dr hab. Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, NCU Prof.
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dr hab. Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, prof. NCU
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology
Building C, Room 141
Email: mpoznan@umk.pl
Tel. +48 (56) 611 31 85
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:
- Impact of invasive mussels on native mussels
- Spread of invasive mussel species, differences between the invasion front and the core (primary) population, impact on native species
- Impact of substratum air exposure and drying on the survival and migration of various taxa of benthic fauna, including mussels
- Taxonomic composition and abundance of benthic fauna in transition zones between water and land (search for ecotone zones) – field studies
- Defence against predation as an element of the competitive advantage of invasive fish species over native ones: a case study of Ponto-Caspian Gobiidae (project leader: Tomasz Kakareko, NCU)
- Impact of the alien Gobiidae fish species on the occurrence of the native European bullhead (Cottus gobio) (project leader: Tomasz Kakareko, NCU)
- Experimental assessment of predator-induced defence mechanisms in selected invasive Ponto-Caspian gudgeon species (project leader: Łukasz Jermacz, NCU)
- Testing the ‘invasional meltdown’ hypothesis using the example of a group of invasive Ponto-Caspian species in Poland’s inland waters (project leader: Karolina Bącela-Spychalska, University of Łódź)
- Habitat preferences of invasive Ponto-Caspian species of amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) (project leader: Jarosław Kobak, NCU)