Dr Monika Lipińska from the Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk has been awarded a scholarship from the Bekker Programme of the National Agency for Academic Exchange. Thanks to the scholarship, she will go to Costa Rica for a year.

Dr Lipińska will complete a one-year research internship at Jardín Botánico Lankester in Cartago, where she will carry out the project ‘Evolution of ornithophily in the Costa Rican orchids – investigation of floral features and data collection of pollination observations in the field’.

Lankester Botanical Garden is one of the leading centres for research on tropical orchids. More than 15,000 scientifically documented specimens from nearly 1,000 species are grown there.

“During the trip, I will carry out a project on research on ornithogamy in tropical orchid species, focusing on field observations and collection of plant material for further research, already conducted in Poland”, says Dr Lipińska. 

More: https://ug.edu.pl/news/pl/4808/dr-monika-lipinska-laureatka-programu-im-bekkera