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Academic Achievements

  • 2012PhD
    • Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences, discipline of geology, Jagiellonian University
    • Doctoral thesis: "The structure and the evolution of the Alpine age shear zones in the crystalline rocks of the Polish part of the Western Tatra Mts."
  • 2006Master's Degree
    • Master's Degree at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
    • Thesis topic: "Mineralogical and petrological investigation of gneissic exotics from Cisna sandstone (Wolosate area, Dukla Unit)"

Professional Experience

  • Since 2016 – Jagiellonian University, Position: Assistant Professor with a PhD title
  • 2013-2016 – Jagiellonian University, Position: Assistant with a PhD title

Positions Held

  • 2018-2020 – Project Manager for "BioGeoInternships: High-quality professional internships for students of biology and Earth Sciences" financed under the Operational Program "Knowledge, Education, Development"
  • 2016-2018 – Project Manager for "High-quality professional internships developing competencies for students of biology and Earth Sciences" financed under the Operational Program "Knowledge, Education, Development"
  • Since 2013 – Jagiellonian University, Coordinator for professional internships

Awards and Honours

Rector's Distinction at UJ in the category of "Assessment of Teaching Activities" (based on student survey results) – 2019/2020

Scientific Interests

  • Structural geology with a special focus on the topology of lineament networks
  • Planetary geology
  • Digital photogrammetry in geology
  • Remote sensing

Selected Scientific Publications

  • J. Kozakiewicz, J., Kania, M., Salata, D. & Nowak, L., 2023. Sands on Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128: e2023JE007804. doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007804
  • Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2023. Tectonic structures interpretation using airborne-based LiDAR DEM on the examples from the polish outer Carpathians. In: Misra A.A. & Mukherjee S. (eds), Atlas of structural geological and geomorphological interpretation of remote sensing images. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, pp. 157–166. doi.org/10.1002/9781119813392
  • Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2023. Geometry and topology of a Polish Outer Carpathian digital-elevation-model-interpreted lineament network in the context of regional tectonics. Solid Earth, 14(5): 515–528. doi.org/10.5194/se-14-515-2023
  • Radwan, A.E.A., Trippetta, F., Kassem, A.A., & Kania, M., 2021. Multi-scale characterization of unconventional tight carbonate reservoir: insights from October oil filed, Gulf of Suez rift basin, Egypt. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 197: 107968. doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107968
  • Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2020. Geometry and topology of tectonolineaments in the Gorce Mts. (Outer Carpathians) in Poland. Journal of Structural Geology, 141: 104186. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104186​

International Experience

  • Erasmus+ Scholarship, Pune, India, 2020
  • Erasmus+ Scholarship, Bergen, Norway, 2019
  • CEEPUS Scholarship, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2007

Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences

  • 4th National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2022 – poster session, organization
  • XX Congress of CBGA, Plovdiv, 2022 – poster session
  • 3rd National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2021 – organization
  • 51th Tectonic Studies Group Meeting, Online Meeting, 2021 – poster session
  • 2nd National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2020 – organization
  • XIX Congress of CBGA, Salzburg, 2018 – poster session
  • 14th Meeting of Central European Tectonic Group (CETEG), Predna Hora, 2016
  • Tatra Geological Workshops, Zakopane, 2013 – co-leading the "Tectonics" block