I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. My interest in the circulation of mercury (Hg) and other metals in the environment started already during my graduate studies. At that time, I was working on Hg fractionation in aerosols in the coastal zone of the South Baltic Sea. The topic of mercury in aerosols is still the area of my research interest, but at this point, I am focusing more on mercury in other parts of the ecosystem. My research concerns mercury and methylmercury in sediments and benthic organisms from polar regions. The area of my research is the fjords of Spitsbergen (Arctic) and the area of Admiralty Bay (Antarctica). Currently, during my Ph.D. studies, I plan to assess the impact of mercury from anthropogenic sources on the marine ecosystem in the polar regions. In addition, the results obtained by me should allow determining the amount of mercury from anthropogenic and natural sources and their impact on the environment in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
EDUCATION
- 2018- currently - Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
Doctoral Studies, Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Field: Science
Discipline: Earth and related environmental sciences
- 2015-2017 - University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Gdynia, Poland
Master Studies
Field: oceanography
Specialty: marine chemistry
SCIENCE INTERESTS
- The impact of climate change on the mercury cycle in polar ecosystems.
- Effect of mercury/metals on polar benthic organisms.
- Transport of mercury in the atmosphere.
- The impact of dumped chemical weapons on the marine ecosystem.
- Trance metal pollution of the marine environment.
- Secondary sources of metals in the environment.
PROJECTS
- MERABO NCN PRELUDIUM 20 „Mercury accomulation in benthic organisms from polar regions” - principal investigator
- MINIMA NCN OPUS 17 „Macrobenthic organisms as an indicator of mercury sources in the Antarctic coastal zone (Admiralty Bay)” – participant
- CONTRA EU Baltic Sea Region Programme Interreg „Baltic Brach Wrack – Conversion of a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset” – participant
- DAIMON2 EU Baltic Sea Region Programme Interreg „Decision Aid for Marine Munitions – Practical Applications” – participant
- DAIMON EU Baltic Sea Region Programme Interreg „Decision Aid for Marine Munitions” – participant
- RECLAIM NCN OPUS 7 „Remobilization of mercury from land to sea under the influence of intense meteorological and hydrological phenomena” – participant
EXPERIENCE
- 2020-2024 – Chairperson of the Doctoral Council at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
- 12.2020 – Researcher Academy Elsevier – participation in course entitled ” Jak dobrze i mądrze wybrać czasopismo?”
- 12.2020 – Researcher Academy Elsevier – participation in course entitled ”ScienceDirect: zanurz się w pracach naukowych światowej klasy”.
- 11.2020 – Polish Science Contact Agency PolSCA – participation in webinar WiSER: Women in Science and European Research
- 10.2020 -aktualnie – IO PAN Ph.D. Student Government –Vice President
- 10.2020 – XIV Konferencja pt. „Chemia, Geochemia i Ochrona Środowiska Morskiego” – Deputy Secretary of the Conference
- 09.2019-10.2019 – MOSAiC School – participation in the summer school as part of the project Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- 03.2021 - Experyment Science Centre – participation in Climate Educator Academy
- 01.2020 - Women Doing Science – spreading science in the social media as a part of the project
- 09.2019-09.2020 - Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate – Project Ambassador
- 06.2020 - Experyment Science Centre – participation in Science Cafe
- 01.2020 - VI Travel meeting organized by the Students' Scientific Society of Oceanographers UG – lecure
RESEARCH CRUISES
- 10.2023 – EROVMUS project – participation in research cruise in the Baltic Sea aboard RV Oceania
- 08.2023 – PROSPECTOR project, AREX expedition – participation in research cruise in Horsund aaboard RV Oceania
- 04.2023 – EROVMUS project – participation in research cruise in the Baltic Sea aboard RV Oceania
- 10.2022 – AMMOTRACE project – participation in research cruise in the Baltic Sea aaboard RV Oceania
- 10.2021 – participation in research cruise in the Baltic Sea as part of the tasks of the Laboratory of Contemporary Threats to Marine Ecosystems aboard RV Oceania
- 05.2021 – participation in research cruise in the Baltic Sea as part of the tasks of the Laboratory of Contemporary Threats to Marine Ecosystems aboard RV Oceania
- 06-08.2020 – Expedition AREX – participation in a research cruise in the European Arctic on board the RV Oceania
- 05.2019 – DAIMON2 – participation in a research cruise in the Baltic Sea on board RV Oceania
- 09-10.2019 – MOSAiC School – participation in a research cruise as part of the summer school and MOSAiC Expedition in the Central Arctic on board RV Akademik Fedorov
- 07-08.2019 – Expedition AREX – participation in a research cruise in the Spitsbergen fjords on board the RV Oceania
- 03.2019 – DAIMON – participation in a research cruise in the Baltic Sea on board RV Oceania
- 07.2018 – DAIMON – participation in a research cruise in the Skagerrak, North Sea on board RV IMOR
- 07.2018 – DAIMON – participation in a research cruise in the Baltic Sea on board RV Oceania
PUBLICATIONS
- Korejwo E., Panasiuk A., Wawrzynek-Borejko J., Jędruch A., Bełdowski J., Paturej A., Bełdowska M. „Mercury concentrations in Antarctic zooplankton with a focus on the krill species, Euphausia superba”, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167239
- Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P., Saniewski M. „Mercury concentration and speciation in benthic organisms from Isfjorden, Svalbard”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114115
- Graca B., Jędruch A., Bełdowska M., Bełdowski J., Kotwicki L., Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Popińka W., Łukawska-Matuszewska K. „Effects of beach wracks on the fate of mercury at the land-sea interface – A preliminary study”, Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120394
- Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowska M., 2020. Fractionation of mercury in aerosols of the southern Baltic coastal zone. Atmospheric Environment 235, 117623, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117623
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Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Szubska M., Grabowski M., Kwasigroch U., Bełdowski J., 2020. Presence of mercury and methylmercury in Baltic Sea sediments, collected in ammunition dumpsites. Marine Environmental Research 162, 105158,
- Gębka K., Bełdowska M., Saniewska D., Korejwo E., Saniewski M., 2020. Meteorological phenomenon as a key factor controlling variability of labile particulate mercury in rivers and its inflow into coastal zone of the sea. Environemental Reseach 184, 109355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109355
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Belter J. et al., 2020. Ice and snow surveys. W: Thomas Krumpen and Vladimir Sokolov, 2020. The Expedition AF122/1, Setting up the MOSAiC Distributed Network in October 2019 with Research Vessel AKADEMIK FEDOROV., Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener
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Bełdowski J., Szubska M., Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Grabowski M., Bełdowska M., Kwasigroch U., Fabisiak J., Łońska E., Szala M., Pempkowiak J., 2019. Sea-dumped ammunition as a possible source of mercury to the Baltic Sea sediments. Science of the Total Environment 674, 363-373, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.058
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Bełdowska M., Saniewska D., Gębka K., Kwasigroch U., Korejwo E., Kobos J., 2018. Simple screening technique for determination of adsorber and absorber mercury in particulate matter in atmospheric and aquatic environment. Talanta 182, 340-347, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.01.082
SELECTED CONFERENCES
- Korejwo E. "Porównanie stężeń rtęci w organizmach bentosowych z rejonów polarnych"
- Chemia, Geochemia I Ochrona Środowiska Morskiego 2023, Gdynia:
Korejwo E., Panasiuk A., Wawrzynek-Borejko J., Jędruch A., Bełdowski J., Paturej A., Bełdowska M. „Stężenia rtęci w Antarktycznym zooplanktonie ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem kryla Euphausia superba’
- Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023, Helsinki:
Korejwo E., Jędruch A., Cichecka A., Jarzynowska M., Kwasigroch U., Narwojsz D., Saniewska D., Bałazy P., Saniewski M., Bełdowski J. „Mercury in benthic organisms from polar and temperate marine ecosystems”
- International Conference in Chemistry and the Environment 2023, Wenecja:
Korejwo E., Panasiuk A., Wawrzynek-Borejko J., Jędruch A., Bełdowski J., Paturej A., Bełdowska M. „Mercury concentrations and its trophic dynamic in a dominant Antarctic zooplankton species with a focus on the krill Euphausia superba”
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Jędruch A., Bałazy P., Bełdowski J., Saniewski M. „Mercury at the base of trophic pyramid in Admiralty Bay, Antarctic”
- Sopot Youth Conference 2022, Sopot:
Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. „Mercury in the marine environment of the polar regions”
- III Konferencja Naukowa Polskich Badaczy Morza, Gdynia:
Korejwo E., Panasiuk A., Bełdowska M., Wawrzynek-Borejko J., Paturej A., Bełdowski J. „Rtęć całkowita w zooplanktonie antarktycznym w rejonie Południowych Szetlandów”
Pouch, P. Rudnicka, M. Szubska, E. Korejwo, B. Wilman, A. Zaborska, M. Bełdowska, J. Bełdowski, P. Kukliński, A. Lo Giudice, C. Rizzo, A. Dorn, K. Pazdro. „Akumulacja zanieczyszczeń organicznych i metali w organizmach bentosowych z Isfjorden (zachodni Spitsbergen)”
- International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, on-line:
Jędruch, D. Saniewska, A. Cichecka, M. Jarzynowska, E. Korejwo, P. Płonska, A. Wojdasiewicz, P. Bałazy, M. Bełdowska, J. Bełdowski, A. Panasiuk, M. Saniewski. „Mercury in the Antarctic Food Web”
Jędruch, A. Wojdasiewicz, B. Wilman, K. Gębka, D. Hetko, E. Korejwo, U. Kwasigroch, J. Kwiatkowska, L. Łęczyński, P. Płońska, A. Popławska, P. Prusiński, D. Saniewska, M. Witak, M. Zakrzewska, A. Zarzeczańska, A. Zgrundo, I. Złoch, M. Bełdowska. „Mercury and Its Fractions in the Basin, Lagoons and Catchment of the Southern Baltic Sea”
- EGU General Assembly 2022, Wiedeń:
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P., Saniewski M. „Total mercury and fraction in benthic organisms from Isfjorden, Svalbard”
Saniewska D., Korejwo E., Saniewski M., Bałazy P. „Melting glaciers as a potential source of methylmercury in the first chains of Antarctic pelagic food web (Admiralty Bay)”
- XXXVIII International Polar Symposium, Toruń:
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P., Saniewski M. „Total mercury and methylmercury in benthic organisms from Isfjorden, Svalbard”
Saniewska D., Korejwo E., Saniewski M., Bałazy P., Bełdowski J. „Methylmercury in the first chains of Antarctic marine coastal food web (Admiralty Bay)”
- 2020 Arctic Change, Canada (on-line):
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P., Saniewski M. „Total mercury and methylmercury in benthic organisms from Isfjorden, Svalbard” (poster).
- 2020 XIV Konferencja „Chemia, Geochemia i Ochrona Środowiska Morskiego”, Sopot, Poland (on-line):
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P., Saniewski M. „Rtęć całkowita i metylortęć w organizmach dennych w wybranym fiordzie (Isfjorden, Svalbard)” (oral presentation);
Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Szubska M., Grabowski M., Kwasigroch U., Bełdowski J. „Stężenia metylortęci w osadach Morza Bałtyckiego z rejonu zatopień amunicji” (oral presentation);
Narwojsz D., Korejwo E., Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Kotwicki L., Bełdowska M., Bełdowski J. „Kidzina jako wektor transportu wybranych metali toksycznych do strefy brzegowej” (poster).
- 2020 SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, Australia (on-line):
Saniewska D., Korejwo E., Majewska P., Bałazy P., Bełdowski J. „Bioaccumulation of mercury in the first chains of Antarctic marine coastal food web (Admiralty Bay)” (poster).
- 2019 XVIII Sympozjum Młodych Oceanografów, Gdynia, Poland:
Korejwo E. „Frakcjonowanie rtęci w organizmach bentosowych i osadach dennych w wybranym fiordzie (Isfjorden, Svalbard)” (oral presentation).
- 2019 II Konferencja Polskich Badaczy Morza, Gdynia, Poland:
Bełdowski J., Szubska M., Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Jakacki J., Czub M., Kotwicki L., Grabowski M., Bełdowska M., Vanninen R., Brenner M., Lang T., Lehtonen K., Popiel S., Pączek B. „Amunicja zatopiona w Morzu Bałtyckim – obecny stan wiedzy” (oral presentation);
Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. „Stężenia metylortęci w osadach dennych pobranych w miejscu zatopień broni chemicznej w rejonie Głębi Bornholmskiej” (poster).
- 2019 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Cracow, Poland:
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowska M. „Mercury fractionation in aerosols of the southern Baltic coastal zone” (poster);
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowski J., Bałazy P. „Total mercury in sediments and organisms from Isfjord, Svalbard” (poster);
Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. "Presence of methylmercury in Baltic Sea sediments collected in ammunition dumpsite" (poster);
Bełdowski J., Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Korejwo E., Kotwicki L. "Beach wrack as the vector for mercury contamination in coastal environment" (poster).
- 2019 DAIMON Final Conference, Bremerhaven, Germany:
Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. „Concentration of methylmercury in marine sediments collected in munition dumpsite” (poster);
Szubska M., Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. „Contamination of marine sediments with arsenic and heavy metals originating from dumped munitions” (poster);
Bełdowski J., Szubska M., Siedlewicz G., Korejwo E., Grabowski M., Bałdowska M. , Kwasigroch U. , Fabisiak J., Łońska E., Szala M., Pempkowiak J. „Sea-dumped ammunition as a source of mercury to the Baltic Sea sediments” (poster).
- 2018 XVII Sympozjum Młodych Oceanografów, Gdynia, Poland:
Korejwo E. „Frakcjonowanie rtęci w aerozolach strefy południowego Bałtyku” (oral presentation)
- 2018 XIII Konferencja „Chemia, Geochemia i Ochrona Środowiska Morskiego”, Sopot, Poland:
Korejwo E., Saniewska D., Bełdowska M. „Frakcjonowanie rtęci w aerozolach strefy południowego Bałtyku” (poster)
Siedlewicz G., Szubska M., Korejwo E., Bełdowski J. „Stężenia metylortęci w osadach dennych pobranych w rejonie zatopień broni chemicznej i konwencjonalnej” (poster)
- 2016 IV Ogólnopolska Konferencja Rtęć w Środowisku – Identyfikacja Zagrożeń dla Zdrowia Człowieka, Gdynia, Polska, Poland:
Gębka K., Saniewska D., Bełdowska M., Kwasigroch U., Wilman B., Lengier M., Osińska M., Korejwo E. „Labilne i stabilne formy rtęci w osadach rzek i glebach różnego typu zlewni południowego Bałtyku” (poster).
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