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PhD Student
Specialisms
Marine ecology
Estuarine ecology
Geographic information systems
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Institute of Zoology
Zoological Society of London
London
NW1 4RY

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Understanding human impacts on fish use of estuarine habitats in the Thames.

Wanda's research uses a multidisciplinary approach, including eDNA, stable isotope analysis, and traditional sampling, to investigate fish association and utilisation of estuarine habitats across differing levels of human impact in the Thames.

Wanda is a Chartered Marine Scientist, with experience spanning academia, the offshore industry and charity sector. Wanda's involvement in aquatic habitat conservation and restoration has, since 2016, had a primary focus on the Thames Estuary, and in 2024 she began her PhD at ZSL's Institute of Zoology, Queen Mary University of London and UCL under the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership.

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Professional history

2024-present: PhD student, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute of Zoology (IoZ) and University College London (UCL) as part of the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership

2011-2013: MSc in Marine and Lacustrince Science and Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), Universiteit Gent (UGent), Belgium

2002-2006: BSc in Biology and Physical Education with teaching qualification, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary

Publications

Bodnar, W., Colclough, S., Pryor, A. (2024) Fish utilisation of bioengineered intertidal habitats in the Thames Estuary. The London Naturalist 103: 94-112. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13792104 

Bodnar, W. (2022) The Upper Thames Estuary. Alexander, I., Masters, S., Tichborne, R., Backler, G., Briggs, P., Press, V., Woodard, L., Templer, D., Robson, C., Yates, J., Lindenberg, S. In: West London Wildlife. Aurora Metro Books. p. 117-123. https://www.amazon.co.uk/West-London-Wildlife-Ian-Alexander/dp/1913641309 

Bodnar, W., Pryor A., Philipsen P. (2021) An integrated GIS-based approach to improve fish migration within the Greater Thames Estuary. The London Naturalist 100: 141-164. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5750302 

Guilini, K., Weber, M., de Beer, D., Schneider, M., Molari, M., Lott, C., Bodnar, W., Mascart, T., De Troch, M., Vanreusel, A. (2017) Response of Posidonia oceanica seagrass and its epibiont communities to ocean acidification. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0181531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181531 

Compton, T.J., Bodnar, W., Koolhaas, A., Dekinga, A., Holthuijsen, S., ten Horn, J., McSweeney, N., van Gils, J., Piersma, T. (2016) Burrowing Behavior of a Deposit Feeding Bivalve Predicts Change in Intertidal Ecosystem State. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4(19). https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00019