ALEKSANDRA M. LEWANDOWSKA
Curriculum Vitae
April 2015
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
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://aleksandralewandowska.wordpress.com/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Marine plankton ecology, ocean productivity, global change, food web interactions, biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning, structural equation modeling, meta-analysis
PROFESSIONAL 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, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Research
Division Marine Ecology, Kiel, Germany, March 2011 – September 2013
Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (formerly: Leibnitz Institute of Marine
Sciences IFM-GEOMAR), 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
Advisors: Ulrich Sommer & Helmut Hillebrand, Dissertation: Effects of warming on the
phytoplankton succession and trophic interactions
M.Sc. in environmental protection, University of Life Sciences in Warsaw (SGGW),
Interdisciplinary Department of Environmental Protection, July 2006
Advisor: Jacek Piskozub (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Science in Sopot), Thesis
title: Monitoring optical properties of marine phytoplankton – study of quantum yield of
photosynthesis with Pump Probe fluorometer
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska
PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS & GRANTS
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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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Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 2014 - 2016
(approx. 114,000 EUR)
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Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2014
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Woodstoich Workshop Scholarship, Sydney, Australia, 2014
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Advanced Study Program Scholarship, National Centre for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, CO, 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.
Lewandowska A. M., Striebel M., Feudel U., Hillebrand H., Sommer U. (in press) The
importance of phytoplankton trait variability in spring bloom formation. ICES Journal of
Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv059
2.
Sistla S. A., Appling A. P., Lewandowska A. M., Taylor B. N., Wolf A. A. (in press)
Stoichiometric plasticity in response to fertilization along gradients of environmental and
organismal nutrient richness. Oikos. DOI: 10.1111/oik.02385
3.
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.
4.
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:
103-113.
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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:
713-723.
8.
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.
9.
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.
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
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.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS
1.
ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Granada 2015. How ocean warming shapes plankton
communities. Oral presentation
2.
ESI Seminar, Environment and Sustainable Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn 2015.
Climate warming effects on marine plankton diversity and productivity. Invited speaker
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. Invited speaker
4.
yDiv retreat, 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?
Invited speaker
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska
5.
StoichFun Workshop, Leipzig 2013. Stoichiometric constraints of biodiversity-functioning
relationships. Oral presentation
6.
11th INTECOL Congress, Ecology: Into the next 100 years, London 2013. Sea surface
warming and trophic interactions in marine pelagic ecosystem. Oral presentation
7.
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
8.
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
9.
DBU jubilee, Warsaw 2011. Oceany w obliczu zmian klimatu (Eng. The Ocean and Climate
Change). Invited speaker
10. World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Aberdeen 2011. Effects of climate warming on
phytoplankton diversity and productivity. Oral presentation
11. ECClima International Congress – Estuaries in a Changing Climate, Porto 2011. Trophic
interactions in marine pelagic ecosystem under recent climate change. Invited keynote
speaker
12. Life in warming waters, Kiel 2010. The spring phytoplankton bloom: species-specific
responses to short term high light exposure. Oral presentation
13. 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
14. ASLO & NABS Summer Meeting, Santa Fe NM 2010. Impact of climate warming on
community interactions in pelagic ecosystem – the Kiel mesocosm experiment. Oral
presentation
15. AQUASHIFT Workshop, Kiel 2009. Impact of winter warming on phytoplanktonzooplankton interaction. Oral presentation
16. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Nice 2009. Marine plankton community response to winter
warming – the Kiel mesocosm experiment. Oral presentation
17. DGL Jahrestagung, Konstanz 2008. Effect of climate warming and different light scenarios
on the phytoplankton succession. Oral presentation
18. 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Kiel 2007. Poster presentation
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES & COURSES
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Woodstoich workshop on ecological stoichiometry in Sydney, Australia - participant,
summer 2014
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Workshop organizer “Stoichiometric constraints of biodiversity” (Synthesis Centre for
Biodiversity Sciences, sDiv), autumn 2013
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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
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska
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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
TEACHING
Lecturer: Current Topics in Marine Ecology I & II, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel &
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, 2009 - 2013
Teaching assistant: Practical Course in Biological Oceanography, Christian Albrechts University
of Kiel & Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, 2009 - 2012
SERVICE
Review editor: Frontiers in Marine Science
Reviewer – journals: Climate Research, Ecology Letters, Freshwater Biology, Frontiers in Marine
Science, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Hydrobiologia, Limnology and Oceanography,
Limnology and Oceanography Methods, Oceanologia, PLoS Biology, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of
the Royal Society B
Reviewer – grant proposals: US National Science Foundation (NSF)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cruises
r/v Littorina & r/v Polarfuchs, Research Vessels of the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel
(GEOMAR), 2008 - 2010
r/v Oceania, Research Vessel of the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Science in Sopot,
2004 - 2005
r/v Baltica, Research Vessel of the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute and the Institute
of Meteorology and Water Management, 2004
Expeditions
Lunz am See, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, summer 2014
Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Portugal; University of the Azores, Center of Climate,
Meteorology and Global Changes, spring 2012
Membership in professional societies
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Languages
Polish (first language), German, English
Certificates of Competency
Yacht Skipper (Polish Yachting Association), European Driving License (class B)