Education:

• 2008 ARCTOS network, affiliated student
• 2007 PhD student Institue of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Ecology
• 2002-2007 University of Gdansk, Oceanography

On-going projects:

• KongHau -The Kongsfjord-Hausgarten transect case study: Impact of climate on Arctic marine community structures and food webs, Polish-Norwegian Research Fund, years 2009-2011
• ALKEKONGE - Response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to climate changes in Arctic -links between physical environment, biodiversity of zooplankton and seabird populations, Polish-Norwegian Research Fund PNRF -234 -A I -1/07, years 2008-2010
• ALBERT - Bridging Ecosystem function using Remote Technologies (DWM/29/IPY/2007), years 2007-2009

Scientific interests:

• ecology of polar zooplankton
• arctic planktivorous birds

Publications:

• Kwasniewski S., Gluchowska M., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D., Blachowiak-Samolyk K., Cisek M., Stempniewicz L., 2010, The impact of the divergent hydrographic conditions and zooplankton communities on provisioning Little Auks along the West coast of Spitsbergen, Progress in Oceanography 87, 72-82
• Jakubas D., Gluchowska M., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Karnovsky N., Keslinka L., Kidawa D., Walkusz W., Boehnke R., Cisek M., Kwasniewski S., Lech Stempniewicz, 2011, Influence of foraging conditions on parental effort, body condition and stress level in Little Auks breeding along the west coast of Spitsbergen, Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press)

Conferences/Presentations/Posters:

• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Walkusz W., Karnovsky N., Weslawski J.M., Blachowiak-Samolyk K., Cisek M. and L. Stempniewicz, More work in short time - Behavioural response of little auk (Alle alle) to climate change in the European Arctic , ASLO 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 14-20.02.2011 (oral presentation)
• Tomczak T.M., Gluchowska M., Węsławski J.M., Walkusz W., Kwaśniewski S., Stempniewicz L., Pelagic energy transfer to top trophic levels in two contrasting Arctic fjords, ASLO 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 14-20.02.2011 (oral presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Walkusz W., Karnovsky N., Boehnke R., Blachowiak-Samolyk K., Cisek M. and Stempniewicz L., Still enough Arctic zooplankton for little auk (Alle alle) in Spitsbergen marine frontal zones (European Arctic), but for how long?, 13th International Behavioral Ecological Congress in Perth, Western Australia, 26-30.09.2010 (poster presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Walkusz W., Karnovsky N., Boehnke R., Blachowiak-Samolyk K., Cisek M. and Stempniewicz L., The impact of divergent hydrographic conditions along the West coast of Spitsbergen (European Arctic) on zooplankton communities and chick provisioning by planktivorous little auk (Alle alle), 25th International Ornithological Congress, Campos do Jordan, Brazil, 21-30.08.2010 (oral presentation)
• Weslawski J.M., Gluchowska M., Tomczak M.T., Walkusz W., Kwasniewski S., Stempniewicz L., Pelagic Energy Transfer To Top Tropic Levels In Two Contrasting Arctic Fjords, International Polar Year, Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, Norway, 08-12.06.2010 (oral presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Trudnowska E., Blachowiak-Samolyk K., Boehnke R., and Stempniewicz L., West Spitsbergen Shelf as an optimal feeding ground for Little Auks, but for how long?, Hruba Skala, Czech Republic, 11-13.11.2009 (oral presentation)
• Głuchowska M., Kwaśniewski S., Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Walkusz W., Karnovsky N., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Cisek M and Stempniewicz L., Zooplankton distribution and Little Auk feeding in Spitsbergen marine frontal zones - is there a carrot among weeds? GLOBEC, Victoria, Canada, 06.2009 (poster presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D., Blachowiak-Samolyk K and Stempniewicz L. Comparison of zooplankton data from Magdalenefjorden and Hornsund (summer 2007), Kick-off meeting ALKEKONGE, Sopot, Poland, 18-19.02.2009 (oral presentation)
• Gluchowska M. Food availability, Little Auk diet, feeding effort in two differentiated breeding areas influenced by Arctic and Atlantic water masses, 1st prize awarded by the University of Gdansk Authority during Symposium of Young Scientists, Gdynia, Poland, 28.11.2008 (oral presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Kwasniewski S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D., Blachowiak-Samolyk K and Stempniewicz L. Still enough Arctic zooplankton for Little Auks on Spitsbergen, but for how long? PICES 17th Annual Meeting, Dalian, China, 24.10 - 02.11.2008 (poster presentation)
• Gluchowska M., Walkusz W., How "tough" are water column dwellers in Arctic fjords? Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromso, Norway, 20-30.01.2008 (poster presentation)

Training/Courses:

• Statistica & Canoco training course, Sopot, Poland, 2010
• Canoco training course, Torun, Poland, 2009
• Workshop: The North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Workshop, Dalian, China 'Status of marine ecosystems in the sub-arctic and Arctic seas - Preliminary results of IPY field monitoring in 2007 and 2008', 2008
• The Young Scientist Forum workshop 2008. Tromso, Norway
• Summer School on Diversity of Coastal Habitats, Sylt-Helgoland, Germany, 2006
• Workshop: Foraminifera - Biodiversity and Ecology, Bergen, Norway, 2006

Research experience:

• R/V Oceania, Spitsbergen summer expedition : 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 (AREX)
• R/V Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, July 2007 (COPOL)
• Hovercraft Gryfon, Archipelago of Finland - March 2006 (Fresh water influence on pelagic system - Archipelago of Finland)