Kamil Hupało is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Having background in molecular phylogeography, his current research interests revolve around studying freshwater biodiversity and ecology using a variety of DNA-based methods including DNA barcoding, genome-wide ddRAD-seq and (e)DNA metabarcoding. In his upcoming research project, he plans to investigate the potential of using eDNA metabarcoding for detecting fish parasite communities in the freshwater ecosystems.