Habilitacja: 2023, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Dr: 2007, Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Licencjat: 2001, Animal Behavior, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Moje zainteresowania badawcze koncentrują się na relacjach człowieka z dzikimi zwierzętami, elastyczności behawioralnej gatunków, łagodzeniu konfliktów na styku człowiek–przyroda oraz na ochronie środowiska w ujęciu krajobrazowym i transgranicznym. Pasjonuję się (nowymi/innowacyjnymi) metodami badań terenowych, partnerstwami na rzecz ochrony przyrody, podejściem „One Health”, nauką obywatelską, a także wspieraniem i promocją kobiet w nauce.
2021 Adiunkt i wykładowca, University of Alberta / Yukon University, Kanada
2018-2019 Konsultant, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA i Kanada
2018-2020 Fellow, The Safina Center, USA
2017 Wizytujący/wykładowca, Colorado State University, Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology, USA
2016–2017 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USA
2013–2019 Adiunkt, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa, Zoology & Entomology, RPA
2016 Konsultant, WildAID, USA
2013–2016 Junior Research Fellow, Durham University, Evolutionary Anthropology, UK
2013 Konsultant, Environmental Investigation Agency, UK
2010–2012 Postdoc i wykładowca, Princeton University, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, USA
2008–2009 Konsultant, Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania
- 2023–2025 – Wpływ militaryzacji granicy na Puszczę Białowieską. Badania na odcinku granicy polsko-białoruskiej w obrębie obszaru Natura 2000 i UNESCO po polskiej stronie Puszczy Białowieskiej, z wykorzystaniem różnych metod terenowych. Celem była ocena skutków ekologicznych (np. hałas, rośliny obce i inwazyjne) i konsekwencji dla zwierząt (aktywność, interakcje z ludźmi). Finansowanie: NAWA Urgency Grant
- 2018–2020 – Fenologia linienia kozic śnieżnych. Projekt oparty na nauce obywatelskiej dokumentujący zrzucanie zimowej sierści w zależności od wysokości (elevation) i szerokości geograficznej (latitude) (Kolorado–Alaska–Jukon). Wykorzystano fotopułapki i zdjęcia z iNaturalist oraz inne narzędzia nauki obywatelskiej. Finansowanie: Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S. National Park Service, The Safina Center
- 2013–2017 – Ryzyko, strach i procesy poznawcze u koczkodanów samango. Eksperymenty terenowe w dwóch lasach afromontańskich w RPA, badające reakcje małp na drapieżniki i ludzi (w tym badaczy) oraz porównujące krajobrazy strachu w rezerwacie prywatnym i państwowym. Finansowanie: EU COFUND, Claude Leon Foundation, Primate Conservation Inc.
- 2008–2014 – Słonie sawannowe w lasach gór Udzungwa (Tanzania). Monitoring populacji słoni, prace nad ograniczaniem konfliktów człowiek–słoń (m.in. ogrodzenia z uli), i rozwój lokalnych kompetencji ochroniarskich. Finansowanie: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service African Elephant Conservation Fund
- 2002–2007 – Elastyczność behawioralna i demografia colobusów zanzibarskich w lasach przybrzeżnych nie objętych ochroną. Badania doktorskie nad endemicznym, zagrożonym gatunkiem, obejmujące transekty, monitoring demograficzny, obserwacje behawioralne i analizę roślinności. Finansowanie: Wildlife Conservation Society, Leakey Foundation, Primate Conservation Inc., Royal Anthropological Institute, American Society of Primatologists
K Nowak, SA Richards, M Żmihorski, N Selva, A Wiktoruk, S Gutiérrez-Zapata, B Jaroszewicz. 2025. Footprint of state border infrastructure extends beyond the border: Tree damage and roadkill along a forest road in Białowieża Forest, northeastern Poland. Biological Conservation 310: 111348
K Nowak, J Cerri, S Kudrenko, A Kopatz, I Stachowicz, N Selva, AA Berhe, I Kojola, N Šprem. 2025. Weaponizing Europe’s borders imperils wildlife. Science 389: 358-359. (letter)
K Nowak, A Olszańska, A Pietrzyk-Kaszynska, K Niedziałkowski, M Giergiczny, K Simonienko, B Jaroszewicz. 2024. Border militarization affects people’s interactions with nature in Białowieża Forest. Ambio 54: 175-183. doi: 10.1007/s13280-024-02113-5
J Poole, A Dobson, R Bonham, F Pope, V Fishlock, J Goodall, P Granli, F Ihwagi, D Ole Kaelo, P Kahumbu, W Kiiru, PC Lee, K Lindsay, C Moss, SM Hamisi, N Njiraini, K Nowak, JO Ogutu, G Ojwang, M Okello, S Poole-Granli, C Sayiale, M Wamithi, L Waruingi. 2024. Stop elephant hunting in Tanzania borderlands. Science 385: 265-266. (letter)
H Clements et al. 2024. The bii4africa dataset: Impacts of land use on the abundance of sub-Saharan Africa’s fauna and flora. Scientific Data 11. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6
K Nowak, D Bear, A Dutta, M Traphagen, M Żmihorski, B Jaroszewicz. 2023. Threats to conservation from national security interests. Conservation Biology 38: e14193. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14193
AS Bernstein et al. 2022. The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics. Science Advances 8: eabl4183. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl4183
CT Callaghan et al. 2022. The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier. PLoS Biology 20(11): e3001843. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001843
NJ Cordeiro, F Rovero, MJ Msuha, K Nowak, A Bianchi, T Jones. 2022. Two ant-following bird species forage with three giant sengi (Rhynchocyon) species in East Africa. Biotropica 54: 590-595. doi: 10.1111/btp.13101
S Mubareka et al. 2022. Strengthening A One Health Approach to Emerging Zoonoses. FACETS 8: 16-79. doi: 10.1139/facets-2021-0190
B Jaroszewicz, K Nowak, M Żmihorski. 2021. Poland’s border wall threatens ancient forest. Science 374(6571): 1063; doi: 10.1126/science.abn0451 (letter)
K Nowak, J Berger, A Panikowski, DG Reid, AL Jacob, G Newman, NE Young, JP Beckmann, SA Richards. 2021. Using community photography to investigate phenology: a case study of coat molt in the mountain goat with missing data. Ecology and Evolution 10: 13488-13499.
J Copper Jack, J Gonet, A Mease, K Nowak. 2021. Traditional Knowledge underlies One Health. Science 369: 1576. (letter)
A Dobson et al. 2021. Ecology and economics of pandemic prevention. Science 369: 379-381. (policy forum)
K Nowak, PC Lee, J Marino, M Mkono, H Mumby, A Dobson, R Harvey, K Lindsay, D Lusseau, C Sillero-Zubiri. 2019. Trophy hunting bans present opportunity for change. Science 366: 434-435. (letter)
A le Roux, N Mathibane, K Nowak. 2019. Wild samango monkeys balance risk and opportunity to interact with novel objects in village gardens. International Journal of Primatology 40: 661-670.
MTB Olsen, J Geldmann, M Harfoot, DP Tittensor, B Price, P Sinovas, K Nowak, NJ Sanders, ND Burgess. 2019. Thirty-six years of legal and illegal wildlife trade entering the USA. Oryx 55: 432-441.
EA McCullagh, K Nowak, A Pogoriler, JL Metcalf, M Zaringhalam, TJ Zelikova. 2019. Request a Woman Scientist: A database for diversifying the public face of science. PLOS Biology 17(4): e3000212.
K Nowak, A Barnett, I Matsuda (Eds). 2019. Primates in Flooded Habitats: Ecology and Conservation.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
K Nowak, B Coles. 2019. Worldwide ecology of mangrove-dwelling monkeys. In Primates in Flooded Habitats: Ecology and Conservation. Nowak K, Barnett AA, & Matsuda I (Eds.). Cambridge University Press.
K Nowak, F Maisels, L Baker, H Rainey. 2019. Conservation value of Africa's flooded habitats to non-human primates. In Primates in Flooded Habitats: Ecology and Conservation. Nowak K, Barnett AA, & Matsuda I (Eds.). Cambridge University Press.
J Head, A Healy, K Nowak. 2019. Primates of African mangroves. In Primates in Flooded Habitats: Ecology and Conservation. Nowak K, Barnett AA, & Matsuda I (Eds.). Cambridge University Press.
C Scheijen, SA Richards, J Smit, T Jones, K Nowak. 2018. Efficacy of beehive fences as barriers to African elephants: A case study in Tanzania. Oryx 53: 92-99.
N Sekar, W Clark, A Dobson, PCF Coelho, PM Hannam, R Hepworth, S Hsiang, P Kahumbu, PC Lee, K Lindsay, CL Pereira, SK Wasser, K Nowak. 2018. International ivory policy: building on evidence-driven consensus. Science 360: 276-277. (letter)
K Lindsay, M Chase, K Landen, K Nowak. 2017. The shared nature of Africa's elephants. Biological Conservation 215: 260-267.
J Smit, R Pozo, J Cusack, K Nowak, T Jones. 2017. Using camera-traps to study the demography and behavior of crop-using elephants in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Oryx 53: 368-376.
K Wimberger, K Nowak, R Hill. 2017. Reliance on exotic plants by two groups of threatened samango monkeys, Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus, at their southern range limit. International Journal of Primatology 38: 151-171.
K Nowak, K Wimberger, SA Richards, R Hill, A le Roux. 2016. Samango monkeys manage risk in a highly seasonal, human-modified landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology 38: 194-206.
K Nowak, SA Richards, A le Roux, R Hill. 2016. Influence of live-capture on the risk perceptions of habituated samango monkeys. Journal of Mammalogy 97: 1461-1468.
T David-Barrett, I Behncke Izquierdo, J Carney, K Nowak, J Launay, A Rotkirch. 2016. Life course similarities on social networking sites. Advances in Life Course Research 30: 84-89.
K Nowak, R Hill, K Wimberger, A le Roux. 2016. Risk-taking in samango monkeys at two sites in South Africa. In Primatology in the 21st Century. M Waller (Ed.). Springer.
K Nowak. 2016. Elephant Don: The Politics of a Pachyderm Posse by Caitlin O'Connell. The Quarterly Review of Biology 91 (1): 109. (book review)
RF Noss, A Dobson, R Baldwin, P Beier, CR Davis, DA Dellasala, J Francis, H Locke, K Nowak, R Lopez, C Reining, SC Trombulak, G Tabor. 2015. Bolder thinking for conservation. In Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness, The Foundation for Conservation. G Wuerthner, E Crist, T Butler (Eds.). Island Press. pp. 16-20.
T Jones, K Nowak. 2015. Elephant Hideout: An unusual population of mountain-climbing elephants. In The Udzungwa Mountains – the Story of a Unique Rainforest in Eastern Africa. F Rovero, N Scharff, S Brogger-Jensen, F Pagh Jensen (Eds.). The Natural History Museum of Denmark. pp. 128-135.
K Nowak, A le Roux, SA Richards, C Scheijen, R Hill. 2014. Human observers impact samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology 25: doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru110
C Epps, K Nowak, B Mutayoba. 2014. Unfenced reserves, unparalleled biodiversity, and a rapidly-changing landscape: roadways and wildlife in East Africa. In Ecology of Roads: A Practitioner's Guide to Impacts and Mitigation. R van der Ree, C Grilo, and D Smith (Eds.). Wiley.
K Nowak, PC Lee. 2013. Status of Zanzibar red colobus and Sykes' monkeys in two coastal forests in 2005. Primate Conservation 27: 65-73.
K Harchut, C Standley, A Dobson, B Klaassen, C Rambaud-Althaus, F Althaus, K Nowak. 2013. Over-diagnosis of malaria by microscopy in the Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania. Malaria Journal 12: 159.
T Davenport, K Nowak, A Perkin. 2013. Priority Primate Areas in Tanzania. Oryx 48: 39-51.
A Dobson, K Nowak, JP Rodriguez. 2013. Conservation Biology, Discipline of. In: Levin SA (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 2, pp. 238-248. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
K Nowak, PC Lee. 2013. "Specialist" primates can be flexible in response to habitat alteration. In: Marsh LK and Chapman C (Eds.) Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects 49. New York, NY: Springer.
K Nowak. 2012. Mangrove and peat swamps: Refuge habitats for primates and felids. Folia Primatologica 83: 361-376.
N Reed, A Dobson, R Baldwin, P Beier, CR Davis, DA Dellasala, J Francis, H Locke, K Nowak, R Lopez, C Reining, SC Trombulak, G Tabor. 2012. Bolder Thinking for Conservation. Conservation Biology 26: 1-4.
K Nowak, PC Lee. 2011. Consumption of cycads by Zanzibar red colobus. Journal of East African Natural History 100: 123-131.
K Nowak, PC Lee. 2011. Demographic structure of Zanzibar red colobus populations in unprotected coral rag and mangrove habitats. International Journal of Primatology 32: 24-45.
S Wasser, K Nowak, J Poole et al. 2010. Response—Consequences of Legal Ivory Trade. Science 328: 1634-1635. (letter)
S Wasser et al…K Nowak. 2010. Elephants, Ivory, and Trade. Science 327: 1331-1332. (policy forum)
A Dobson, K Nowak. 2010. Does this photo make my range look big? Animal Conservation 13: 347-349.
K Nowak, T Jones, PC Lee. 2009. Using dung bolus diameter for age estimation in an unstudied elephant population in Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Pachyderm 46: 47-52.
K Nowak, A Cardini, S Elton. 2008. Evolutionary acceleration and divergence in Zanzibar red colobus. International Journal of Primatology 29: 1313-1339.
K Nowak. 2008. Frequent water drinking by Zanzibar red colobus in a mangrove forest refuge. American Journal of Primatology 70: 1081-1092.
Wybrane teksty popularnaukowe i inne:
2021 Poland’s border wall will cut Europe’s oldest forest in half. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/polands-border-wall-will-cut-europes-oldest-forest-in-half-173735
2019 In the Alaska-Yukon Wilderness, Wildlife Crime Fighters Face a Daunting Task. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/06/yukon-alaska-wildlife-crime/
2019 Climate change and crime: New pressures for Pacific walruses and Alaska Native artists. The Revelator. https://therevelator.org/climate-crime-walrus-artists/
2018 Beehive fences and elephants: Tanzanian case study offers fresh insights. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/beehive-fences-and-elephants-tanzanian-case-study-offers-fresh-insights-101487
2017 Where the Dogs Lead. bioGraphic. https://www.biographic.com/where-the-dogs-lead/
2016 Rhinos Under the Gun. The American Scholar. https://theamericanscholar.org/south-africa-rhinos-under-the-gun/
2016 CITES alone cannot combat illegal wildlife trade. SAIIA Policy Insights. https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Policy-Insights-34.pdf
2014 Chilean Patagonia Expedition to Foster Stewardship of the Unique Cape Horn Region. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/141210-chile-patagonia-cape-horn-biosphere-reserve
Certyfikaty/Szkolenia
- ArcGIS – certyfikat z British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Wielka Brytania
- R-Statistics – szkolenie w CREEM, St. Andrew’s, Szkocja
- Pszczelarstwo – certyfikat Departamentu Rolnictwa, Karolina Północna, USA
- Yukon First Nations 101 – Yukon University, Jukon, Kanada
- Kurs „Women’s Survival 101”, Mountain Shepherd Survival School, Wirginia, USA
Strony internetowe
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/katzyna
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4992-7910
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katarzyna-Nowak
https://gage.500womenscientists.org/