Academic Achievements
- 2012 – PhD
- 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."
- 2006 – Master'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