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Leader<\/p>\n

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Group members<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Tekst” module_class=”staff-table” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”]dr. habil. Marcin Churski<\/a>
\nTom Diserens, PhD<\/a>
\nPaulina Szafra\u0144ska, PhD<\/a>
\nEwa Komar, PhD<\/a>
\nJakub Bubnicki, PhD<\/a>
\nKatharina Kasper<\/a>
\nThibaud Gaudry<\/a>
\nCecilia Tomasulo<\/a>
\nRobin Wijnands<\/a>
\nRoman Kozak
\nEugeniusz Bujko[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Osoby wsp\u00f3\u0142pracuj\u0105ce” module_class=”title” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

External collaborators<\/p>\n

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\nWalter di Nicola (external PhD, University of Freiburg, Germany, Dries Kuijper 2nd promotor)
\nGabriela Lo Bue (external PhD, University of Montpellier, Marcin Churski 2nd promotor)
\nWeronika Baranowska (external PhD, Univ. Warsaw. Poland, Dries Kuijper 2nd promotor)
\nNicolas de Pelsmaeker, PhD (post-doc position finished Oct. 2025)
\nElise Say-Sallaz, PhD (post-doc position finished July 2025)[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Pracownicy” module_class=”title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Group description[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Tekst” module_class=”staff-table” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Research themes & focus:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n


<\/u><\/strong>We focus on interactions between species across different trophic levels including herbivore-plant interactions, predator-prey interactions, and how disease dynamics and parasites modify these interactions. There is no focus on specific species but the processes behind the interactions is what binds us. As these trophic interactions take place in an increasingly human-dominated environment, how human activities affect or modify these trophic interactions is an important over-arching theme in all our studies. To study these interactions on a landscape-scale or fine-scale we use a variety of techniques including observational studies (especially camera trap studies) and a strong emphasis on experimental studies.<\/p>\n

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O grupie<\/p>\n

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