Education:
2005: M.Sc. in BIOTECHNOLOGY, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk
2004: M.Sc. in MARINE BIOLOGY, University of Gdańsk; Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanology
2004 - present: PhD student at the Institute of Oceanology PAS and the University Centre In Svalbard (UNIS)

Scholarships and awards:
2005: European Marine Stations Network (MARS) Travel Award for Young Scientists
2003/2004: Socrates Erasmus scholarship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Main scientific interests:
* Genetics and diversity of Arctic zooplankton
* Arctic food web

On-going projects:
* CLEOPATRA ( http://www.iceedge.no/cleopatra )
* Genetic diversity of zooplankton in Svalbard fjords
* Use of molecular markers for identification of the Arctic Calanus species

Courses:
2007: PhD students workshop at the ARCTIC FRONTIERS Conference. Tromso, Norway
2006: "Marine zooplankton and sympagic fauna (=ice fauna) of Svalbard waters" (course AB-320). The University Centre In Svalbard (UNIS)
2006: "Marine Evolutionary & Ecological Genomics"; Marine Genomics Europe. Naples, Italy
2006: Bioinformatics II training of the NoE Marine Genomics Europe on "Sequence Analysis with GenDB and SAMS"; Centre for Biotechnology (CeBiTec). Bielefeld University, Germany
2003: "Application of Molecular Genetics in Phylogenetical and Ecological Research"; Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS

Research experience:
2007: Research cruise on board m/s Polar Pioneer: collecting zooplankton and benthos; Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica
2006: Research cruise on board r/v Oceania: collecting zooplankton and benthos; Spitsbergen fiords
2005: Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille : studying the use of molecular markers in biodiversity research ; MARS Travel Award for Young Scientists
2005: Research cruise on board m/s Horyzont II: collecting zooplankton; Svalbard
2004: Trinidad Expedition; Glasgow University Exploration Society
2003/2004: University of Glasgow, Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences: phylogeny of marine invertebrates; Socrates Erasmus scholarship
2003: Research cruise on board r/v Oceania: collecting zooplankton and benthos; Norwegian Sea and fiords of Spitsbergen.
2002: Volunteer on board s/y Song of the Whale: searching for porpoises (Phoceana phoceana) in the southern Baltic Sea; International Fund for Animal Welfare

Publications:
* B. L. Cohen & A. Weydmann (2005): Molecular evidence that phoronids are a subtaxon of brachiopods (Brachiopoda: Phoronata) and that genetic divergence of metazoan phyla began long before the Early Cambrian. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 5, 253-273. (pdf)
* Weydmann A. and Kwaśniewski S.: Distribution of Calanus populations in a glaciated fjord in the Arctic (Hornsund, Spitsbergen) - an interplay between biological and physical factors. (in prep.)