PhD of Earth Sciences at Faculty of Geography and Geology, Jagiellonian University
PhD thesis: "Late-Holocene environmental changes and anthropopression recorded in inland dune deposits of central and eastern Poland"
2017 – Master’s degree
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geological Cartography and Structural Geology
Master thesis: "Glaciotectonics of the Leszno Lakeland during the Vistulian glaciation"
2015 – Bachelor’s degree
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geological Cartography and Structural Geology
Bachelor thesis: "Glaciotectonic structures of Trzebnica Hills"
Professional Experience
From 2022 – Research Assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
2016-2017 – Lecturer, Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
Scientific Interests
Quaternary geology
Multivariate statistics
Time series analysis and cyclostratigraphy
Current Research
Stratigraphy of Central European dune deposits
Record of orbital and solar cyclicity in deep-marine sedimentary environments
Application of principal components analysis in sedimentological studies
Selected Scientific Publications
Jach, R., Ninard, K., Uchman, A., Sikora, R. & Schlögl, J., 2026. Orbital forcing in Lower Jurassic rhythmically bedded basinal carbonates: implications for depositional environment, benthic life, and stratigraphy. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 13(1), 53. doi.org/10.1186/s40645-026-00839-2
Kuźma, A., Ninard, K. & Uchman, A., 2026. Astronomical forcing of Lower Cretaceous deep-marine turbidites in the Outer Western Carpathians (southern Poland). Geological Quarterly, 70-13. doi.org/10.7306/gq.1858
Ninard, K., Hrynowiecka, A., Górecki, A., Cywa, K., Piotrowska, N. & Kłusek, M., 2025. Radiocarbon dates from deposits sampled at the Vistula Spit canal excavation (Southern Baltic coast, Poland). Radiocarbon, 67(6): 1301-1309. doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2025.10158
Ninard, K., Uchman, A., Pieńkowski, G. & Hesselbo, S. P., 2024. From Jurassic deep-sea life to deterministic Solar System dynamics: Insights from recurrence plot analysis of ichnological data, Toarcian, Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) borehole, UK. Volumina Jurassica, 22: 25-34. https://vjs.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/34323
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(1), 18. doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00612-3
International Experience
September 2026 – Vilnius University, Lithuania; study visit under the Teaching-Engagement-Development (TED) program
June 2026 – VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; visit under the Erasmus+ program
February 2026 – Brock University, Canada; didactic internship under the Teaching-Engagement-Development (TED) program
June 2025 – Sicily and Calabria, Italy; fieldwork under the NCN SONATA 18 grant
May 2025 – Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tangier, Morocco; working visit and fieldwork under the NCN SONATA 18 grant
February 2025 – University of Granada, Spain; visit under the Erasmus+ program
October 2024 – Camborne School of Mines, UK; working visit under the NCN OPUS 13 grant
Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences
89th Scientific Meeting of Polish Geological Society, 2025 – oral presentation, leading the field trip
38th IAS International Meeting of Sedimentology, Huelva, 2025 – oral presentation
37th International Geological Congress, Busan, 2024 – oral presentation
Dni Nauk o Ziemi, Kraków, 2024 – organization of the field trip
