In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence” [Ys]

I am behavioural ecologist, with a wide range of scientific interests and research on various animals species (see [Projects] (projects.qmd) and [Publications] (publications.qmd). However, my special focus is on breeding ecology and reproductive behaviours (now particularly coordintion of parental performance at any level) and most of my studies I do on birds, with polar seabirds being my favorite group (Alle alle uber alles).

Highlights & Kudos

  • 🎉 April 2026 — Fulbright research visit at the University of Nevada, Reno (US) developing collaboration on parental coordination and hormones.

  • 📝 April 29, 2026 — New paper out:
    The habitat niche breadth in a zooplanktivorous High Arctic seabird as an indicator of ocean-related pressures
    PDF — published in Royal Society Open Science

  • 📝 April 2026 — New paper out:
    Variation in food availability affects the population age structure of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica in the Faroe Islands
    PDF — published in Wildlife Biology

  • 📝 April 2026 — New paper out:
    Endocrine drivers of incubation performance in the little auk
    PDF — published in Hormones and Behavior

  • 📝 March 2026 — New paper out:
    Risk-taking behavior related to mercury contamination in a high Arctic seabird
    PDF — published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology

  • 📖 December 1, 2025 — Guest editor of the special collection: Polar Ecology of Scientific Reports

  • 🎓 October 1, 2025 — Animal Behaviour course starts (stationary, University of Gdańskl)

  • 📝 March 22, 2025 — New paper out: BEHAVE - facilitating behaviour coding from videos with AI-detected animals