β€œIn 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


  • πŸ“ May 2026 β€” New paper out: Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk Alle alle
    β€” accepted in Journal of Animal Ecology

  • πŸŽ‰ April 2026 β€” Fulbright research visit at the University of Nevada, Reno (US) developing collaboration on parental coordination and hormones.

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

  • πŸ“ April 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Variation in food availability affects the population age structure of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica in the Faroe Islands
    PDF β€” published in Wildlife Biology

  • πŸ“ April 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Endocrine drivers of incubation performance in the little auk
    PDF β€” published in Hormones and Behavior

  • πŸ“ March 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Risk-taking behavior related to mercury contamination in a high Arctic seabird
    PDF β€” published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology

  • πŸ“– December 1, 2025 β€” Guest editor of the special collection: Polar Ecology of Scientific Reports

  • πŸŽ“ October 1, 2025 β€” Animal Behaviour course starts (stationary, University of GdaΕ„sk)

  • πŸ“ March 22, 2025 β€” New paper out: BEHAVE – facilitating behaviour coding from videos with AI‑detected animals