2019 – University Professor at the Jagiellonian University
2014 – Habilitation
Jagiellonian University, obtaining the academic degree of habilitated doctor in the field of natural sciences, in the discipline of Earth sciences and geology
2003 – PhD
Jagiellonian University, obtaining the academic degree of doctor in the field of Earth sciences and geology
Doctoral thesis topic: "Mineralogical-geochemical aspects of podzolization process in soils developed on crystalline rocks in the Tatra Mountains"
1999 – Master's Degree
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences
Thesis topic: "Silicate minerals in carbonate rocks of the Triassic Kriżna Unit on the example of samples from the Jaworzynka Valley in the Tatra Mountains"
Scientific Interests
Layered phyllosilicate mineralogy
Modern methods of instrumental analysis (X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy)
Current Research
Transformations and formation of clay minerals in geological environments
Nature of dioctahedral vermiculite
Glauconite weathering
Selected Scientific Publications
Makiel, M., Skiba, M., Kisiel, M., Maj-Szeliga, K., Błachowski, A., Szymański, W. & Salata, D., 2022. Formation of iron oxyhydroxides as a result of glauconite weathering in soils of temperate climate. Geoderma, 416: 115780. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115780
Szymański, W., Drewnik, M., Stolarczyk, M., Musielok, Ł., Gus-Stolarczyk, M., Skiba, M., 2022. Occurrence and stability of organic intercalation in clay minerals from permafrost-affected soils in the High Arctic: a case study from Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Geoderma, 408: 115591. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115591
Kowalska, J. B., Skiba, M., Maj-Szeliga, K., Mazurek, R. & Zaleski, T., 2021. Does calcium carbonate influence clay mineral transformation in soils developed from slope deposits in Southern Poland?. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21: 257–280. doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02764-3
Musielok, Ł., Drewnik, M., Szymański, W., Stolarczyk, M., Gus-Stolarczyk, M. & Skiba, M., 2021. Conditions favoring local podzolization in soils developed from flysch regolith: a case study from the Bieszczady Mountains in southeastern Poland. Geoderma, 381: 114667. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114667
Makiel, M., Skiba, M., Szymański, W., Kisiel, M., Maj-Szeliga, K. & Błachowski, A., 2019. Weathering of glauconite in alkaline soils of temperate climate: a case study from Górniki, eastern Poland. Geoderma, 340: 146–156. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.12.029
International Experience
September 1, 2008 – December 22, 2008 – Geology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, visiting researcher
August 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007 – Desert Research Institute, Reno NV, postdoctoral fellow
