Department of Zoology
Poznań University of Life Sciences
PhD.
Collegium Cieszkowskich New, III floor, room 323
+48 665 633 663
Marcin Tobółka
Head of Laboratory
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2009 – 2015 – PhD in Biological Sciences: Institute of Zoology,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Poznań University of Life Sciences
2007 – 2009 – MSc in Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
2004 – 2007 – BSc in Environmetal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
Experience and Employment
2021-2023 - Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterynary Medicine Vienna, Austria, visiting researcher
Since 2016 – president of White Stork Research Group
Since 2015 – Assistant Professor: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznań University of Life Sciences
2016 - Complutense University of Madrid, visiting scholar – preliminary comparative studies on White Stork populations, 1
2013-2014 - Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, visiting scholar
2012-2016 - secretary of White Stork Research Group
Awards
2013-2014 – a scholarship ETIUDA, NCN – Breeding biology and ecology of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in variable environmental conditions of agricultural landscape
2013/2014 – a scholarship for Ph.D. students, founded by European Social Fund
2010/2011 – a scholarship for Ph.D. students, founded by European Social Fund
Other Activities
Selected projects
The influence of parental experience and conditions during breeding and non-breeding period on the reproductive success of long-lived birds, an example of the White Stork, Principle Investigator, 2017-2021, NCN, SONATA, 2016/23/D/NZ8/01902
Long term population studies – White Stork in Western Poland, 2004 – now.
Shrikes Lanidae ecology, 2008 – now.
Investment in offspring sex ratio of the white stork Ciconia ciconia in various environmental conditions – Principle Investigator, 2013-2015, NCN, PRELUDIUM, 2012/05/N/NZ8/01186
Teaching
Zoology and Ecology,
Systematic Zoology,
Restitution of extincting and endangered animals,
Ecology of Animal Migration.
Research interests
Costs of reproduction in birds,
habitat selection,
migratory connectivity,
sex ratio,
farmland ecology,
animal behaviour.
Learn more about the projects
BioSolar
Solar farms: an opportunity to recover biodiversity in farmlands
Investment in offspring sex ratio of the white stork Ciconia ciconia in various environmental conditions
ECOTRAP
Landfill foraging in migratory birds: pain or gain?
The influence of parental experience and conditions during breeding and non-breeding period on reproductive success of long-lived birds, an example of the White Stork.