Personal details
Rafał Boehnke
rafalb@iopan.pl
Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
Powstańcow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot, Poland
+ 48 58 7311780
Education
  • 2015- Oceanographer at the IO PAN, Department of Marine Ecology
  • 2009- Ph.D. studies at the IO PAN, Sopot, Poland Department of Marine Ecology; topic of future Ph.D. thesis: Zooplankton as a food source for Little Auks in different hydrological regimes of West Spitsbergen
  • 2003-2009 M.Sc.in Oceanography, Faculty of Biological Oceanography at University of Gdansk M.Sc. thesis: "Epibionts and parasites on massively – occurring Copepoda inhabitating the Gulf of Gdansk".
Scientific interest
  • Ecology and taxonomy of Arctic zooplankton
  • Parasites of copepods
  • Feeding behaviour of planktivorous birds
Professional experience
  • 2016-2016 PRIMER course, Auckland, New Zeland
  • 2011-2011 The Young Scientist Forum Workshop, ARCTOS PhD School, Tromsø, Norway.
  • 2010-2010 The Young Scientist Forum Workshop, ARCTOS PhD School, Tromsø, Norway.
  • 2008-2008 AREX summer cruise R/V Oceania, Hornsund, Spitsbergen
Grants and awards
  • 2016-2017 - Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard (IMOS) (3550/Norway/2016/2) (project investigator)
  • 2016-2020 - Influence of relationship between protists and zooplankton on Svalbard planktivorous birds population (SEAPOPII) (3605/SEAPOP/2016/2). Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project investigator)
  • 2014-2015 - SEAbird POPulations (SEAPOP) (3088/SEAPOP/2014/2). Polish National Science Centre project (project investigator).
  • 2014-2017 - Is size so crucial? Complex examination of plankton size structure in the warming European Arctic (PicMac) (2013/09/B/NZ8/03365). Polish National Science Centre project (project investigator).
  • 2013-2014 - Seasonality of Arctic plankton community of Isfjorden (UniPlankton), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project associated with following Norwegian projects: CLEOPATRA II, MicroFun, MeroSeason and CircA (project investigator).
  • 2012 - Project SYNTHESYS DK-TAF-2152, Biodiversity of deep-water copepods from Spitsbergen area, 16.04-27.04.2012, Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2009-2011 - The Kongsfjorden - Hausgarten transect case study: Impact of climate on Arctic marine community structures and food webs (KongHau). Polish Ministry of Education and Science project (DPN/DWM/AD/5348/08/09) associated with the Norwegian project KongHau (project investigator)
  • 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-AI-1/07) (project investigator).
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