member of the editorial boards – Acta Ornithologica, Journal of Ornithology, Biologia, Open Ornithology Journal, PeerJ, Animals, European Journal of Ecology (editor-in-chief)
referee and consultancy to many national and European grant agencies (Poland, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia, Hungary, the UK, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Greece, Finland, Norway, USA, Brazil, Latvia, Belgium and ERC EU)
referee for journal manuscripts – in total more than 600 opinions including: Nature Climate Change, Science, PNAS, Proceedings Society of London B, Ecology Letters, Global Ecology and Biogeography
member of the board of Natura International (2008-2015)
member of scientific boards: Institute of Zoology PAS (2008-2016), Institute of Mammal Research PAS (2012-2016), Institute of Food Production and Animal Breeding PAS (2018-2023)
member of Polish Academy of Sciences committees: Zoology (since 2005-2014), Ecology (since 2007 – 2016), Evolutionary Biology (since 2007- 2016)
the president of scientific council of Wielkopolski National Park (2009 – 2020)
member of board Polish National Centre for Applied Sciences, the chief of Strategic Commission (2010 – 2016)
member: European Ornithological Union, Polish Zoological Society, Polish Ecological Society, IUCN Species Concern – Ciconiidae

International conferences

more than 30, including invited talks: EOU Meeting (Strasburg, France), EmW Volkswagen Meeting (Gettingen, Germany), Ecology XXI (Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia), Urban Ecology (Rondonopolis, Brazil), Bird Migration (Kaliningrad, Russia)

International Seminars

more than 30 – including very prestigious ones: CEH Cambridge, IWZ Berlin, University of Parana Brazil, University of Oslo Norway, University of Trondheim Norway, University of Halle

Higher Level Education

Supervising of 12 defended PhD students (already two of them got habilitation / DSc and one full professor title), additional 5 with open PhD procedure. Referee for PhD candidates (17 in Poland, 2 in Czech Republic, 1 in Slovakia, 1 in Norway, 1 in Estonia, 1 in Finland, 1 in the Netherlands), for professorship title (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, China). A host for 12 post-docs (Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Algeria, Italy).

Department of Zoology

Laboratory of Zoology