Department of Zoology
Poznań University of Life Sciences
Janusz Kloskowski
Associate professor
CV
2012 – DSc., biological sciences, ecology, Faculty of Biology and Biochemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin
2001 – PhD., biological sciences, ecology, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin
Experience and Employment
2014 – assistant professor, Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań
1993-2014 research assistant, assistant professor, Institute of Biology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin.
Scholarships, internships, and international research projects: including Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Bielefeld University, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Seville, and Djoudj National Bird Park (Senegal).
Awards
2001, 2013 – UMCS rector prize for creative scientific achievements
Other Activities
Selected projects
2006-2011 project LIFE Nature “Conserving Acrocephalus paludicola in Poland and Germany” – LIFE05 NAT/PL/000101 (Chief Technical Advisor)
2006-2008: „Fish ponds as ecological traps: the effects of fish age-structure on macroinvertebrates and amphibian larvae; consequences for breeding success of Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps criststus) and Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena)” – MNiSW 2 P04G 050 30 (project coordinator)
2003/2004: „Habitat selection in wintering grebes in Donana National Park” – grant European Community’s Improving Human Potential (IHP) Access to Research Infrastructures Programme (project coordinator)
2002-2004: „Division of parental resources in broods of the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena): the roles of parents and offspring” – KBN, 3 PO4F 036 23 (project coordinator)
2001-2002: „Trophic interactions between the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio): from predation to competition” – KBN, 6 PO4F 066 20 (project coordinator)
Teaching
Evolutionism – for Biology students
Environmental Protection – for Veterinary Medicine students
Nature Conservation, Biology of Game Animals, Fauna of Natura 2000 Areas – for Animal Science students
Research interests
Trophic and non-trophic interactions in aquatic ecosystems.
Parental care and parent-offspring conflicts in birds.
Amphibian conservation.
Larval stage in amphibians, interspecific interaction, anti-predator adaptations.
Wildlife-fisheries conflicts.
Ecological traps.
Protection of fen-mire ecosystems