Anna Sowa
address:
Department of Marine Ecology,
Institute of Oceanology PAN
Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, POLAND
tel: (+ 48 58) 73 11 678
e-mail: asowa [at] iopan.gda.pl
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna_Sowa6

EDUCATION
  • 2019 – present - PhD student at the International Environmental Doctoral School affiliated with Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, Poland.
  • 2017 – 2019 - Master of Science in Oceanography at University of Gdańsk, Poland
  • 2014 - 2017 - Bachelor of Science in Oceanography at University of Gdańsk, Poland
PROJECTS
  • 2017 – 2019 LARVAE - Linking Annual cycle of Reproduction and recruitment to environmental Variables in Arctic Epifauna, investigator.
  • 2014 – 2016 POLNOR – The Changing Ocean Of The Polar North, investigator.
PUBLICATIONS
  • Iglikowska, A., Bełdowski, J., Chełchowski, M., Chierici, M., Kędra, M., Przytarska, J., Sowa, A. & Kukliński, P. (2017). Chemical composition of two mineralogically contrasting Arctic bivalves' shells and their relationships to environmental variables. Marine pollution bulletin, 114(2), 903-916.
CONFERENCES
  • 24.04.2019 – 27.04.2019 - author of the poster titled "Mysterious taxon dominating experimental panels in the high Arctic (Isfjorden, Spitsbergen)" and coauthor of presentation titled "Linking seasonal larval variability with recruitment processes on experimental panels in the Arctic" at 5th European Conference on Scientific Diving in Sopot (Poland).
  • 19.06.2018 – 23.06.2018 - coauthor of presentation titled "Seasonality and spatial variability of epifaunal recruitment in the Arctic" presented at Polar 2018 – Open Science Conference in Davos (Switzerland)).
  • 07.06.2018 - 10.06.2018 - author of presentation titled "Seasonal variability of epifaunal recruitment on artificial experimental plates in the high Arctic (Isfjorden, Spitsbergen)" at XXXVII Polar Symposium "Polar Change – Global Change" in Poznań (Poland).
INTERNSHIPS
  • 12.07.2018 – 14.08.2018 - internship at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciȇncias da Univerisidade de Lisboa.
  • 09.07.2016 – 12.08.2016 - internship at University of Houston – Downtown.
EXPERIENCE
  • 28.04.2018 – 6.05.2018 - organization of science stand at the event "Na Fali" at EXPERYMENT Science Centre in Gdynia.
  • 10.12.2017 - preparation and carrying out of activities as part of the event "ExperyMap – odkrywamy współczesną kartografię" at EXPERYMENT Science Centre in Gdynia.
  • 4.06.2016 - coordinator of the educational and artistic stand for the Department of Ecology of the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences at the 9th Science Picnic in Sopot.
  • 19.06.2015 – 24.07.2015 and 12.08.2015 – 27.08.2015 - taking part in scientific cruise AREX 2015 on board of scientific vessel s/y Oceania.
  • 23.05.2015 - coordinator of the educational and artistic stand for the Department of Ecology of the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences at the 8th Science Picnic in Sopot.
  • 11.08.2014 – 25.08.2014 - taking part in scientific cruise AREX 2014 on board of scientific vessel s/y Oceania.
  • 06.2013 - Certificate in English CAE (level C1).
  • 08.2012 – 07.2013 - two two-week and one week-long volunteering at the Seal Center of the Oceanography Institute of the University of Gdańsk.
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
  • The impact of climate change on marine organisms with particular emphasis on polar ecosystems.
  • Ecology of polar benthic organisms.
  • Processes affecting the recruitment of benthic organisms.


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