Educational records:
• 2003 – 2009: M.Sc. - Oceanography and Geography Faculty of the University of
Gdansk; M.Sc. thesis title: “Epibionts and parasites on massively – occurring Copepoda inhabitating the Gulf of Gdansk”
• 2009 – present: Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot, Poland
Department of Marine Ecology; preliminary title of Ph.D. thesis: Zooplankton as a
food source for Little Auks in different hydrological regimes of Svalbard fiords

Main scientific interests:
• ecology and taxonomy of Arctic zooplankton,
• copepods parasites

Experience records:
• R/V Oceania Arctic cruise, Spitsbergen, June - August 2008 (AREX, fjords);
• R/V Oceanograf 2, Gulf of Gdansk Zooplankton Monitoring cruises of Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk - Oceanograf 2, 2006 – 2007;
• Fluent analysis of Arctic zooplankton samples from different regions and depths within Polish Albert project and several Norwegian projects (e.g., MariClim, KongHau, UniPlankton, ALKEKONGE);
• Two weeks training (16.04-27.04.2012) at Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, within the project DK-TAF-2152 (Biodiversity of deep-water copepods from Spitsbergen area) SYNTHESYS: the European Union-funded Integrated Activities grant.

On-going projects:
• 2008-2011 – ”Response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to climate changes in Arctic – links between physical environment, biodiversity of zooplankton and seabird populations” (ALKEKONGE) – Polish-Norwegian Research Fund PNRF - 234 - A I - 1/07 (investigator of zooplankton task);
• 2009-2011 - The KongsfjordHausgarten transect case study: Impact of climate on Arctic marine community structures and food webs (KongHau) (DPN/DWM/AD/5348/08/09; 13.03.2009), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project linked to the Norwegian project KongHau (project investigator);
• 2013-2014 – Seasonality of Arctic plankton community of Isfjorden (UniPlankton), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project linked to the Norwegian projects CLEOPATRA II, MicroFun, MeroSeason and CircA (project investigator);
• 2014-2017 – Is size so crucial? Complex examination of plankton size structure in the warming European Arctic (PicMac), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project (project investigator).

Conference presentations:
• Preliminary zooplankton results from Smeerenburgfjorden (summer 2008), Kick-off meeting ALKEKONGE, Sopot, Poland, 18-19.02.2009 (oral presentation)
• Zooplankton composition at Little Auks’ feeding grounds – a case study from Magdalenefjorden and Smeerenburgfjorden (NW Spitsbergen) in 2007-2009, Arctic Frontiers 2010 Living In High North 24-29.01.2010, Tromso, Norway (poster)
• The role of deep water zooplankters in feeding ecology of Little Auks – the matter of quality, 12th Deep - sea Biology Symposium 7-11.06.2010, Reykjavik, Iceland (poster)
• Zooplankton composition at Little Auks’ foraging grounds - a case study from Magdalenefjorden and Smeerenburgfjorden (NW Spitsbergen) in 2007-2009, 13th ISBE Congress 26.09 – 01.10.2010, Perth, Australia (poster)
• Alternative diet of little auks as an adaptation to changing climate in the Arctic, Arctic Frontiers 2011, Arctic Tipping Points 23-28.01.2011, Tromso, Norway (poster)
• Is climate warming modifying little auk’s chicks diet? A case study from NW Spitsbergen (Magdalenefjorden, European Arctic), World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 26-30.09.2011, Aberdeen United Kingdom
• The latitudinal gradient of key Arctic zooplankters distribution and its significance for ecosystem functioning., Ocean Sciences Meeting 23-28.02.2014, Honolulu, United States of America

Publications:

• Stempniewicz L., Darecki M., Trudnowska E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Boehnke R., Jakubas D., Keslinka-Nawrot L., Kidawa D., Sagan S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K. (2013) Visual prey availability and distribution of foraging little auks (Alle alle) in the shelf waters of West Spitsbergen. Polar Biology, 36: 949-955
• Trudnowska E., Szczucka J., Hoppe L., Boehnke R., Hop H., Błachowiak-Samolyk K. (2012) Multidimensional zooplankton observations on the northern West Spitsbergen Shelf. Journal of Marine Systems, 98: 18-25
• Jakubas D., Głuchowska M., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Karnovsky N. J., Keslinka L., Kidawa D., Walkusz W., Boehnke R., Cisek M., Kwaśniewski S., Stempniewicz L. (2011) Different foraging effort does not influence body condition and stress level in little auks. MarineEcology Progress Series, 432: 277–290