Position: B.Sc. student
Room: 1.22
Research Interests
- Morphology and evolution of phytophagous mites
Current Projects
- Morphological variation of Aceria tosichella populations differing in the level of host specialization (grant nr 009/34/ID-UB/0023 within the “Initiative of Excellence – Research University” (ID-UB) project, PI)
- A bidirectional selection experiment to test the evolution of specialization and dispersal in invasive wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella (National Science Centre grant no. 2016/21/B/NZ8/00788, Co-Investigator, 2018-2019)
- Genetics of host specificity of the wheat curl mite complex (USDI-BLM and USDA-ARS agreement no 60-2060-7-001, Co-Investigator, 2018-2019)
- Host specialization-generalization trade-offs in an invasive wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella (National Science Centre grant no. 2017/27/N/NZ8/00305, Co-Investigator, 2018-2019)
Career History
- 2020: BSc degree in biology (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Internships
- 2019: Department of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (training in permanent preparations of herbivorous mites)
Honors & awards
- Rector of AMU Scholarship – awarded to the best students in 2018, 2019, 2020
2019
Karpicka-Ignatowska K., Radwańska A., Stefańska M., Majer A., Laska A. 2019. Pollen and what else? Brief introduction to aerial dispersal of eriophyoid mites. International Aerobiology Newsletter 84, 6.
2019
XXXVIth Symphosium on Acarology, Tryszczyn, oral presentation “How to study mechanisms to prevent homozygosity in haplodiploid mites”
Vth International Conference on Research and Education in Poznań, oral presentation ”Mechanisms to maintain heterozygosity during dispersal in a haplodiploid mite species”
XI Interdisciplinary Science Conference TYGIEL 2019, Lublin, Poland, oral presentation ”Does body size matter? Seasonal changes in morphology in herbivorous mites”
2018
VIII National Science Conference – Young Scientists in Poland, Poznań, Poland, poster ”Mechanisms allowing to avoid homozygosity during dispersal in haplodiploid mites”
Activities
- 2019: Photographic exhibition “Protection of Circus pygargus in Poland” – co-organisation of the exhibition at the Faculty of Biology UAM
- 2019: Poznan Science and Arts Festival, co-organisation of the workshop “Eco-evolutionary chardes”
- 2018: Poznan Science and Arts Festival, co-organisation of the workshop‘’ Vibrant fields’’
