List of supervisors and research topics
Assoc. Prof. Jacek Bełdowski (hyron@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Geotoxicology Laboratory
Research topics:
- Impact of dumped munitions on mercury concentration in bottom sediments.
- Beachcast as a vector of pollutant transport to the coastal zone.
Assoc. Prof. Artur Burzyński (aburzynski@iopan.gda.pl)
Molecular Biology Laboratory
Research topics:
- Is the expression of specific mitochondrial ORFs involved in sex determination and mitochondrial inheritance in Mytilus?
- Mitogenomics of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria in bivalves.
- Transcriptomics and mitochondrial transcripts mapping in model bivalve species based on EST sequences.
Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk (kasiab@iopan.gda.pl)
Pracownia Funkcjonowania Biocenoz Pelagialu
Research topics:
- Ekologia zooplanktonu polarnego (wędrówki dobowe, preferencje troficzne, zooplankton jako pokarm ptaków arktycznych);
- Biologia i ekologia pelagicznych Ostracoda Oceanu Światowego (zoogeografia, taksonomia, wędrówki dobowe i sezonowe, i in.)
Assoc. Prof. Lidia Dzierzbicka-Głowacka (dzierzb@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Ecohydrodynamics Laboratory
Research topics:
- Mathematical modeling of micro and mesoscale phenomena and hydro-biological processes in marine bodies.
- Determining the functional relationships that occur between the rates of physiological processes and environmental factors for marine species.
- Modeling of mixing processes in the upper sea layer and their influence on the sea slurries distribution.
Assoc. Prof. Monika Kędra (kedra@iopan.gda.pl)
Zakład Ekologii Morza
Research topics:
- Structure and functioning of benthic communities in the coastal Baltic Sea and their role in carbon and nutrient cycling.
Key words: benthic communities structure and diversity, food webs, secondary production, respiration, stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, sediment organic matter. - Structure and functioning of benthic communities in the Arctic Ocean and their role in carbon and nutrient cycling.
Key words: cryo-pelago-benthic coupling, benthic communities structure and diversity, secondary production, food webs, stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, sediment organic matter.
Assoc. Prof. Hanna Kalamarz-Kubiak hkalamarz@iopan.gda.pl
Physiology of Marine Organisms Laboratory
Research topics:
- Neuroendocrine regulation of stress response in fish and other marine organisms using in vitro techniques.
Prof. Zygmunt Klusek (klusek@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Acoustics Laboratory
Research topics:
- Passive acoustic methods in monitoring oceanic environment (preferably dynamical processes)
- Acoustic methods in investigations/observation of behaviour and space distribution of bottom fauna, fishes or plankton
- Theory of scattering of acoustic waves at medium (ocean) inhomogeneities
Prof. Alicja Kosakowska (akosak@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Biochemistry Laboratory
Research topics:
- Oddziaływanie wybranych czynników abiotycznych na przebieg procesów ekofizjologicznych w organizmach fitoplanktonowych
- Izolacja i identyfikacja biologicznie aktywnych substancji z komponentów środowiska morskiego
Prof. Grażyna Kowalewska (gkowal@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Pollution Laboratory.
Research topics:
- Study of organic natural and anthropogenic compounds as markers of processes in the marine environment, e.g. pollution, eutrophication.
- New methods in analysis of organic compounds in marine environment.
Prof. Piotr Kukliński (kuki@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Ecology Department
Research topics:
- Ecology of key Arctic organisms (e.g. sea urchins, algae, etc.).
- Ecology of hard bottom communities.
- Processes of colonization and succession on hard sea bottom.
- Influence of environmental parameters on invertebrate skeleton mineralogy and chemistry composition.
- Taxonomy and systematics of Arctic and Antarctic marine invertebrates.
Prof. Ewa Kulczykowska (ekulczykowska@iopan.gda.pl)
Physiology of Marine Organisms Laboratory
Research topics:
- Fish endocrinology: neuroendocrine regulation of fish behaviour and fish adaptation to environmental changes (salinity, temperature light); new fish welfare indicators.
Prof. Hanna Mazur-Marzec (biohm@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Biochemistry Laboratory
Research topics:
- Marine microorganisms - source of natural products of potential biotechnological application.
Assoc. Prof. Ksenia Pazdro (pazdro@iopan.gda.pl)
Department of Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research topics:
- Biogeochemistry of persistent organic contaminants in marine environment
Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Petelski (petelski@iopan.gda.pl)
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory
Research topics:
- Studies of mass, energy and momentum fluxes between the sea and the atmosphere.
- Studies of marine aerosols in the marine boundary layer.
Prof. Jacek Piskozub (piskozub@iopan.gda.pl)
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory
Research topics:
- Mass, energy, momentum and radiance fluxes across the sea surface
- Concentration and size size distribution of marine aerosol in the boundary layer over the ocean and coastal zone
- Climate influence of air-sea interaction phenomena (aerosol, radiation balance etc.)
- Optical Monte Carlo modeling of air-sea interaction phenomena
Assoc. Prof. Sławomir Sagan (sagan@iopan.gda.pl)
Remote Sensing Laboratory
Research topics:
- Zmienność czasowa i przestrzenna rzeczywistych właściwości optycznych wód w relacji do zagadnień teledetekcji morza
- Badanie związków procesów hydrologicznych i biologicznych ze stratyfikacją pionową właściwości optycznych wody
- Zastosowanie metod optycznych do badań składników wody morskiej in situ
Assoc. Prof. Paweł Schlichtholz (schlicht@iopan.gda.pl)
Climate Dynamics Group
Research topics:
- Numerical analysis of oceanic influence on the variability of Arctic sea ice cover in the era of satellite observations.
- Statistical analysis of relationships between changes in the Arctic climate system and climatic conditions on the continents in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades.
Prof. Małgorzata Stramska (mstramska@chors.sdsu.edu, mstramska@ucsd.edu)
http://www.iopan.gda.pl/~stramska
Research topics:
- Modele numeryczne w badaniach procesów hydrodynamicznych i biologicznych w morzu.
- Analiza wpływu zmian klimatu na procesy hydrodynamiczne i biologiczne w Bałtyku, określenie trendów długo- i krótkoterminowych.
- Rozwój modelu Bałtyku asymilującego w czasie rzeczywistym dane satelitarne i dane in situ na potrzeby systemów oceny stanu środowiska.
Assoc. Prof. Waldemar Walczowski (walczows@iopan.gda.pl)
Observational Oceanography Laboratory
Research topics:
- Water Mass transformation in the Nordic Seas.
- The climatic importance of sea currents in the European Arctic.
- Use of Argo floats in Arctic and Baltic Sea oceanographic studies.
Prof. Roman Wenne (rwenne@iopan.gda.pl)
Laboratory of Genetics of Marine Organisms
Research topics:
- Population genomics of mussels Mytilus
Prof. Jan Marcin Węsławski (weslaw@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Ecology Department
Research topics:
- Interannual variability of microplankton in Spitsbergen fjords.
- Sandy beach and ground water meiofauna - biodiversity and ecology.
Assoc. Prof. Sławomir B. Woźniak, (woznjr@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine and Atmospheric Optics Laboratory
Research topics:
- Studies on light absorption and scattering by suspended particulate matter in the sea, with special emphasis on influences of variability of particulate matter composition and size distribution on these processes.
- Empirical studies and modelling of the relationships between different seawater constituents and inherent and apparent optical properties of water in the Baltic Sea.
- The development and practical application of optical methods allowing to estimate concentration and composition of different seawater constituents.
Prof. Marek Zajączkowski (trapper@iopan.gda.pl)
Marine Ecology Department, Laboratory of Paleoceanography
Research topics:
- Pleoceanographic record of the marine environment in European Arctic.
- Modern foraminiferal fauna as the benthos biodiversity inicator in the Spitsbergen fjords.
Assoc. Prof. Tymon Zieliński (tymon@iopan.gda.pl)
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory
Research topics:
- Impact of physical phenomena in the air-sea boundary layer on climate (aerosols, radiative budget, etc.).
- Impact of aerosols on climate changes.
- Physical properties (optical) of aerosols in the European Arctic.