Karolina Czechowska (Former member of the team)
Karolina received her Bachelor degree in Biology/Ecology from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) in 2017 and her Erasmus Mundus Joint International Master in Marine Biological Resources in 2019.
Her interests span marine ecology, conservation and science communication. She participated in different research and conservation projects, including in the Canary Islands (Spain) and in Costa Rica. There, she worked surveying and conserving local marine wildlife, as well as promoting awareness and educating various groups (i.e. fishers, tourists, students). In addition, she enlarged her experience in science communciation and gained an insight into the policy side behind nature conservation while interning at the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (UN CMS/ Bonn Convention).
Karolina is an EASIN trainee since September 2021. She is supporting the work in EASIN-Lit and Species Catalogue related to horizon scanning for new emerging invasive alien species (IAS) and to the IAS impacts on different sectors.