Academic Achievements

• 2019 – University Professor
• 2013 – Habilitation
  • Jagiellonian University, Doctor of Science (doctor habilitatus) in geology
  • Habilitation work: "Calcareous nannofossils as tool of biostratigraphy and environment analysis of the Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits"
• 2002 – PhD
  • Jagiellonian University, PhD in geology
  • Dissertation: "Calcareous nannofossils stratigraphy and paleobiogeography of the Opole Trough and lower Idzików beds deposits"
• 1994 – Master degree
  • Jagiellonian University, Master degree in stratigraphy and palaeontology
  • Thesis: "Calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental analysis of the Turonian and Coniacian in the Opole city vicinity"

Professional Experience

• 2019-recent – Jagiellonian University, environmental studies, sclerochronology; Position: University Professor
• 2013-2019 – Jagiellonian University, micropalaeontology, palaeoenvironment; Position: Associate Professor with habilitation
• 2004-2013 – Jagiellonian University, micropalaeontology, palaeoenvironment; Position: Associate Professor
• 2002-2004 – Jagiellonian University, stratigraphy, micropalaeontology; Position: Assistant Professor with PhD
• 1994-2002 – Jagiellonian University, stratigraphy; Position: Assistant Professor with MSc

Positions Held

• 2020-present – Jagiellonian University, Coordinator of Priority Research Area Anthropocene
• 2017-present – Jagiellonian University, Director of Institute of Geological Sciences
• 2016-2017 – Jagiellonian University, V-ce Director of Institute of Geological Sciences

Awards and Honours

Awarded seven times by HM Rector of the Jagiellonian University for the scientific and organizational achievements

Scientific Interests

• Calcareous nannoplankton (stratygraphy, paleoecology, taphonomy)
• Paleoceanography and climate of Late Cretaceous
• Carbonate sedimentology and ichnology
• Cyclostratigraphy
• Mesozoic glaciations
• Bioevents in Earth history

Selected Scientific Publications

• Wierzbicki, A. & Kędzierski, M., 2020. Maastrichtian climate changes – the calcareous nannofossil record from flysch deposits of the Outer Carpathians. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 90: 447–462. doi.org/10.14241/asgp.2020.19
• Kędzierski, M. & Kruk, P.M., 2018. Similarity and provenance of underpainting chalk grounds based on their nannofossil assemblages cluster analysis. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 34: 13. doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.04.008
• Sachs, S., Jagt, J.W.M., Niedźwiedzki, R., Kędzierski, M., Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. & Kear, B.P., 2018. Turonian marine amniotes from the Opole area in southwest Poland. Cretaceous Research, 84: 578–587. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.002
• Kędzierski, M., Uchman, A., Sawłowicz, Z. & Briguglio, A., 2015. Fossilized bioelectric wire – the trace fossil Trichichnus. Biogeosciences, 12: 2301–2309. doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2301-2015
• Kędzierski, M. & Leszczyński, S., 2013. A paleoceanographic model for the Late Campanian–Early Maastrichtian sedimentation in the Polish Carpathian Flysch basin based on nannofossils. Marine Micropaleontology, 102: 34–50. doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.06.001

International Experience

• 2016, 2017, June – University of Zagreb, CEEPUS exchange for teachers
• 2015, May – University of Tirana, CEEPUS exchange for teachers
• 2012, June – Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca University, CEEPUS exchange for teachers
• 2011, June – University of Lubljana, CEEPUS exchange for teachers
• 2006, March – University of Granada, Erasmus exchange
• 1996, October - 1997, August – GeoLab co-operation Drill Lab, oil and gas recover, mud-logging
• 1995, September - 1996, March – University College London, TEMPUS exchange
• 1994, March – Czech Geological Survey, Prague, direct exchange

International Conferences

• 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Vienna, 2017 – posters
• Iran Geological Society Symposium, Teheran, 2015 - poster, oral presentation, national representative
• Sediment 2011, Leipzig (Germany), 2011 – poster
• 9th International Nannoplankton Association Conference, University of Lisboa, 2004 – poster and oral presentation
• 8th International Nannoplankton Association Conference, University of Bremen (Germany), 2000 – poster
• Fifth International Cretaceous Symposium and Second Workshop on Inoceramids, Freiberg/ Saxony, Freiberg Univ. Mining and Technology (Germany), 1996 – poster
• Second International Symposium on Cretaceous Stage Boundaries, Brussels, 1995 – poster
• IGCP 362 Project Annual Meeting, Smolenice (Slovakia), 1994 – poster

National Conferences

• VII Polish Sedimentological Conference POKOS, Góra Św. Anny, 4-7.06.2018 – guide of the field trip
• IV Polish Sedimentological Conference POKOS, Smołdzino, 2010 – poster
• II Polish Sedimentological Conference POKOS, Zwierzyniec, 2006 – oral presentation
• I Polish Sedimentological Conference POKOS, Zakopane, 2004 – oral presentation, guide of the field trip
• II Meeting of the Polish Working Group of the Jurassic System „Jurassica, Starachowice, 2001 – oral presentation
• XVII Palaeontological Conference, Kraków, 2000 – posters
• LXVIII Meeting of the Geological Society of Poland, Zakopane, 1997 – oral presentation, guide of the field trip
• Meeting of the Sedimentological Division of the Geological Society of Poland, Warszawa, 1996 – oral presentation
• Meeting of the Sedimentological Division of the Geological Society of Poland, Kraków, 1995 – oral presentation

Membership in Scientific Organizations

• Polish Geological Society
• International Nannoplantkon Association

Editorial Membership in Scientific Journals

• Managing Editor – Versita Open Access Books Project – 2012
• Technical Editor – Geoscientific Colloquium: Reports – 2006-2008
• Editor - Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae – 2006-2007