Photo: M. Procajło, 2015
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Researcher & Scientific Diving Officer
Marine Ecology Department Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN) Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland tel.: (+ 48) 58 731 17 83 mail: balazy [at] iopan.pl
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2016 - present - Adjunct, IO PAN
2015 - present - Scientific Diving Officer, IO PAN 2014 - 2016 - Research assistant, IO PAN 2014 - PhD (with honours) in Oceanology, IO PAN 2014- ROV pilot, Forkos / Underwater Works Technology Dept., Naval Academy 2014 - Underwater robotics, UNIS 2012 - 2015 - Senior technical assistant, Institute of Oceanography 2011 - Env. Impact Assessment - natural protected areas and local communities, WFOŚ 2010 - Underwater archaeology, University of Warsaw 2008 - PgD in Strategic resource security and crisis management in organizations, Military Study of the Maritime University 2008 - UW photography and filming in scientific documentations, Institute of Oceanography 2007 - MSc in Oceanography majoring in Marine Biology, University of Gdansk |
My professional interests revolve around benthic ecology with particular emphasis on shallow water hard bottom communities, habitat builders, ecosystem engineers and factors controlling biodiversity. So far, most of my work concerned the rapidly changing polar regions (both the Arctic and the Antarctic), but I do not forget about our local field which is the Baltic Sea - its green waters and specific rocky "reefs." I am very interested in shipwrecks treated as hard substrate islands, the hot-spots for biodiversity, and their role in the ecosystem function. Fascinated from the beginning by scuba diving, I am trying to develop my expertise in underwater photography using it as one of my main research tools - most recently the time-lapse, and photogrammetry techniques.
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