Journal Articles

• Bhandary, S., Gawecka, K.A., Pedraza, F., Bascompte, J., 2026. Landscape configuration and community structure jointly determine the persistence of mutualists under habitat loss. Proc Biol Sci, 293 (2069).
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• Gawecka, K.A., Barbour, M.A., Bullock, J.M., Bascompte, J., 2025. The Roles of Space and Food-Web Complexity in Mediating Ecological Recovery. Ecol Lett, 28 (11), e70254.
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• Zou, Y., Crowther, T.W., Smith, G.R., Ma, H., Mo, L., Bialic-Murphy, L., Potapov, P., Gawecka, K.A., Xu, C., Negret, P.J., Lauber, T., Wu, Z., Rebindaine, D., Zohner, C.M., 2025. Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020. Science, 389 (6765), 1151-1156.
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• Pedraza, F., Gawecka, K.A., Bascompte, J., 2025. Coevolution increases robustness to extinctions in mutualistic but not exploitative communities. Ecology, 106 (3), e70044.
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• Pedraza, F., Liu, H., Gawecka, K.A., Bascompte, J., 2024. The Role of Indirect Effects in Coevolution along the Mutualism-Antagonism Continuum. Am Nat, 203 (1), 28-42.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Bascompte, J., 2023. Habitat restoration and the recovery of metacommunities. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Pedraza, F., Bascompte, J., 2022. Effects of habitat destruction on coevolving metacommunities. Ecol Lett, 25 (12), 2597-2610.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Cui, W., Taborda, D.M.G., Potts, D.M., Zdravkovi, L., Loukas, A., 2021. Predictive modelling of thermo-active tunnels in London Clay. GEOTECHNIQUE, 71 (8), 735-748.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Bascompte, J., 2021. Habitat restoration in spatially explicit metacommunity models. J Anim Ecol, 90 (5), 1239-1251.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., Potts, D.M., Sailer, E., Cui, W., Zdravkovic, L., 2020. Finite-Element Modeling of Heat Transfer in Ground Source Energy Systems with Heat Exchanger Pipes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS, 20 (5).
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• Cui, W., Tsiampousi, A., Potts, D.M., Gawecka, K.A., Zdravkovic, L., 2020. Numerical Modeling of Time-Dependent Thermally Induced Excess Pore Fluid Pressures in a Saturated Soil. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 146 (4).
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• Cui, W., Potts, D.M., Zdravkovic, L., Gawecka, K.A., Tsiampousi, A., 2019. Formulation and application of 3D THM-coupled zero-thickness interface elements. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 116.
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• Cui, W., Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., Potts, D.M., Zdravkovic, L., 2019. Time-step constraints for finite element analysis of two-dimensional transient heat diffusion. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 108, 1-6.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Potts, D.M., Cui, W., Taborda, D.M.G., Zdraykovic, L., 2018. A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element formulation of one-dimensional beam elements for three-dimensional analysis. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 104, 29-41.
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• Cui, W., Potts, D.M., Zdraykovic, L., Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., Tsiampousi, A., 2018. A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element formulation for curved beams in two-dimensions. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 103, 103-114.
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• Cui, W., Gawecka, K.A., Potts, D.M., Taborda, D.M.G., Zdravkovic, L., 2018. A Petrov-Galerkin finite element method for 2D transient and steady state highly advective flows in porous media. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 100, 158-173.
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• Cui, W., Potts, D.M., Zdravkovic, L., Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., 2018. An alternative coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element formulation for fully saturated soils. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 94, 22-30.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., Potts, D.M., Cui, W., Zdravkovic, L., Kasri, M.S.H., 2017. Numerical modelling of thermo-active piles in London Clay. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, 170 (3), 201-219.
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• Cui, W., Gawecka, K.A., Taborda, D.M.G., Potts, D.M., Zdravkovic, L., 2016. Time-step constraints in transient coupled finite element analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, 106 (12), 953-971.
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• Cui, W., Gawecka, K.A., Potts, D.M., Taborda, D.M.G., Zdravkovic, L., 2016. Numerical analysis of coupled thermo-hydraulic problems in geotechnical engineering. GEOMECHANICS FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 6, 22-34.
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Conferences

• Zdravković, L., Cui, W., Gawecka, K., Liu, R., Potts, D., Sailer, E., Taborda, D., 2020. Numerical Modelling of Thermo-Active Piles. In: Piling 2020 23/03/2020 London, UK.
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• Liu, R., Taborda, D., Gawecka, K., Cui, W., Potts, D., 2019. Computational study on the effects of boundary conditions on the modelled thermally induced axial stresses in thermo-active piles. In: XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 01/09/2019 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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• Potts, D., Cui, W., Gawecka, K., Taborda, D., Zdravković, L., 2018. Numerical modelling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical problems: Challenges and pitfalls. In: 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering 25/06/2018 Porto, Portugal.
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• Cui, W., Tsiampousi, A., Potts, D., Gawecka, K., Zdravković, L., Taborda, D., 2018. Finite element modelling of excess pore fluid pressure around a heat source buried in saturated soils. In: 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering 25/06/2018 Porto, Portugal.
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• Gawecka, K.A., Potts, D.M., Taborda, D.M.G., Cui, W., Zdravkovic, L., 2016. Effects of transient phenomena on the behaviour of thermo-active piles. ENERGY GEOTECHNICS, 71-78.
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• Martinez Calonge, D., Gawecka, K., Zdravković, L., Sim, W.W., Taborda, D., 2015. Development of a new temperature-controlled triaxial apparatus for saturated soils. In: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 13/09/2015 Edinburgh, UK.
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• Cui, W., Gawecka, K., Potts, D., Taborda, D., Zdravković, L., 2015. Numerical modelling of open-loop ground source energy systems. In: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 13/09/2015 Edinburgh, UK.
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Theses

• Gawecka, K., 2017. Numerical analysis of geothermal piles. Imperial College London.
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Preprints

• Gawecka, K., Bullock, J., 2026. The Finite Element method to aid modelling of complex ecological systems.
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• Gawecka, K., Pedraza, F., de Andreazzi, C., Bascompte, J., 2025. Quantifying the geographic mosaic of coevolutionary temperature: from coldspots to hotspots.
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• Lula Costa, A.P., Gawecka, K., D'Andrea, P.S., Winck, G., de Andreazzi, C., 2025. Moving from the Dilution Effect to Dilution Landscapes: Effects of Natural Vegetation Cover and Fragmentation on Host-parasite Eco-evolutionary Dynamics.
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Grants

• EcoRestor - Designing ecosystem restoration for effective recovery and resilience (European Commission, 10 Jun 2024). Completed
• Ecosystem restoration: designing for efficient recovery (University of Zurich, 01 Sep 2022). Completed
• Numerical Analysis of Geothermal Structures (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01 Oct 2013). Completed