Current position:
- 2023 – : Director of Forest Biology Center, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2022 – : Associate Professor, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2021 – : Elected member of the Polish Young Academy, Polish Academy of Sciences
Past positions:
- 2021 – 2022: Bekker Fellow, INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes, France
- 2017 – 2022: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2019 – 2020: post-doc, CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2017 – 2018: post-doc, CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Education:
- 2020; Habilitation in Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
- 2017; Ph.D.in Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, supervised by dr Rafał Zwolak (AMU) and dr Elizabeth Crone (Tufts University, MA, USA)
Editorial experience:
- 2023 – : Advisory Board at New Phytologist
- 2019 – : Associate Editor at Journal of Ecology
- 2020 – 2023: Editorial Board member at Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
- 2019 – 2021: Guest Editor, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, special issue “The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants”, see here
External research funding / ongoing:
- 2022-2027: PI on ERC Starting Grant, “ForestFuture”, 1,482,000 EUR.
- 2022-2024: Mentor on National Science Centre Polonez Bis grant; PI dr Valentin Journé, “Exploring the role of resource dynamics in a global variation of forests reproduction”, 901,373 PLN
- 2022-2023: PI on a grant from AMU Excellence Initiative, “Resource allocation to reproduction and growth under warming climate”, 150,000 PLN
- 2021-2024: PI in a grant from National Science Centre (Sonata), “The role of resource dynamics in the reproduction of masting plants”, 1,024,049 PLN
- 2020-2023: co-PI in a grant from National Science Centre (Opus), “Linking individual plants masting behavior with their reproductive success. Is mast seeding under genetic control?”, PI: Magdalena Żywiec (PAS, Poland), financial support: 1,193,174 PLN
External research funding / finished:
- 2021-2023: PI in a grant from Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (Bekker programme), “Climate change impacts on tree fecundity and forecasts of forest change”, 371,000 PLN (Fellowship at INRA, at James Clark lab), representative paper
- 2019-2022: co-PI in a grant from National Science Centre (Harmonia) “Individuals make a difference: theoretical and empirical consequences of behavioural types in seed-dispersing animals”, PI: Rafał Zwolak (AMU, Poland), financial support: 901,397 PLN
- 2018-2021: co-PI in a grant from (UK) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), “MAST-NET: masting responses to climate change and impacts on ecosystems”, PI: Andrew Hacket-Pain (Univ. Liverpool), financial support: £99,862.15; representative paper
- 2017-2020: PI in research grant from (Polish) National Science Centre (Sonatina): “Phenology synchrony or pollen coupling? Experimental evaluation of the role of pollen limitation and plant’ resource state in driving seed production in masting plants”, financial support: 592 000 PLN; representative paper
- 2019-2020: PI in a grant from National Science Centre (Uwertura): „Experimental tests of mechanisms driving variability in reproduction of trees”, financial support: 91 840 PLN (Fellowship at CREAF, at Josep Penuelas lab); representative paper
- 2015-2018: PI in research grant from (Polish) National Science Centre (Preludium): “Apparent predation in rodent seed dispersal: how does the introduction of an alien plant influence the native plant – seed disperser interaction?”, co-PI: Rafał Zwolak, financial support: 129 168 PLN; representative paper
- 2015-2017: PI in a grant from (Polish) National Science Centre (Etiuda): „Influence of chronic nitrogen deposition of plant – granivore interactions”, financial support: 92 758 PLN (Fellowship at CREAF, Josep M. Espelta lab); representative paper
International research experience:
- Bekker Fellow, INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes, France (2021 – 2022)
- Post-doc, CREAF, University Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019-2020)
- Visiting Researcher, University of Extremadura, Spain (2018, 2019)
- Post-doc, CREAF, University Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (2017-2018)
- Visiting Student at Department of Biology, Tufts University and Harvard Forest, Harvard University, USA (2014, 2015)
- Visiting Student at Harvard Forest, Harvard University and Tufts University, USA (2013)
Honors and awards:
- 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018: First Degree Award for scientific excellence, Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University
- 2023: Ministry of Science Award for Scientific Excellence
- 2022: National Science Centre Award
- 2022: Tansley Medal, New Phytologist Trust (see my Tansley Insight)
- 2021: Elected member of the Polish Young Academy, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2021: City of Poznań Science Award
- 2021, 2020: AMU Excellence Award
- 2021: Shortlisted for Harper Prize, Journal of Ecology (Harper Prize 2020 virtual issue)
- 2020: Adam Mickiewicz University Excellence scholarship for young Faculty
- 2020, 2019, 2018: Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University Award for Assistant Professors
- 2018: Polish Minister of Science Scholarship
- 2017: City of Poznań Scholarship
- 2016: Foundation for Polish Science Scholarship ‘Start’
- 2015: Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship
- 2013, 2014, 2015: Dean scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. students
- 2014, 2015, Rector scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. students
- 2014: Adam Mickiewicz Foundation Scholarship
Other selected professional activities:
- Peer-reviewer for ecological journals (150+ articles reviewed), including Ecology Letters, Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, New Phytologist, American Naturalist, Global Change Biology, Oikos.
- Appointed member of NCN Expert Panel for Life Sciences (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) (Polish National Science Centre)
- Member of the Science Council for Biological Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University (2020 – 2021)
- Grant reviewer for (Czech) Science Foundation, (French) National Research Agency (ANR), Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), (Polish) National Science Centre (NCN), BiodivERsA, National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), Dutch Research Council
- Member of Ph.D. committees / Ph.D. theses reviewer / Habilitations reviewer (Spain, Poland) / Tenure track promotions (USA) / Judge at New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists
- Co-organizer of a masting symposium at the Society for Mathematical Biology Meeting 2018: “Unraveling mechanisms underlying reproductive synchrony: from gene to ecosystems”, with Dave Kelly (University of Canterbury, NZ) and Akiko Satake (Kyushu University, Japan)
- Host/organizer of the conference “Drivers of seed production in perennial plants in changing climate, 1st meeting 2023”, in Poznań, Poland; with Dave Kelly (University of Canterbury, NZ), and Andrew Hacket-Pain
- Member of MASTNET and MASTIF, two international groups working together to understand global patterns of seed production and links with plant recruitment
Michal Bogdziewicz, PhD 