Weronika Patuła,
Msc, PhD student
address:
Department of Marine Ecology, Institute of Oceanology PAN
Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, POLAND
e-mail: wpatula [at] iopan.pl
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Weronika_Patula
Orcid: 0000-0002-0308-7338

Scientific interests
  • Biology and ecology of polar zooplankton, meroplankton, Copepoda, Harpacticoida
  • Impact of climate change on the marine environment
  • Application of molecular methods in marine biology
Education
  • 2020-present — PhD student at the International Environmental Doctoral School affiliated with the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, Poland.
  • 10.2016-07.2018 — Master’s studies of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk.
    Master thesis: Mesoscale variability of zooplankton in Isfjorden — a high Arctic fjord
    supervisor: dr hab. Agata Weydmann-Zwolicka
  • 10.2013-07.2016 — Bachelor’s studies of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk.
    Bachelor thesis: The impact of climate change on planktivorous whales (Mysticeti) in the Arctic
    supervisor: dr hab. Agata Weydmann-Zwolicka.
Project participation
  • 2022-present“HIMERO - Spatial and temporal variability of the hidden Arctic meroplankton diversity as a key for understanding rapidly progressing environmental changes” NCN PRELUDIUM20 project, Reg. No 2021/41/N/NZ8/02735; position: principal investigator.
  • 2023–present“ASCOMEA — Influence of Atlantification on Succession and biotic COMponents in the shallow hard-bottom Ecosystem in the Arctic”, NCN, Reg. no. 2019/33/B/NZ8/02154, position: the NCN scholarship holder; coordinator: dr Marta Ronowicz
  • 2022–presentWhen co-existence means separation — ecological niche partitioning between sibling zooplankton species in warming Arctic (TWINS)” NCN OPUS Reg. No 2021/41/B/NZ8/04040; position: co-investigator; and the NCN scholarship holder; coordinator: dr. Marta Głuchowska
  • 2018-2022“KongHau — Investigations on zooplankton in Svalbard waters” (Agreement with Norwegian Polar Institute NPI, Tromsø, IO PAN, Sopot, position: co-investigator; coordinator: dr. Sławomir Kwaśniewski.
  • 2019-2021“Tax4Fun — Impact of Atlantic Water on TAXonomical and FUNctional structure of zooplankton in Arctic fjords: spatial, seasonal and interannual assessment”, NCN OPUS 13 project, Reg. No UMO-2017/25/B/NZ8/01100; position: co-investigator; coordinator: dr. Sławomir Kwaśniewski.
  • 2016–2019 - “LARVA — “Linking Annual cycle of Reproduction and recruitment to environmental Variables in Arctic Epifauna”, NCN, no. 2014/15/B/NZ8/00237, position: co-investigator and the NCN scholarship holder; coordinator: dr Marta Ronowicz
  • 2015-2017“DWARF — Declining size — a general response to climate warming in Arctic fauna?” (Framework of Polish — Norwegian Research Programme) IO PAN, Sopot; position: co-investigator; coordinator from IO PAN: dr hab. Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk, prof. IO PAN.
Publications
  • Patuła, W., Ronowicz, M., Weydmann-Zwolicka, A. (2023). The interplay between predatory chaetognaths and zooplankton community in a high Arctic fjord. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 285, 108295
  • Assmy, P., Kvernvik, A. C., Hop, H., Hoppe, C. J., Chierici, M., Duarte, P., Fransson A., Garcia L. L., Patuła W., Kwaśniewski S., Maturilli ., Pavlova O., Tatarek A., Wiktor J. M., Wold A., Wolf K. K. E., Bailey, A. (2023). Seasonal plankton dynamics in Kongsfjorden during two years of contrasting environmental conditions. Progress in Oceanography, 213, 102996
  • Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Balazy P., Kuklinski P., Søreide J.E., Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Meroplankton seasonal dynamics in the high Arctic fjord: comparison of different sampling methods, Progress in Oceanography, 102484.
  • Potocka, M., Kidawa, A., Panasiuk, A., Bielecka, L., Wawrzynek-Borejko, J., Patuła, W., Wójcik, K.A., Plenzler, J., Janecki, T., Bialik, R.J. (2019). The effect of glacier recession on benthic and pelagic communities: case study in Herve Cove, Antarctica. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 7(9), 285.
  • Patuła W., 2017, Charakterystyka wulkanogenicznych masywnych złóż siarczkowych VMS w obszarach lądowych, Tutoring Gedanensis — Czasopismo Tutee i Tutorów, Vol. 2, 62-69
  • Patuła W., 2016, Kominy hydrotermalne różnych środowisk geotektonicznych ekonomiczny zysk czy bogactwo życia, Tutoring Gedanensis — Czasopismo Tutee i Tutorów, Vol. 1, 97-105.
Conference, Symposia
  • Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Kukliński P., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Halocline as an environmental barrier for larvae of benthic invertebrates in an Arctic fjord, Svalbard Science Conference 2023, Oslo, Norway, 31.10-1.11.2023, (poster presentation)
  • Patuła W., Kotwicki L., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Kukliński P., Bałazy P., Legeżyńska J., Chełchowski M., Ronowicz M., Hidden zoobenthic assemblages of the Isfjorden shallow subtidal revealed by the suction pump sampling, Svalbard Science Conference 2023, Oslo, Norway, 31.10-1.11.2023, (poster presentation)
  • Moreno B., Kosek K., Morales-Luna Hadryś L., Sowa A., Reginia K., Patuła W., Chełchowski M., Aguado Gonzalo F., Barnes D.K.A., Ronowicz M., Bałazy P., Kukliński P., Submerged and sensing — a multipurpose toolbox array for understanding ecological processes in the shallow subtidal of an arctic fjord, Svalbard Science Conference 2023, Oslo, Norway, 31.10-1.11.2023, (poster)
  • Assmy, P., Kvernvik, A. C., Hop, H., Hoppe, C. J., Chierici, M., Duarte, P., Fransson A., Garcia L. L., Patuła W., Kwaśniewski S., Maturilli ., Pavlova O., Tatarek A., Wiktor J. M., Wold A., Wolf K. K. E., Bailey, A., Seasonal plankton dynamics in Kongsfjorden during two years of contrasting environmental conditions, Svalbard Science Conference 2023, Oslo, Norway, 31.10-1.11.2023, (poster)
  • Patuła W., Kotwicki L., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Kukliński P., Bałazy P., Legeżyńska J., Chełchowski M., Ronowicz M., Diversity of benthic harpacticoids in two different habitats of an Arctic fjord, International Sopot Youth Conference 2023 entitled: "Where the World is Heading", Sopot, Polska, 06.2023, (online — poster presentation)
  • Patuła W., Kwaśniewski S., Ronowicz M., Kukliński P., Olszewska A., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Spatial and temporal variation of meroplankton as an indication of Atlantification in the European Arctic, Sympozjum Polarne BIS, Conference for young marine researchers, 19.05.2023, Sopot, Polska (oral presentation)
  • Patuła W., “Sympozjum Polarne”, 18.05.2023, Sopot, Polska (listener)
  • Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Kukliński P., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Comparison of zooplankton communities in the West Spitsbergen fjords of contrasting environmental conditions (Svalbard Archipelago), YOUMARES13 Conference for young marine researchers, 11-14.10.2022, Berlin, Germany (oral presentation) (international range)
  • Patuła W., “SCOR MetaZooGene Symposium 2022 - New insights into biodiversity, biogeography, ecology, and evolution of marine zooplankton based on molecular approaches”, 23.09.2022, Dublin, Ireland (listener) (international range)
  • Patuła W., Kwaśniewski S., Ronowicz M., Kukliński P., Olszewska A., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Spatial and temporal variability of meroplankton transport with Atlantic waters to the Arctic during present climate change, ICES Annual Science Conference 2022, 19-22.09.2022, Dublin, Ireland (oral presentation) (international range).
  • Patuła W., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Ronowicz M., Link between environment, chaetognaths and zooplankton community in Isfjorden — a high Arctic fjord, 55 European Marine Biology Symposium, 19-23.09.2022 Gdańsk, Poland (poster) (international range).
  • Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Halocline as an environmental barrier for animals. Variability of zooplankton community along the Kongsfjord (Svalbard Archipelago), International Sopot Youth Conference 2022 entitled: "Where the World is Heading", 06.2022, Sopot, Poland (oral presentation) — Recognition award for the presentation (international range).
  • Patuła W., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Kukliński P., Bałazy P., Legeżyńska J., Kotwicki L., Chełchowski M., Ronowicz M., Cryptic fauna of the shallow, hard bottom. Seasonal changes of faunal community structure in Isfjorden (Svalbard Archipelago), 38th INTERNATIONAL POLAR SYMPOSIUM „Environmental changes in polar regions: New problems — new solutions”, 11.2021 Toruń, Poland (oral presentation) (international range).
  • Patuła W., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Ronowicz M., The interplay between predatory chaetognaths and zooplankton community in Isfjorden — a high Arctic fjord, 38th INTERNATIONAL POLAR SYMPOSIUM „Environmental changes in polar regions: New problems — new solutions”, 11.2021, Toruń, Poland (poster presentation) (international range).
  • Assmy P., Kvernvik A.C., Bailey A., Duarte P., Hop H., Hoppe C.J.M., Al-Habahbeh A.K., Kwaśniewski A., Patula W., Steen H., Tatarek A, Wiktor J.M., Wold A., Seasonal plankton trends in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, during 2019, ICYMARE, International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers, 09.2021, Berlin, Germany (poster) (international range).
  • Bielecka L., Wawrzynek-Borejko J., Patuła W., Panasiuk A., Zmiany w zooplanktonie płytkowodnej strefy Zatoki Admiralicji (Zatoka Herve, Antarktyka), II Konferencja Naukowa Polskich Badaczy Morza zatytułowana „Stan i trendy zmian w morzach i oceanach”, 09.2019, Gdańsk, Poland (poster) (national range).
  • Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Weydmann A., Mesoscale variability of zooplankton in Isfjorden (High Arctic fjord), International Sopot Youth Conference 2018 entitled: "Where the World is Heading", 05.2018, Sopot, Poland (oral presentation) (international range).
  • Kwaśniewski S., Patuła W., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Trudnowska E., Size-related response of zooplankton to various temperature regimes along latitudinal gradient from boreal to polar marine coastal ecosystems, Arctic Frontiers Conference — White Space — Blue Future, 01.2017, Tromsø, Norway (oral) (international range).
Courses, Internships, Research cruises
  • 16-20.10.2023 — Participation in the course (online) - Workshop on Multivariate Analysis in Ecology (& Other Sciences), using PERMANOVA+ for PRIMER 7, organized by PRIMER-e Empowering Research
  • 2023 — Summer research cruise to the Arctic AREX 2022 (1.5 week) on board R/V Oceania
  • 08-12.05.2023 — Participation in the course (in person) - PRIMER 7 workshop - Multivariate Analysis for Ecology & Other Sciences, Naples, Italy, organized by PRIMER-e Empowering Research
  • 24-28.04.2023 — Participation in the course (online) “Eukaryotic metabarcoding”, organized by online platform: physalia-courses.org
  • 18-28.04.2023 — Participation in the course (online) - Data analysis in R for marine ecologists, organized by Centre for Data Analysis, Modelling and Computational Sciences, University of Łódź, Poland
  • 2022 — Summer research cruise to the Arctic AREX 2022 (10 weeks) on board R/V Oceania
  • 2022 — Summer research cruise to the Arctic AREX 2022 (10 weeks) on board R/V Oceania.
  • 10.2021-11.2021 — Participation in “AB-832 Arctic Marine Molecular Ecology” course (in person); UNIS The University Centre in Svalbard (2-day student cruise (M/S POLARSYSSEL)).
  • 2021 — Summer research cruise to the Arctic AREX 2021 (8 weeks) on board R/V Oceania
  • 01.08.2018-31.08.2018 — Internship at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Warsaw (supervisor: dr hab. Robert Bialik, prof. IBB PAN).
  • 2016-2018 — Tutorials within the program Tutor Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdansk, Gdynia.
  • 2017 — Summer research cruise to the Arctic AREX 2017 (9 days — Hornsund) on board R/V Oceania
  • 26.07.2017-25.08.2017 — Internship at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Sopot (supervisor: dr Sławomir Kwaśniewski).
  • 11.2014-06.2015 — Student internship, Department of Marine Plankton Research, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk (supervisor: dr hab. Agata Weydmann-Zwolicka).
Scholarships and awards
  • 2022-2023 — The pro-quality scholarship for PhD candidates of doctoral schools financed under the University of Silesia program entitled “Research Excellence Initiative”
  • 07.2022 — EuroMarine Young Scientist Fellowship Programme 2022, for participating in the ‘Eukaryotic Metabarcoding’ online course.
  • 07.2022 — Travel Funds Grant by the ICES, for participation in ICES ASC 2022.
  • 2021-2022 — The pro-quality scholarship for PhD candidates of doctoral schools financed under the University of Silesia program entitled “Research Excellence Initiative”.
  • 2015-2018 — UG Rector’s scholarship for the best students in Oceanography (2015/2016; 2016/2017; 2017/2018).
  • 2017 — Scholarship of Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements.
  • The award for the presence in the top five best students during full-time Bachelor’s studies in Oceanography in the years 2013-2016.
Selected Organizational and educational activity
  • Creating educational content for the "Sirens of Ocean Science" page on Facebook and Instagram
  • Member of The PhD Students' Self-Government at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences — position: the Deputy of the President of the Self-Government (2022-2024)
  • Participation in and organization of the stand entitled: “Między lądem a wodą — jak to działa” (organized by Department of Marine Ecology; IO PAN) at The Sopot Science Picnic (06.2022)
  • Participation in and organization of the workshops on UAMRICH „Wykorzystanie Organizmów Roślinnych w Monitoringu Ekosystemów Wodnych” (09.2018)
  • Organization of a popular science event, “The Sea of Plastic”, within the framework of the 14th Baltic Science Festival (05.2018)
  • Participation in „Fish Days” organized by Maritime Station named Professor Krzysztof Skóra, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, and partners, responsible for the zooplankton stand (07.2016)
  • Participation in the Oceanographic Picnic titled “Zooplankton — heart of the food web” organized by the Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, responsible for the zooplankton stand (06.2016)

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