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Agnieszka Niemczynowicz

Agnieszka Niemczynowicz
Position:
Doktorantka
Unit:
Ecophysiology and Behavioral Ecology
Supervisor:
Dr. habil. Andrzej Zalewski
Publications list
Education and scientific degrees

2008, University of Białystok, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Biology with environmental specialization, Vertebrate Zoology

Research profile

Agnieszka's main research interests lie in ecological and behavioural regulating populations of rodents (mainly: beavers) and carnivores (mainly: American mink). Her MSc study investigated fluctuaction of a beaver (Castor fiber) populations and habitat and foraging preferences of the species in NE Poland. Currently, she is participating in the project investigating the influence of introduced American mink (Neovison vison) on the native fauna and monitoring of the effectiveness of mink reduction and colonization router of the area of four national parks in Poland.

International experience
  • 2012 - 2 weeks research training at the Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Kirov, Russia
Research projects
  • "Adaptation during invasion and the impact of ranch escapee American mink on feral populations".
  • „Ecological and genetical basis for control of the American mink population number: compesatory reaction of the invasive alien predator species reduce the numbers".
  • Project Coordinator of LIFE09 NAT/PL/000263 project: „Ochrona ptaków wodnych i błotnych w pięciu parkach narodowych - odtwarzanie siedlisk i ograniczanie wpływu inwazyjnych gatunków"; Project acronym: Polish Important Bird Areas.
Additional functions
  • Member of the Committee of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Membership and Awards
  • 2014 - Scholarship for the best PhD students at the University of Warsaw
  • 2013 - Scholarship for the best PhD students at the University of Warsaw
  • 2012 - Scholarship for the best PhD students at the University of Warsaw
  • 2010 - Scholarship for the best PhD students at the University of Warsaw
  • 2008 - III place in the 18th edition of „Competition for the best MSc thesis in ecology and environmental protection in the Podlasie region"
  • 2008 - Awards of the President of the University of Bialystok for outstanding scientific achievements
  • 2008- Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific achievements
  • 2014 - „Scholarships for PhD students of Podlaskie Voivodeship" . The project is co-financed by European Social Fund, Polish Government and Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Conferences and workshops

  1. "Meaning of invasive species in waterfowl and habitat protection", 07-10.05.2014, Kostrzyn nad Odra, Poland (oral presentation)
  2. 2nd Conference of Doctoral School of Earth Science and Ecology "Down to Earth", 16-18.05.2013, Tallinn, Estonia (oral and poster presentation)
  3. Conference on the biology and conservation of wild Mustelids, 18-21.03.2013, Oxford, United Kingdom (poster presentation)
  4. International workshop "Invasive species - threat and management; what has ecological theory to offer when deciding how to deal with established invasive species?", 18 - 21.09.2012, Białowieża, Poland (oral presentation)
  5. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology, 28.08. - 1.09.2012 Glasgow, United Kingdom (oral presentation)
  6. International Conference "Recent Problems of Nature Use, Game Biology and Fur Farming" , 22-26.05.2012, Kirov, Russia (oral presentation)
  7. International Conference in Landscape Genetics, 10-12.10.2011, Białowieża, Poland (poster presentation)
  8. 8th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference, 26-30.09.2011, Berlin, Germany (oral presentation)
  9. VIth European Congress of Mammalogy, 19-23.07.2011, Paris, France (poster presentation)

Conferences and workshops

  1. "Meaning of invasive species in waterfowl and habitat protection", 07-10.05.2014, Kostrzyn nad Odra, Poland (oral presentation)
  2. 2nd Conference of Doctoral School of Earth Science and Ecology "Down to Earth", 16-18.05.2013, Tallinn, Estonia (oral and poster presentation)
  3. Conference on the biology and conservation of wild Mustelids, 18-21.03.2013, Oxford, United Kingdom (poster presentation)
  4. International workshop "Invasive species - threat and management; what has ecological theory to offer when deciding how to deal with established invasive species?", 18 - 21.09.2012, Białowieża, Poland (oral presentation)
  5. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology, 28.08. - 1.09.2012 Glasgow, United Kingdom (oral presentation)