Marcelina Zimny
- Job position :
- Assistant Professor, Acting Director of the Białowieża Geobotanical Station
- Email:
- md.zimny@uw.edu.pl
Doctorate: 2014, Wydział Biologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, „Późnoholoceńska historia roślinności Puszczy Białowieskiej”
Master’s degree: 2001, Wydział Biologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, „Koncentracja i opad pyłku wybranych taksonów drzew i roślin zielnych w Trójmieście -1994-2000”
I am a palaeoecologist, I take an active part in research projects in the field of paleoecology, archeobotany and aerobiology. My research interests are focused on palynology, palaeoecology, ecology and nature conservation. I am involved in the reconstruction of changes in the natural environment in the Late Glacial and Holocene on the basis of pollen analysis, including non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP). I am particularly interested in ecological processes under the influence of natural factors and human activity that shaped nature in the past. In my research work, I also focus on the methodical aspects of research on modern pollen deposition and non-pollen palynomorphs.
2012-2017, Migration Period between Odra and Vistula, DEC-2011/02/A/HS3/00389 – project executor
2010-2014, Natural history of the Białowieża Primeval Forest in the light of palaeoecological studies, N N305 167839 – main project executor
2007-2009, Lithogenesis and geochemistry of sediments of the bottom and coastal zone of the Szczecin Lagoon, 83/2007/Wn-16/FG-go-tx/D – project executor
2007, Representativeness of palynological surface spectra in relation to the composition of vegetation in the vicinity of selected sites in the Kashubian Lake District, BW 1490-5-0112-7 – project executor
2007–2010, Climatic conditions as well as the composition and structure of vegetation as factors shaping the modern pollen deposition in selected communities and regions of Poland – actuopalinological research, N304 092 32/3590 – project executor
2006-2009, Natural environment of Gdańsk in the Middle Ages and modern times, MNiSW N305 081 31/3181 – project executor
since 2003, Pollen Monitoring Programme “PMP”, participant
1994-2013, Aerobiological Monitoring in Gdańsk, project executor
Zimny M. 2024. New fungal non-pollen palynomorphs from moss polsters collected from the Białowieża Forest (NE Poland). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 321: 105034. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.105034
Abraham V., Hicks S., Svobodová-Svitavská H., Bozilova E., Panajiotidis S., Filipova-Marinova M., Eldegard Jensen C., Tonkov S., Pidek I.A., Święta-Musznicka J., Zimny M., Kvavadze E., Filbrandt-Czaja A., Hättestrand M., Karlıoglu Kılıç N., Kosenko J., Nosova M., Severova E., Volkova O., Hallsdóttir M., Kalnina L., Noryśkiewicz A.M., Noryśkiewicz B., Pardoe H., Christodoulou A., Koff T., Fontana S.L., Alenius T., Isaksson E., Seppä H., Veski S., Pędziszewska A., Weiser M., Giesecke T. 2021. Patterns in recent and Holocene pollen accumulation rates across Europe – the Pollen Monitoring Programme Database as a tool for vegetation reconstruction. Biogeosciences 18: 4511–4534. DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-4511-2021
Davis B.A.S., Chevalier M., Sommer P. … and Zimny M. 2020. The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database EMPD, version 2. Earth System Science Data 12(4): 2423-2445. DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2423-2020
Chylarecki P., Gutowski J.M., Jaroszewicz B., Kowalczyk R., Kujawa A., Latałowa M., Mikusiński G., Orczewska A., Samojlik T., Selva N., Wesołowski T., Zimny M., Żmihorski M. 2020. Puszcza Białowieska. Miniprzewodnik naukowy. Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Białowieża
Pędziszewska A., Latałowa M., Święta-Musznicka J., Zimny M., Kupryjanowicz M., Noryśkiewicz A.M., Bloom K. 2020. Chapter 4. Pollen Evidence of Change in Environment and Settlement during the 1st Millennium AD. In: A. Bursche, J. Hines, A. Zapolska (eds) Migration Period between the Oder and the Vistula. Volume 1. BRILL. p: 137- 200
Latałowa M., Święta-Musznicka J., Słowiński M., Pędziszewska A., Noryśkiewicz A.M., Zimny M., Obremska M., Ott F., Stivrins N., Pasanen L., Ilvonen L., Holmström L., Seppä H. 2019. Abrupt Alnus population decline at the end of the first millennium CE in Europe – The event ecology, possible causes and implications. The Holocene 29(8): 1335-1349. DOI: 10.1177/0959683619846978
Jaroszewicz B., Cholewińska O., Gutowski J.M., Samojlik T., Zimny M., Latałowa M. 2019. Białowieża Forest – A Relic of the High Naturalness of European Forests. Forests 10(10): 849. DOI: 10.3390/f10100849
Zimny M., Latałowa M., Pędziszewska A. 2017. Późnoholoceńska historia lasów Rezerwatu Ścisłego Białowieskiego Parku Narodowego. W: A. Keczyński (red.) Lasy Rezerwatu Ścisłego Białowieskiego Parku Narodowego. Białowieski Park Narodowy, Białowieża. s: 29-59
Zimny M., Latałowa M., Pędziszewska A. 2017. The Late-Holocene history of forests in the Strict Reserve of Białowieża National Park. In: A. Keczyński (ed.) The forests of the Strict Reserve of Białowieża National Park. Białowieski Park Narodowy, Białowieża. p: 29-59
Baker A.G., Zimny M., Keczyński A., Bhagwat S.A., Willis K.J., Latałowa M. 2016. Pollen productivity estimates from the old-growth forest strongly differ from those obtained in cultural landscapes – evidence from the Białowieża National Park, Poland. The Holocene 26(1): 80-92. DOI: 10.1177/0959683615596822
Latałowa M., Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Kupryjanowicz M. 2016. Postglacjalna historia Puszczy Białowieskiej – roślinność, klimat i działalność człowieka. Parki nar. Rez. Przyr. 35(1): 3-49
Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Latałowa M. 2015. Forest response to human impact in Białowieża Primeval Forest during the last two millennia. Climate variability and human impacts in Central and Eastern Europe during the last two millennia. 17-19 June 2015, University of Gdańsk, Poland. Oral presentation
Latałowa M., Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Święta-Musznicka J., Drzymulska D. 2015. 2000 years of hydroclimate variability recorded in different types of mire archives in north-eastern and north-western Poland. Climate variability and human impacts in Central and Eastern Europe during the last two millennia. 17-19 June 2015, University of Gdansk, Poland. Oral presentation
Pędziszewska A., Święta-Musznicka J., Brzozowska K., Zimny M., Latałowa M. 2015. Demographic changes during the first millennium AD and their impact on vegetation cover in north-western Poland. Climate variability and human impacts in Central and Eastern Europe during the last two millennia. 17-19 June 2015, University of Gdansk, Poland. Oral presentation
Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Latałowa M. 2014. Spores of coprophilous fungi in the fossil pollen spectra from Białowieża National Park (NE Poland). 9th European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference. 26-31 August 2014, Padova – Italy. p: 321. Oral presentation
Latałowa M., Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Drzymulska D., Święta-Musznicka J. 2014. Two thousand years of climatic and hydrologic history of Białowieża National Park (NE Poland) reflected through the NPPs and macrofossil analyses of peat deposits. 9th European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference. 26-31 August 2014, Padova – Italy. Oral presentation
Latałowa M., Zimny M., Pędziszewska A., Borówka R.K., Samojlik T., Jędrzejewska B. 2014. 2000-year interplay of environmental and cultural forces in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (NE Poland). 9th European Palaeobotany – Palynology Conference. 26-31 August 2014, Padova – Italy. Oral presentation
Zimny M., Baker A., Keczyński A., Latałowa M. 2013. Pollen spectra from Tauber-type traps and moss polsters in Białowieża Primeval Forest (NE Poland) as a base for quantitative reconstructions of forest dynamics. In: V. Abraham, P. Bobek, R. Kozáková, P. Kuneš, M. Švarcová, H. Svobodová-Svitavská (eds) Pollen Monitoring Programme 9th International Meeting 26-30 August 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. Volume of Abstracts. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Prague. Poster
Święta-Musznicka J., Zimny M., Latałowa M. 2013. Pollen production and deposition of the main trees in the forest communities at Gdańsk Upland (N Poland) for the period 2004-2012. In: V. Abraham, P. Bobek, R. Kozáková, P. Kuneš, M. Švarcová, H. Svobodová-Svitavská (eds) Pollen Monitoring Programme 9th International Meeting 26-30 August 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. Volume of Abstracts. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Prague. Poster
Latałowa M., Zimny M. 2013. Okres wędrówek ludów w diagramach pyłkowych z terenu Polski – możliwości i ograniczenia w kontekście projektu. Spotkanie wykonawców projektu. Projekt Maestro NCN: Okres Wędrówek Ludów między Odrą a Wisłą. 15-16 kwietnia 2013, Nieborów. Oral presentation
Lenarczyk J., Kołaczek P., Jankovská V., Karpińska-Kołaczek M., Pędziszewska A., Zimny M., Stivrinš N., Szymczyk A. 2013. An enigmatic Pediastrum taxon and its palaeobioindicative value. Paleoecological reconstructions – lacustrine, peat and cave sediments, 22nd – 24th May 2013 Białka Tatrzańska, Poland. Poster
Membership:
„PMP” – European Pollen Monitoring Programme
Association of Environmental Archeology
Polish Botanical Society
Awards:
2016, Individual award of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk for achievements in professional work
2016, Team award of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk for contributions to interdisciplinary studies on the impact of climate change and human activity on the natural environment on a local, regional and continental scale
2007, Individual award of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk for achievements in professional work
Since 2020 – licensed guide in the Białowieża National Park