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ALEKSANDRA M. LEWANDOWSKA
Curriculum Vitae
December 2016
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Academic address:
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)
Schleusenstrasse 1
D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Tel.: +49 4421 944209 / +49 441 7983505
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://aleksandralewandowska.wordpress.com/
EMPLOYMENT
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute for
Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Wilhelmshaven, Germany,
June 2014 – present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Leipzig, Germany, September
2013 – June 2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel,
Research Division Marine Ecology, Kiel, Germany, March 2011 – September 2013
Researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Research Division Marine
Ecology, Kiel, Germany, March 2008 – March 2011
Researcher, Institute of Environmental Protection in Warsaw, Lake Protection Laboratory,
Warsaw, Poland, September 2006 – March 2007
Research assistant, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Department of
Oceanography and Baltic Sea Monitoring, Gdynia, Poland, 2004
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in natural sciences, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences, May 2011
Dissertation: Effects of warming on the phytoplankton succession and trophic interactions
Advisors: Ulrich Sommer (GEOMAR, Kiel) & Helmut Hillebrand (University of Oldenburg)
M.Sc. Eng. in environmental protection, University of Life Sciences in Warsaw (SGGW),
Interdisciplinary Department of Environmental Protection, July 2006
Thesis: Monitoring optical properties of marine phytoplankton – study of quantum yield of
photosynthesis with Pump Probe fluorometer
Advisor: Jacek Piskozub (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Science)
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PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS & GRANTS
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Associate Junior Fellowship, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study,
Delmenhorst, 2016 – 2018 (approx. 10,000 EUR)
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sDiv Workshop Grant (PI), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 2015 (20,000 EUR)
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Carl von Ossietzky Young Researchers Fellowship, Carl von Ossietzky University of
Oldenburg, 2014 - 2016 (approx. 140,000 EUR)
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Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2014 (1,475 EUR)
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Woodstoich Scholarship, Sydney, Australia, International Workshop on Ecological
Stoichiometry, 2014
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Advanced Study Program Scholarship, National Centre for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, Colorado, USA, Summer Colloquium on Ecosystem and Climate, 2009
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International Fellowship, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), 2007 - 2008
(12,000 EUR)
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.
Hillebrand H., Blasius B., Borer E. T., Chase J. M., Downing J., Eriksson B. K., Filstrup C.
T., Harpole S., Hodapp D., Larsen S., Lewandowska A. M., Ryabov A. B., Seabloom E.,
Van de Waal D. B. (submitted) Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness –
consequences for conservation and monitoring.
2.
Engel F. G., Lewandowska A. M., Eggers S. L., Matthiessen B. (submitted) Manipulation
of non-random species loss in natural phytoplankton: qualitative and quantitative evaluation
of different approaches.
3.
Lewandowska A. M. et al. (2016) The influence of balanced and imbalanced resource
supply on biodiversity-functioning relationship across ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society B 371: 20150283.
4.
Lewandowska A. M., Striebel M., Feudel U., Hillebrand H., Sommer U. (2015)
The importance of phytoplankton trait variability in spring bloom formation. ICES Journal of
Marine Science 72: 1908-1915.
5.
Sistla S. A., Appling A. P., Lewandowska A. M., Taylor B. N., Wolf A. A. (2015)
Stoichiometric plasticity in response to fertilization along gradients of environmental and
organismal nutrient richness. Oikos 124: 949-959.
6.
Biermann A., Lewandowska A. M., Engel A., Riebesell U. (2015) Organic matter
partitioning and stoichiometry in response to rising water temperature and copepod grazing.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 522: 49-65.
7.
Aberle N., Malzahn A. M., Lewandowska A. M., Sommer U. (2015) Some like it hot: the
protozooplankton-copepod link in a warming ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 519: 103113.
8.
Hillebrand H., Cowles J. M., Lewandowska A., Van de Waal D. B., Plum C. (2014) Think
ratio! A stoichiometric view on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. Basic and Applied
Ecology 15: 465-474.
9.
Lewandowska A. M., Boyce D. G., Hofmann M., Matthiessen B., Sommer U., Worm B.
(2014) Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton. Ecology Letters 17: 614-623.
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10. Eggers S. L., Lewandowska A. M., Barcelos e Ramos J., Blanco-Ameijeiras S., Gallo F.,
Matthiessen B. (2014) Community composition has greater impact on the functioning of
natural phytoplankton communities than ocean acidification. Global Change Biology 20: 713723.
11. Lewandowska A. M., Hillebrand H., Lengfellner K., Sommer U. (2014) Temperature
effects on phytoplankton diversity – the zooplankton link. Journal of Sea Research 85: 359-364.
12. Winder M., Berger S. A., Lewandowska A., Aberle N., Lengfellner K., Sommer U., Diehl S.
(2012) Spring phenological responses of marine and freshwater plankton to changing
temperature and light conditions. Marine Biology 159: 2491-2501.
13. Wohlers-Zöllner J., Biermann A., Engel A., Dörge P., Lewandowska A. M., von Scheibner
M., Riebesell U. (2012) Effects of sea surface warming on pelagic biogeochemistry in
mesocosm systems – a comparative analysis of the AQUASHIFT Kiel experiments. Marine
Biology 159: 2503-2518.
14. Aberle N., Bauer B., Lewandowska A., Gaedke U., Sommer U. (2012) Warming induces
shifts in microzooplankton phenology and reduces time-lags between phytoplankton and
protozoan production. Marine Biology 159: 2441-2453.
15. Sommer U., Aberle N., Lengfellner K., Lewandowska A. (2012) The Baltic Sea spring
phytoplankton bloom in a changing climate: an experimental approach. Marine Biology 159:
2479-2490.
16. Lewandowska A. M., Breithaupt P., Hillebrand H., Hoppe H. G., Jürgens K., Sommer U.
(2012) Responses of primary productivity to increased temperature and phytoplankton
diversity. Journal of Sea Research 72: 87-93.
17. Sommer U., Lengfellner K., Lewandowska A. (2012) Experimental induction of a coastal
spring bloom early in the year by intermittent high-light episodes. Marine Ecology Progress Series
446: 61-71.
18. Sommer U., Lewandowska A. (2011) Climate change and the phytoplankton spring bloom:
warming and overwintering zooplankton have similar effects on phytoplankton. Global
Change Biology 17(1): 154-162.
19. Lewandowska A., Sommer U. (2010) Climate change and the spring bloom: a mesocosm
study on the influence of light and temperature on phytoplankton and mesozooplankton.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 405: 101-111.
BOOK CHAPTER
1.
Hillebrand H., Brey T., Gutt J., Hagen W., Metfies K., Meyer B., Lewandowska A.
(in review) Climate change: warming impacts on marine biodiversity. In Handbook on Marine
Environment Protection – Science, impacts and sustainable management.
OTHER PUBLICATION
1.
Soszka H., Cydzik D., Golub M., Kolada A., Lewandowska A. (2006) Stan czystości jezior
Polski badanych w latach 1999-2004 (Eng. Water quality in polish lakes in years 1999-2004).
Inspekcja Ochrony Środowiska, Warszawa.
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SYNTHESIS WORKING GROUPS
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Global Evaluation of the Impacts of Storms on freshwater Habitat and structure of
phytoplankton Assemblages (GEISHA) 2016 - 2019. Centre for Synthesis and Analysis of
Biodiversity (CESAB), France & John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis,
USGS, USA. Working group member
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Global changes in marine plankton diversity and productivity (sMarD) 2015. Synthesis
Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Germany. PI
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Stoichiometric constraints of biodiversity-functioning relationships (StoichFun) 2013.
Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Germany. Postdoc and workshop organizer
INVITED TALKS
1.
EMG Seminar, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University,
Umeå 2016. Biodiversity and functioning of marine food webs.
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ESI Seminar, Environment and Sustainable Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn 2015.
Climate warming effects on marine plankton diversity and productivity.
3.
BAH Colloquium, Biological Institute Helgoland (BAH), AWI Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research, Helgoland 2014. Effects of climate warming on pelagic food webs –
experiments and projections.
4.
DBU jubilee, Warsaw 2011. Oceany w obliczu zmian klimatu (Eng. The Ocean and Climate
Change).
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ECClima International Congress – Estuaries in a Changing Climate, Porto 2011. Trophic
interactions in marine pelagic ecosystem under recent climate change. Keynote speaker
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
1.
ESA Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale 2016. The importance of resource stoichiometry for
biodiversity-functioning relationship. Oral presentation
2.
Workshop on Stoichiometry – Jena and beyond, Wilhelmshaven 2015. Structural equation
models of biodiversity-productivity-stoichiometry relationships. Oral presentation and workshop
organizer
3.
ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Granada 2015. How ocean warming shapes plankton
communities. Oral presentation
4.
11th INTECOL Congress, Ecology: Into the next 100 years, London 2013. Sea surface
warming and trophic interactions in marine pelagic ecosystem. Oral presentation
5.
International Symposium “Recent achievements and future directions in Aquatic Mesocosm
Research”, Heraklion 2012. Temperature and nutrient supply effects on pelagic biodiversity
and productivity. Poster presentation
6.
42nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
Lüneburg 2012. Effects of climate warming on marine pelagic biodiversity and productivity.
Oral presentation
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World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Aberdeen 2011. Effects of climate warming on
phytoplankton diversity and productivity. Oral presentation
8.
Life in warming waters, Kiel 2010. The spring phytoplankton bloom: species-specific
responses to short term high light exposure. Oral presentation
9.
International Workshop - Climate Change Impacts on Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem: a
Zooplankton Perspective, Boulogne sur Mer 2010. Direct and indirect effects of climate
warming on marine pelagic ecosystem – an experimental approach. Oral presentation
10. ASLO & NABS Summer Meeting, Santa Fe NM 2010. Impact of climate warming on
community interactions in pelagic ecosystem – the Kiel mesocosm experiment. Oral
presentation
11. AQUASHIFT Workshop, Kiel 2009. Impact of winter warming on phytoplanktonzooplankton interaction. Oral presentation
12. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Nice 2009. Marine plankton community response to winter
warming – the Kiel mesocosm experiment. Oral presentation
13. DGL Jahrestagung, Konstanz 2008. Effect of climate warming and different light scenarios
on the phytoplankton succession. Oral presentation
14. 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Kiel 2007. Poster presentation
TEACHING
Graduate school seminars
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Interdisciplinary approach to functional biodiversity research (IBR) training group.
Workshop “Societal relevance of (coastal) biodiversity change”, Wilhelmshaven 2016.
Biodiversity in a changing climate.
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Young Biodiversity Research Training Group (yDiv) at the German Centre for Integrative
Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Dessau 2014. Building a career beyond your
PhD: why and how to become a postdoc?
Master and Bachelor courses
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Angewandte Statistik in Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften (Eng. Applied Statistic in Biology
and Environmental Science), Bachelor program, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg,
Oldenburg, Germany, 2015 – present. Lecturer
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Current Topics in Marine Ecology I & II, Master program, Christian Albrechts University of
Kiel & GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 2009 - 2013.
Lecturer
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Practical Course in Biological Oceanography, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel &
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 2009 2012. Teaching assistant
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CRUISES & EXPEDITIONS
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Lunz am See, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, summer 2014 (co-organizer)
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Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Portugal; University of the Azores, Center of Climate,
Meteorology and Global Changes, spring 2012 (organizer)
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r/v Littorina & r/v Polarfuchs, Research Vessels of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for
Ocean Research Kiel, winter sampling 2008 - 2010 (organizer)
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r/v Oceania, Research Vessel of the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Science in
Sopot, 2004 - 2005 (Master student)
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r/v Baltica, Research Vessel of the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute and the
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, 2004 (research assistant)
EDITORIAL DUTIES
Review editor: Frontiers in Marine Science
Reviewer – journals: Climate Research, Ecology Letters, Freshwater Biology, Frontiers in Marine Science,
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Plankton Research, Limnology and Oceanography,
Limnology and Oceanography Methods, Marine Biology, Oceanologia, PLoS Biology, PLoS ONE, Proceedings
of the Royal Society B
Reviewer – grant proposals: US National Science Foundation (NSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
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Ecological Society of America
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Professional trainings & courses
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Introduction to Mixed Regression Models (University of Göttingen), summer 2016
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Time Series Models for Ecologists and Climatologists (PR Statistics), spring 2016
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Training “Scientific presentations and writing” (Paul Smith Associates GmbH & Co KG),
spring 2013
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Statistic Course – Data exploration, regression, GLM and GAM in R (Highland Statistic
Ltd), autumn 2012
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“MATLAB” Course, Integrated School of Ocean Sciences (ISOS), winter 2009
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Training “Communicating Science” (ProSciencia GmbH & Co KG), autumn 2008
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North German Radiation Protection Course (Norddeutsches Seminar für Strahlenschutz),
autumn 2007
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Field Course in Biebrza National Park, Macrophytes and Hydraulics, University of Antwerp
& Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), summer 2005
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International Course “A Sustainable Baltic Region” (The Baltic University Programme),
winter 2005
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Certificates of Competency
Yacht Skipper (Polish Yachting Association), European Driving License (class B)
Languages
Polish, German, English
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