Principal research interests
Palaeolimnology, palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology, hydrobiology, subfossil Cladocera
Address:
Instytut Nauk Geologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Ośrodek Badawczy w Warszawie - Research Centre in Warszawa
Twarda 51/55, PL00818 Warszawa, POLAND
Position: Associate Professor
phone (+48) 22 6978-813
e-mail: ezawisza@twarda.pan.pl
Academic degrees
2008 October – PhD in Geology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
“Oceanic and continental climate influence on the Polish lakes in the light of subfossil Cladocera analysis”
Supervisor: Prof. Krystyna Szeroczyńska
2003 June – MSc in Quaternary Geology,
Department of Geology, Warsaw University, Poland
Supervisor: PhD. Jan Dzierżek
Professional career
January 2009 – Adjunct Professor at Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Research Centre in Warszawa, Poland
April 2011- March 2013 – PostDoc, Institute of Geophisics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico.
January 2004 – December 2008 – PhD student at the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Geological Sciences, Research Centre in Warszawa, Poland
Research projests
2015-2018
“Reconstruction of the climate changes in the past 200 000 years, and their impact on the aquatic ecosystem based on subfossil Cladocera assemblages deposited in the sediments of Lake Peten Itza (northern Guatemala). Project funded by National Sciences Centre (NCN 2014/13/B/ST10/02534)
2013-2016
“The history of two high-altitude tropical lakes (crater Nevado de Toluca, Mexico) recorded in Cladocera remains, and other paleolimnological methods” Project funded by National Sciences Centre (NCN 2012/05/B/ST10/00469)
2011-2015
“Reconstruction of selected lake reservoirs in the Holocene on the basis of isotopic and palaeobiological data”. Project funded by National Sciences Centre (NN 306061740).
2012-2013
“Registro de cambios ambientales naturales y antropogénicos en los lagos del cráter del Nevado de Toluca, Edo. Mex., México, usando Cladoceros como indicadores ambientales”. Project funded by UNAM Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mexico
2011-2012
"Registro de cambios ambientales durante el Pleistoceno tardío y el Holoceno en los lagos de Zirahuén y Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México, usando Cladoceros como indicadores ambientales” Project funded by UNAM Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mexico.
2010-2013
“Development of dystrophic lakes in Wigry National Park (NE Poland) on the basis of subfossil Cladocera analysis and other paleolimnological factors” Project funded by the State Committee for Sciences Research, Poland - N N306 228039
2009 - 2011
“Holocene lacustrine sediments in Mrzeżyno laguna lake (North Poland) and their paleoecology and paleogeography history” Project funded by the State Committee for Sciences Research, Poland - NN306222137
July-November 2010
“Natural and anthropogenic changes recorded in the Iceland lakes sediment, based on the subfossil Cladocera fauna” Individual mobility grants funded by EEA/Norway Grants - The Scholarship and Training Fund (STF)
2008 - 2010
“Peat bogs and lakes in Suwalszczyzna Landscape (NE Poland) – paleolimnology and paleoecology” Project funded by the State Committee for Sciences Research, Poland -NN 305 32 59 33
2007 -2008
“Biodiversity in Polar Lakes (Spitsbergen, Norway) on the basis of subfossil Cladocera and Pediastrum”, Project funded by the State Committee for Sciences Research, Poland – “Arctic net”
2010-2011
“Holocene history of Cladocera of lakes in Poland and Russian, with regard to the anthropogenic and climate change influences.” Project funded by Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences
2010-2012
“Subfossil Cladocera (Crustacea) in Poland and Russia – differences and similarity” Project funded by Polish Academy of Sciences and Moscow State University M.V. Łomonosowa in Russia
2009-2010
“Late Holocene history of biota of lakes in the Tatra Mts., with regard to the area of their anthropogenic acidification and recovery from acidification, and to the climate changes” Project funded by Polish Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2007-2009
EU project LAPBIAT II “Climate changes and development history of Lobelia lakes in Northern and Central Europe” Project funded by EU and Finish Government
2004-2006
“Reconstruction of Holocene climatic changes on the basis of microfossils in finish and Polish lake sediments”. Project funded by Polish Academy of Sciences and University of Helsinki, Finland
Publications