Joanna
Bagniewska

zoologist | science communicator

About me

A zoologist and science communicator, working at the University of Oxford and the University of Reading. Behavioural ecologist and conservation biologist with an interest in invasive species.
Winner of FameLab Poland and I’m a Scientist, get me out of here! Presenter for the Discovery Channel. Bilingual: Polish and English. Find out more →

My videos

In action

What I do outside of zoology

Science outreach

One of my favourite things is talking and writing about zoology. I spoke at TEDxWarsaw, won FameLab, I am a science writer for Tygodnik Powszechny, Gazeta Wyborcza and Focus, and I do all sorts of other things.

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Poles in the UK

I’m Polish, I come from Gdańsk. As I have lived abroad for over 17 years, I became heavily engaged in work with the Polish diaspora, particularly with Polish students, academics and professionals.

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