hab. Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, NCU Prof.
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dr hab. Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, prof. NCU
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
Diplomas and academic degrees
- 06.2001 – MSc in environmental protection, in the field of water protection: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Department of Hydrobiology, MSc thesis: „Pelophilous macrozoobenthos of shallow habitats in the southern part of Jeziorak Lake”.
- 11.2006 – PhD in biological sciences, in the field of biology: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Department of Hydrobiology, PhD dissertation: „Macrofauna of the upper littoral and transitional land-water zone in the Włocławek Reservoir under destructive conditions of water level fluctuations”.
- 01.2018 – Habilitation thesis in biology: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, “The effect of water level decrease and substratum drying on the survival and migration of the bottom fauna in a land-water transitional zone”
Employment in scientific institutions
- 03.2007 – 30.06.2009: Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Toruń, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, position: research assistant
- 07.2009 – 30.09.2019: Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Toruń, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences (now: Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, position: assistant professor
- 10.2019 – now: Nicolaus Copernicus Universtity in Toruń, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, position: associate professor
Research competence
- Fields of expertise: hydrobiology, ecology, biological invasions, macroinvertebrates
- Skills in field and laboratory work in aquatic science: familiarity with identification of aquatic invertebrates (Oligochatea, Chironomidae larvae, Mollusca, Gammaridae Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera), sampling/processing benthic macrofauna samples, data processing, language skills: Polish (native) and English (fluent)
Main research topics:
- Spread of invasive bivalve species, differences between the invasion front and the core population, impact on native species
- Impact of water level fluctuations and substratum drying on near-shore macroinvertebrates
- Invasive Ponto-Caspian gobiid fishes: habitat preferences and impact on native species (in cooperation with Tomasz Kakareko)
- Invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipods: interactions with local and native organisms, habitat preferences, induced anti-predator responses (in cooperation with Jarosław Kobak and Łukasz Jermacz)
- Macroinvertebrates of dam reservoirs, lakes (including land/water ecotone zone)
- The phenomeon of spread of thermophilic molluscs (Corbicula fluminea, Sinanodonta woodiana and Physa acuta) into Polish waters of natural thermal regime (ongoing)