Prof. Dr.Beata Messyasz is, since 2016, a Professor at the Hydrobiology Department, Institute of Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. She obtained her Ph.D. and habilitation from AMU in Biology (Hydrobiology, Phycology) and continued her research in environmental biology and ecology of algae in various projects at the same University. Her scientific interests include the dynamics of phytoplankton and phytobenthos assemblages in reservoirs of different trophic state. In addition she specializes in the role of micro- and macroalgae in the primary production and relationship between trophic state and algae life cycle strategies and their survival in a variable environment. She has published more than 57 research papers and 21 book chapters.

E-mail:messyasz@amu.edu.pl