Institute

Dr Magdalena Solarska

Research Assistant

Unit
Functional and Evolutionary Ecology Group
E‑mail
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Phone
+4812‑4241‑879
Address
Lubicz 46, 31‑512 Kraków, Poland
Room
B‑13

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Research interests

  • Traps of carnivorous plants as algae microhabitats.
  • Algae in extreme habitats.
  • The impact of cyanobacterial blooms on algae biodiversity.
  • Taxonomy and morphology of cryptophytes (Cryptophyceae), especially Cryptomonas species.

Higher education and employment history

  • BSc degree at the Jagiellonian University (2010).
  • Technical assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences (2010–2012).
  • MSc degree at the Jagiellonian University (2012).
  • Research assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany PAS (2012–2019).
  • PhD degree at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany PAS (2019).
  • Assistant professor at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany PAS (since 2019).

Membership and awards

  • Polish Phycological Society (since 2011).
  • Federation of European Phycological Societes (FEPS) (since 2011).

International experience

  • Germany (2013) – 10-week research stay; Melkonian Laboratory, University of Cologne, Cologne.
  • Germany (2015) – 2-week research stay; Melkonian Laboratory, University of Cologne, Cologne.

Research projects

  • Molecular phylogenetic analysis on part of the nuclear-encoded LSU rDNA gene in selected Cryptomonas spp. strains (2013); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
  • Morphotype variability of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) in relation to the physicochemical properties of the water (2014); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
  • Preliminary taxonomic identification of Cryptomonas spp. strains from three ecologically different habitats in Kraków (2015); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
  • The dimorphic strain Rhodomonas spp. as an example of unique life history among algae (2016); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
  • OZwRCIN: Open resources in the digital repository of scientific institutes (2018−2021); grant no. POPC.02.03.01-00-0029/17; Operational Programme Digital Poland for 2014−2020 – contractor.

Recent publications (selected)

Wołowski K., Solarska M., Adamski M., Żak-Elshahed L. 2019. Jadwiga Siemińska-Słupska – the personification of Polish phycology (1922–2018). Plant and Fungal Systematics 64: 3–15. DOI

Piątek J., Łukaszek M. 2016. Mallomonas cronbergiae (Chrysophyceae, Stramenopiles), a new species from the Guineo-Congolian rainforest in Cameroon. Polish Botanical Journal 61: 199–204. DOI

Płachno B.J., Wołowski K., Augustynowicz J., Łukaszek M. 2015. Diversity of algae in a thallium and other heavy metals-polluted environment. Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology 51: 139–146. DOI

Płachno B.J., Wołowski K., Fleischmann A., Lowrie A., Łukaszek M. 2014. Algae and prey associated with traps of the Australian carnivorous plant Utricularia volubilis (Lentibulariaceae, Utricularia subgenus Polypompholyx) in natural habitat and in cultivation. Australian Journal of Botany 62: 528–536. DOI

Wołowski K., Uzarowicz Ł., Łukaszek M., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2013. Diversity of algal communities in acid mine drainages of different physico-chemical properties. Nova Hedwigia 97: 117–137. DOI