Head of the Lab
Leszek Karczmarski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: School of Biological Sciences
The Swire Institute of Marine Science
The University of Hong Kong
Director: Cetacea Research Institute
Email: leszek(AT)hku.hk
leszek(AT)cetacea-institute.org
Editorial Boards
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Associate Editor: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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Associate Editor: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
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Associate Editor: Journal of Zoology
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Subject Editor: Mammalian Biology
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Academic Editor: PLOS ONE
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Academic Editor (Environment and Wildlife): Sustainability
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Academic Editor (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology): Scientific Reports
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Editorial Board Member: Integrative Zoology
Ongoing
Previous
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Guest Editor: Primatology Monographs (2013/2014)
Academic Record
2017 - ongoing: Director, Cetacea Research Institute, Hong Kong.
2009 - ongoing: Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2009 - 2018: Research Scientist, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2006 - 2009: Research Faculty (Head of Whale Unit) and Fellow of Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2004 - 2006: Associate Research Faculty, Institute of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA.
2000 - 2004: Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Texas Institute of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, USA.
1998 - 2000: Research Scientist / Project Leader, Oceanic Society, San Francisco, California, USA and Post-Doctoral Associate, Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA.
1997: Ph.D. in Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth (currently Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), South Africa.
1989: M.Sc. in Oceanography and Sea Fisheries, University of Gdańsk and Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland.
© Leszek Karczmarski
© Leszek Karczmarski
© Leszek Karczmarski
Research Interests
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Mammalian Population Ecology: Processes that determine population structure, geographic fidelity, spatiotemporal dynamics and habitat relationships.
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Cetacean Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology: Behavioural processes that shape intra- and inter-group dynamics and social structure; how they relate to environmental factors and influence broader population structure.
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Comparative Socio-Ecology: Odontocete social strategies and socio-behavioural complexity; how they evolved and how they compare to other known mammalian systems. Comparative socio-ecology of group living mammals.
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Delphinid Conservation Ecology: Ecological and socio-demographic processes that determine population viability; application of empirical studies of population ecology in the development of management strategies.
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Spatio-Behavioural Approaches to Conservation: How anthropogenic pressures influence socio-spatial dynamics and behavioural processes of individuals/populations; mitigation strategies to minimize the negative effects of ecological disturbance.
CETACEAN ECOLOGY LAB
The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong
