I use ecological stoichiometry to study the limitations imposed on organisms due to mismatches between their nutritional demands and the supply of nutrients in their environment. My work focuses on two examples of herbivore life histories shaped by the stoichiometries of their food, representing the extremes of feeding strategies: (1) nutrient-deficient dead wood exploited by xylophages and (2) nutrient-rich pollen used by bees. My current research activities concern sexual dimorphism in the nutritional needs of bees and the effects of taxonomically diverse floral resources on bees.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Conservation
Ecology
Physiological Psycholo...
Nutrient cycling
Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Conservati...
ecological stoichiomet...
nutritional ecology
ecophysiology
food webs
Short Biography
I use ecological stoichiometry to study the limitations imposed on organisms due to mismatches between their nutritional demands and the supply of nutrients in their environment. My work focuses on two examples of herbivore life histories shaped by the stoichiometries of their food, representing the extremes of feeding strategies: (1) nutrient-deficient dead wood exploited by xylophages and (2) nutrient-rich pollen used by bees. My current research activities concern sexual dimorphism in the nutritional needs of bees and the effects of taxonomically diverse floral resources on bees.
Honors and Awards
Prime Minister Award for outstanding scientific achievements - 2018
The award was granted for outstanding Ph.D. thesis: "Stoichiometry of herbivory in terrestrial food webs: extreme strategies of xylophages and pollen eaters".
Prime Minister of Poland
Prize of the rector of the Jagiellonian University for scientific activity 2019/20
Award for exceptional, original, and creative scientific achievements.
Rector of the Jagiellonian University
Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for outstanding young scientists
Scholarship for outstanding young scientists who demonstrate significant achievements in scientific activities.