Education 2004: M. Sc at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography 2004-2010: PhD in Earth Sciences; Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences. PhD thesis: Biodiversity and ecology of Arctic hydroids

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  2004: M.Sc. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography
  
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  2004-2010: PhD in Earth Sciences; Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences. PhD thesis: Biodiversity and ecology of Arctic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)
  

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  2002 - Biology of Marine Mammals - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
  
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  2005, 2006, 2008 - Taxonomy of Arctic hydroids under supervision of Dr. Peter Schuchert. Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland
  
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  2005 - Taxonomy of hydroids under supervision of Prof. Sophia Stepanjants. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg
  
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  2009 - Numerical methods in ecology - Nicolas Copernicus University, Toruń - 2009
  

Ecology of Arctic benthic Hydrozoa

Taxonomy of hydroids

Ecology of marine organisms

On- going projects

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  Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of Arctic benthic hydroids
  
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  Taxonomy and ecology of hydroids from Southern Indian Ocean (with special interest on Family Aglaopheniidae)
  

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  Ronowicz, M. 2005. Species diversity of Arctic gravel beach: case study for species poor habitats. Polish Polar Research 26 (4): 287-297
  
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  Ronowicz, M. 2007. Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Svalbard waters – biodiversity and distribution. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 1089-1094
  
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  Ronowicz, M. & Schuchert P. 2007. Halecium arcticum, (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), a new hydroid from Spitsbergen. Zootaxa 1549: 55-62
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kuklinski, P. 2008. Factors influencing hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) biodiversity and distribution in Arctic kelp forests. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88:1567-1575
  
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  Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P., Ronowicz, M., Legeżyńska, J., Gromisz, S. 2009. Assessing species richness of macrofauna associated with macroalgae in Arctic kelp forests (Hornsund, Svalbard). Polar Biology, 32(6), 897-905
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2011. Patterns of hydroid (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) species richness and distribution in an Arctic glaciated fjord. Polar Biology, 34, 1437-1445
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Depth and substrate- related patterns of species richness and distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard). Marine Ecology (Suppl. 1), 165-176
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Hydroid epifaunal communities in Arctic coastal waters: effects of substrate characteristics. Polar Biology, 36, 705-718
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Legeżyńska, J., Kukliński, P. & Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2013. Kelp forest as a habitat for mobile epifauna, case study of Caprella septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in an Arctic glacial fjord. Polar Research (submitted)
  
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  Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. Diversity, zoogeography and reproductive trends in Arctic Hydrozoa (in prep.)
  

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  2003 – Research expedition to Spitsbergen – Biodiversity of Arctic gravel beaches
  
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  2005 – State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – 2 PO4 F06529 – Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
  
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  2006 – European-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative - SYNTHESYS – grant NL-TAF- 2789 - Taxonomical studies of hydroids from Arctic regions – scientific visit to Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
  
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  2006 - Scientific, diving expedition to Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen - Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
  
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  2007 - Research cruise with RV Lance to Rijpfjorden, Svalbard
  
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  2008-2010 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – N N304 071934 – Factors influencing distribution and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
  

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  2012-2015 - National Science Centre, Poland – 2012/04/M/NZ8/00670 – Biodiversity and ecology of Hydrozoa on the extreme edges of global climate - comparison of fauna from Svalbard (polar zone) and Comoros (tropical zone)