Academic Achievements

• 2020 –​ Titular Professor with the honorary title of Full Professor
• 2005 – Full Professor
• 2001 – Associate Professor
• 1996 – Habilitation
  • Postdoctoral degree in natural sciences, in the field of Earth sciences, specializing in geology at the Jagiellonian University
  • Habilitation work: „Taxonomy and palaeoecology of flysch trace fossils: The Marnoso-arenacea Formation and associated facies (Miocene, Northern Apennines, Italy)”, published in Beringeria (Würzburg), 15: 3–115
• 1990 – PhD
  • Jagiellonian University, Doctoral degree in the field of Earth sciences, specializing in geology
  • Dissertation topic: „Trace fossils in the Krynica and Bystrzyckie zones of the Magura Plateau (Polish Outer Carpathians)”
• 1984 – Master's Degree
  • Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences
  • Thesis topic: „Choczańska Jura in the Kościeliska Valley region”

Functions and Memberships in Scientific Organizations and Corporations

• 2024–present – Chairperson of the Faculty Committee for the Promotion Procedure to the Position of University Professor
• 2020–present – Member of the Faculty Competition Committee [Faculty of Geography and Geology at Jagiellonian University]
• 2019–present – Member of the Council of the Discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Jagiellonian University
• 2016–2020 – Member of the Permanent Senate Committee for Scientific Staff and Competitions for the Position of Professor at the Jagiellonian University
• 2014–2017 – Member of the Professors' Committee at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at the Jagiellonian University
• 2013–2016 – Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Units
• 2012–present – Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association – national representative
• 2012–2018 – International Ichnological Association – president
• 2012–2016 – Deputy member of the Standing Senate Committee on Academic Staff and Professorial Competitions at Jagiellonian University
• 2012 – Member of the Expert Team in the field of Exact and Technical Sciences at the National Science Centre
• 2010–2021 – Head of the Laboratory of Geodynamics and Environmental Geology at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Jagiellonian University
• 2002–2008 – Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences at Jagiellonian University
• 2002–2005 – Member of the Faculty Competition Committee [Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at Jagiellonian University]
• 2000–2002 – Member of the Faculty Committee for the 5th Framework Program of the European Union
• 2000–2002 – Representative of the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences in the Program Board of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Studies
• 1999–2002 – Member of the Faculty Committee for the Socrates/Erasmus Program
• 1996–present – Member of scientific councils: Faculty of Geography and Geology (since 2018), Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at Jagiellonian University (1996-2018), Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (terms 2007-2010; 2011-2014; 2015-2018), Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (terms 2019-2022; 2024-2026), Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences (terms 2007-2010; 2011-2014), Polish Geological Institute (2008-2011)
• 1996–1997 – Member of the Disciplinary Committee for Academic Teachers at Jagiellonian University

Awards and Honours

• Gold Cross of Merit – 2022
• Honorary Badge "Meritorious for Polish Geology" – 2022
• Jagiellonian University Rector's Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the years 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Ministry of Environment Award for special scientific-research achievements in the field of environmental protection, shaping, and use, and its resources (Stratigraphic Tables of Poland-Carpathians; Ministry of Environment; Alfred Uchman, Nestor Oszczypko, 2009)
• Jubilee Award of the Jagiellonian University Rector for work at the university – 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
• Wawrzyniec Teisseyre's Scientific Award of the Seventh Division of Earth Sciences and Mining of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1999
• Henryk Świdziński Scientific Award, Polish Geological Society, 1999
• Ludwik Zejszner Scientific Award, Polish Geological Society, 1992
• K. Beres Scholarship for young science workers, Polish Geological Society, 1990
• World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2020 (Stanford University's list; https://topresearcherslist.com)

Scientific Interests

• Invertebrate ichnology
• Stratigraphy, sedimentology and facies analysis
• Regional geology

Selected Scientific Publications

• Uchman, A. & Wetzel, A. 2024. Sequestrichnia – an ethological category of marine trace fossils recording the collection and stowage of nutritional material within burrows. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 23(22): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a22
• Uchman, A., Hsieh, S., Ninard, K., Łapcik, P. & Łaska, W. 2024. Bioturbation in stabilized Quaternary inland dunes of the European Sand Belt in Poland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 640: 112091. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112091
• Pieńkowski, G., Uchman, A., Ninard, K., Page, K.N. & Hesselbo, S.P. 2024. Early Jurassic extrinsic solar system dynamics versus intrinsic Earth processes – Toarcian sedimentation and benthic life in deep-sea contourite drift facies, Cardigan Bay Basin, UK. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 11: 18. [34 pp] doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00612-3
• Uchman, A., Johnson, M. E., Ramalho, R. S., Quartau, R., Berning, B., Hipólito, A., Melo, C. S., Rebelo, A. C., Cordeiro, R. & Ávila, S. P., 2020. Neogene marine sediments and biota encapsulated between lava flows on Santa Maria Island (Azores, north‐east Atlantic): an interplay between sedimentary, erosional and volcanic processes. Sedimentology, 67(7): 3595–3618. doi.org/10.1111/sed.12763
• Uchman, A. & Rattazzi, B., 2019. The trace fossil Circulichnis as a record of feeding exploration: new data from deep-sea Oligocene-Miocene deposits of northern Italy. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 18(1): 1–12. doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2018.05.002

International Experience

• Field research in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Georgia, Spain, India, Jordan, Lithuania, Morocco, Germany, Norway (including Spitsbergen), Portugal (including Azores), Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Hungary, Great Britain, Italy, Cape Verde Islands
  Conference stays, field sessions, and others in Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, France, Spain, Netherlands, India, Israel, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Lesotho, Latvia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Great Britain
• 1992-1994, 1996 – Humboldt Foundation Scholarship at the Institute of Paleontology, University of Würzburg, Germany
• 1992 – Z. Pełczyński Scholarship, Oxford, England

Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences

• 11th International Cretaceous Symposium Warsaw, Poland, August 22-26, 2022 – member of the scientific committee
• 9th International Bioerosion Workshop, Rome, Italy, October 23nd–27th, 2017 – member of the scientific committee
• International Ichnofabric Workshop – Çanakkale, Turkey, 2013 – member of the scientific committee, co-leading field sessions
• LXXIX Congress of the Polish Geological Society, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Poland, 2010 – co-chair
• 10th International Ichnofabric Workshop w Jazouo, Henan, China, 2009 – member of the organizing committee
• International Congress on Ichnology, Krakow, Poland, 2008 – president
• 9 Paleontological Conference, Warsaw, Poland, October 10–11, 2008 – member of the organizing committee
• 20th Scientific Conference of Paleobiologists and Biostratigraphers of the Polish Geological Society - Św. Katarzyna pod Łysicą, Poland, September 10-13, 2007 – member of the organizing committee
• International Congress on the Jurassic System, Krakow, Poland, September 6-18, 2006 – member of the organizing committee
• Workshop on Ichnotaxonomy, Krakow, and Tymbark – organizer and facilitator
• 19th Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999 – member of the organizing committee
• Congress of the Polish Geological Society in Koninki, 1992 – secretary

Membership in Scientific Organizations and Corporations

• Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences – since 2025
• Regular Member of the Polish Academy of Art and Sciences – since 2023
• Member of the Board of the Committee of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences – terms 2020-2023; 2011–2014; 2007–2010
• Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences – since 2016
• Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association – national representative since 2012
• Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Art and Sciences – since 2011
• Polish Geological Society – member of the Audit Committee of the Krakow Branch – 2011-2014; member of the Main Board – 2003-2005
• International Ichnological Association – member since 2010, president 2012-2018
• International Association of Sedimentologists – 2001-2007

Editorial Membership in Scientific Journals

• Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae – Editor-in-Chief – since 2012
• Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology – member of the Advisory Board since 2014
• Ichnos – Associate Editor – od 2020
• Acta Geologica Polonica – member of the Advisory Board – since 2010
• Geologica Carpathica – member of the Advisory Board – since 2008
• Volumina Jurassica – member of the Editorial Board – since 2005
• Wszechświat – member of the Editorial Board – od 2021