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Courses – Academic Year 2024/25

  • Imaging, microanalysis and selected spectroscopic methods – laboratory class, lecture
  • Anthropocene – lecture
  • Environmental management – seminar, lecture
  • Petrology and evolution of the lithosphere – discussion class, lecture
  • Solid waste management – lecture, exercises, field exercises
  • Contemporary problems in petrology – discussion class
  • Petrology – lecture
  • Magister laboratory class – workshop/laboratory class
  • Licencjat (Bachelor) degree laboratory – exercises
  • Diploma (magister) workshop – practical exercises
  • Diploma (licencjat) workshop – workshop/laboratory class

Courses Conducted in Previous Years

  • Field trips in dynamic geology (Geology major)
  • Mineralogy – lecture and exercises (Geology major and Biology-Geology-Nature Conservation major)
  • Methods of sedimentary rock analysis (Geology major)
  • Mineralogy and petrology of pelitic rocks / Clay minerals - lecture and exercises (Geology major)
  • Seminar on ore geology (Geology major)
  • Master's seminar (Geology major)
  • Methods of clastic material provenance analysis – lecture for doctoral students
  • Environmental protection and shaping – lecture and exercises (Geology major and Biology-Geology-Nature Conservation major)
  • Methods of clastic material origin analysis in arenites – monographic lecture (Geology major)
  • Diagenesis of clastic sediments – monographic lecture (Geology major)
  • Methods of mineralogical analysis – lecture and exercises (Geology major)
  • Petrology – lecture (Geology major and Biology-Geology-Nature Conservation major)
  • Field classes – practice in Lower Silesia (Geology major)
  • Field classes – practice in the Pieniny and Tatra Mountains (Geology major)
  • Contemporary issues in petrology (colloquium) (Geology major)
  • Building stones, analytical methods, deterioration and mechanisms of deterioration (lecture) (Postgraduate Studies)
  • Solid waste management (Natural Resource Management major)
  • Waste in raw material policy (Geology major)
  • Anthropocene (Geology major)
  • Anthropocene – natural and social issues (Geology major)

Teaching Experience – Theses Supervision

Supervisor: 9 PhD Thesis (+ 1 in progress), 77 MSc Thesis, 12 BSc Thesis

Topics of Theses Supervised

  • PhD Theses:

    • Forms of occurrence of Zn, Pb, As and Cd in weathering environments developed on wastes from the mining and processing of Zn and Pb deposits near Olkusz, 2014
    • Mineralogical-geochemical study on granular disintegration of granites based on selected examples from Poland, 2013
    • Mineral and chemical composition of blast furnace and converter slags and products of their experimental transformations, 2012
    • Monazite reactions and total U-Th-Pb geochronology in provenance studies of clastic material of sedimentary rocks: an example of the Western Outer Carpathians flysch, 2009
    • Contact changes related to Tertiary basaltoids in southwestern Poland (based on selected occurrences), 2009
    • Lead sources and genesis of Zn-Pb deposits in the Silesian-Krakow region in the light of isotopic studies, 2009
    • Petrogenesis of Tertiary volcanic rocks from southwestern Poland, 2006
    • Mineralogical-geochemical aspects of podzolization processes in soils developed on crystalline rocks in the Tatra Mountains, 2003
    • Synthesis of zeolites from fly ashes as potential applications of mineral waste materials, 2003
  • Master's Theses:
    • Sources and characteristics of anthropogenic spherules, 2021
    • Analysis of airborne solid particles from Kraków and Spitsbergen, 2020
    • Mineral compounds in aerosols in the air in Krakow, 2019
    • Characteristics of sulphate aerosols in Cracow, 2019
    • Evaluation of environmental impact of fly ash (based on results of experimental extraction), 2019
    • Phase analysis of bottom ash from municipal waste incineration in Cracow, 2019
    • Mineralization connected with tectonic zones in western part of Polish Outer Carpathians, 2017
    • Mineralogical characteristics of sediments from the Gdansk Deep, 2017
    • Chemical composition of micas in granitoids of the Tatra Mountains, 2016
    • Minerals from the shear zone on Mount Szpiglasowy Wierch in the High Tatra Mountains, 2016
    • Mineral composition of indoor aerosols, 2015
    • “Reduction spots” in Rotliegend sandstones from the Lower Silesia, 2015
    • Chemical and mineral composition of ashes from biomass combustion in the medium size boiler, 2015
    • Form and composition of minerals crusts on building in Cracow, 2015
    • Mineralogical and chemical composition of aerosols in Kraków, 2014
    • Phase and chemical composition of the slag from arsenic smelter in Złoty Stok, 2014
    • Phase and chemical composition of dust emitted into the atmosphere from selected industrial plants in Krakow, 2014
    • Mineralogical and geochemical analysis of sediments of the Southern Baltic Sea, 2012
    • Metagranites and other rocks associated with deformation zones from Wedel Jarlsberg Land (SW Spitsbergen), 2012
    • The mineral and chemical composition of the High Tatra granitoids from cataclasis and mylonitization zones in comparison with non-deformed granitoids, 2012
    • Barium-rich secondary potassium feldspars from hydrothermally altered magmatic rocks of Pieniny Mts., 2011
    • Mineral and chemical composition of metallurgical slags from Kuźnice and their effect on enviroment, 2011
    • Annual variability of mineral and chemical composition of aerosols in Kraków, Poland, 2011
    • Experimental transformation of fly ash from the power industry, 2011
    • Characteristic of deformed rocks at the contact of crystalline and sedimentary rocks in the High Tatra Mountains, 2010
    • An influence of lichens from Rhizocarpon genus on weathering of granitoids in the Tatra Mountains, 2010
    • Transformation phyllosilicates in acid environment of pyrite-bearing schists weathering zone in Wieściszowice (Rudawy Janowickie Mts.), 2007
    • Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal processes and episyenitization in granite from Strzeblów, 2007
    • Weathering of accessory minerals from granitoids in podzolic soils in The Tatra Mts, 2007
    • Petrographic and geochemical analysis of granites from Straconka Hill (Jelenia Góra basin), 2007
    • Hydrothermal alterations in Sowie Góry gneisses from the former uranium mine "Rusinów" near Wałbrzych in Lower Silesia, 2007
    • Petrological and mineralogical investigation of exotics from Carpathian Flysch (Silesian Unit, Ciecień - Grodzisko Range), 2006
    • Genesis and stability of REE, U and Th phosphates in magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks from selected localities in Poland, 2006
    • Carbonates and other Ca-containing secondary minerals in the Tatra granitoids, 2005
    • Accessory minerals and internal melts in upper mantle xenoliths from basalts occurrences in Lower Silesia area, 2005
    • Petrographical characteristic of the Pieniny andesites, 2005
    • Diagenesis of Cracow Sandstone Series sandstones, 2005
    • Phosphate mineral transformations in Tatra granitoids, 2004
    • Petrographic and mineralogical characterization of granite from Bugaj, 2004
    • Fe-Ti oxides in selected basaltoids of Lower Silesia and Opole Silesia, 2004
    • Celadonite and other products of Lower Permian hydrothermal transformations of volcanic rocks from the Lubiechowa region (North Sudetic Basin), 2003
    • Diagenetic processes in the red sparn layer formations of the Śródsudecka Trough, 2002
    • Petrology of Filipowice tuff from Kowalska Góra, 2002
    • Accessory minerals in Tatra granitoids, 2002
    • Analysis of secondary layered silicates from Tatra granitoids, 2001
    • Contact and hydrothermal changes in Pieniny andesites from Jarmuta, 2001
    • Mineralogical characterization of heavy mineral assemblages from Rybi Potok, Roztoka, and Goryczkowy Potok streams in the Tatra Mountains, 2001
    • Phosphate minerals in Tatra granitoids, 2001
    • Fe-Ti oxides and mafic minerals in Tatra granitoids, 2001
    • Characterization of heavy mineral assemblies from stream alluvium in the Western Tatra Mountains, 2001
    • Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of granitoids from the region of Czarny Staw pod Rysami in the Tatra Mountains, 2000
    • Monazites from Libiąż sandstones of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin and their origin, 2000
    • Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of Tatra granitoids in the area of Morskie Oko cirque, 2000
    • Silicate minerals in carbonate rocks of the Kriżniańska unit in the Tatra Mountains, 1999
    • Clay minerals and carbonaceous substances from internal alluvial deposits of the Olkusz Zn-Pb deposits, 1999
    • Silicates in halites from the Bochnia deposit, 1998
    • Mineralogical study of zeolites from Tertiary basalts of Lower Silesia, 1997
    • Impact of polluted atmosphere on sandstones of historic buildings in Krakow, 1997
    • Petrographic and mineralogical characterization of granitoids in the Pięciu Stawów Polskich valley in the Tatra Mountains, 1997
    • Petrography of exotics from Upper Carboniferous formations of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, 1996
    • Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of Tatra granitoids in the Dolina Pańszczycy region, 1996
    • Comparison of heavy mineral assemblages from sandstones and exotics of the Kraków sandstone series, 1996
    • Accessory minerals in Permian basalts of Lower Silesia, 1996
    • Petrology of ultramafic xenoliths from selected occurrences in Tertiary basalts of Lower Silesia, 1995
    • Petrology of Tertiary basaltoids from selected occurrences in Lower Silesia and Opole Silesia, 1995
    • Graphite schists of the Western Tatras, 1995
    • Silicate minerals in Ret and Gogolin beds near Olkusz, 1995
    • Layered silicates in carbonate rocks within ore bodies and their surroundings in the Silesian-Krakow Zn-Pb ore deposits, 1995
    • Contact changes in Pieniny andesites and cover rocks, 1995
    • Petrography of migmatites from Wyspa Gorczykowa (Tatra Mountains), 1995
    • Silicate minerals in Ret and Gogolin beds near Chrzanów, 1994
    • Analysis of zircons and opaque minerals from Paszowa 1 and Ciosowa IG-1 drill holes, 1994
    • Petrographic and mineralogical characterization of granitoids and metamorphic rock enclaves from the Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy cirque in the Tatra Mountains, 1994
    • Petrography and mineralogy of red sparn layers in the "Konrad" mine in the Śródsudecka Trough, 1994
    • Weathering processes of rock construction materials from the Floriańska Gate in Krakow, 1993
    • Petrographic characterization of Culm sandstones from selected drilling profiles in southeastern Poland, 1992
    • Mineralogy of Slawkow clays, 1992
  • Bachelor's Theses:
    • Chemical composition of tar balls in aerosols in Kraków, 2020
    • Weathering of granite buildings materials from the Cathedral in Świdnica, 2019
    • Origin of macrocrystals from volcanic rocks from São Miguel island in Azores archipelago, 2018
    • Forms of occurrence of non-ferrous metals in slags from municipal waste incineration, 2018
    • Morphological and chemical diversity of fractions of particulate matter in the center of Cracow, 2017
    • Microdislocations in the Seis sandstones in the Tatra Mts., 2016
    • Phyllosilicates in the matrix of Seis sandstones in the Tatra Mts., 2016
    • Carbonaceous particles (BCP; black carbon particles) in the soils of NE margins of Krakow, 2016
    • Comparative study of solid air pollution emitted from petrol engines under different operating conditions, 2016
    • Comparative studies of solid particle air pollution emitted from diesel engines under different operating conditions, 2016
    • Magnetic components in soils in NE margin of Cracow, 2016
    • Identification of minerals in mantle xenoliths in volcanic rocks from Lower Silesia, 2006