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Academic Achievements

  • 2019University Professor at Jagiellonian University 
  • 2017Habilitation 
    • The postdoctoral degree in the field of natural sciences, specializing in Earth Sciences, particularly in geology Scientific Achievement – a cycle of six publications titled: "The origin of detrital material, depositional environment, and diagenesis conditions of fine-grained rocks containing organic matter defined based on mineralogical and geochemical indicators" at the Jagiellonian University
  • 2004PhD
    • Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences, specializing in geology at the Jagiellonian University, 
    • Dissertation topic: "Paleodepositional environment and early diagenesis conditions of Cretaceous oxygen-deficient sediments in the Polish part of the Pieniny Klippen Belt in light of mineralogical-geochemical research" 
  • 1999Master’s Degree 
    • Master’s Degree at the Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences 
    • Thesis title: "Automorphic and colomorphic precipitates of zinc sulfides from Olkusz deposits"

Professional Experience

  • Since 2019: Professor at Jagiellonian University Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences 
  • 2017–2019: Adjunct with habilitation Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geodynamics and Environmental Geology ING UJ 
  • 2009–2017: Adjunct Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geodynamics and Environmental Geology ING UJ 
  • 2003–2008: Assistant Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Paleozoology 
  • 1999–2004: Doctoral Studies Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences

Positions Held

  • Since 2020: Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Geography and Geology
  • Since 2023: Head of the Organic Geochemistry Laboratory 
  • 2018–2020: Director of Studies for both the first and second degree in Geology

Awards and Honours

  • Team Award of the Rector of JU for academic staff on the occasion of the inauguration of the academic year 2022/2023 
  • Award from the Vice-Rector for Didactics at JU for achieving high scores in the teaching evaluation for the academic year 2018/2019 
  • Special Award from the Deputy Director for Didactic Affairs at ING UJ for didactic achievements in the academic year 2015/2016 
  • Team Award from the Rector of Jagiellonian University awarded in 2006 and 2007 
  • Scientific Award in the name of H. Świdziński in 2007
  • Grant in the name of W. David Wiman from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in 2003

Scientific Interests

  • Paleoenvironmental deposition analysis and detrital material provenance based on petrologic and geochemical indicators 
  • Mineralogical and geochemical evidence of impact
  • Analysis of organic matter

Current Research

  • Menilite-Krosno series – sedimentation environment under changing salinity and oxygen conditions 
  • Fires as an environmental shaping factor – analysis of Eocene amber and plant detritus in Miocene sediments

Selected Scientific Publications

  • Wójcik-Tabol, P., Wendorff-Belon, M., Kosakowski, P., Zakrzewski, A. & Marynowski, L., 2022. Paleoenvironment, organic matter maturity and the hydrocarbon potential of Menilite shales (Silesian Unit, Polish Outer Carpathians): organic and inorganic geochemical proxies. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 142: 105767. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105767
  • Grabowski, J., Chmielewski, A., Ploch, I., Rogov, M., Smoleń, J., Wójcik-Tabol, P., Leszczyński, K. & Maj-Szeliga, K., 2021. Palaeoclimatic changes and inter-regional correlations in the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary interval of the Polish Basin: portable XRF and magnetic susceptibility study. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 54(2): 123–158. doi: 10.1127/nos/2020/0600
  • Grabowski, J., Lakova, I., Petrova, S., Stoykova, K., Ivanova, D., Wójcik-Tabol, P., Sobień, K. & Schnabl, P., 2016. Paleomagnetism and integrated stratigraphy of the Upper Berriasian hemipelagic succession in the Barlya section Western Balkan, Bulgaria: implications for lithogenic input and paleoredox variations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 461: 156–177. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.08.018
  • Wójcik-Tabol, P. & Ślączka, A., 2015. Are Early Cretaceous environmental changes recorded in deposits of the western part of the Silesian Nappe - A geochemical approach. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 417: 293–308. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.040
  • Wójcik-Tabol, P., 2006. Organic carbon accumulation events in the mid-Cretaceous rocks of the Pieniny Klippen Belt (Polish Carpathians) - a petrological and geochemical approach. Geological Quarterly, 50(4): 419–437. https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/7424

International Experience

  • 2019 – SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH Kleve (Germany), ICP-OES training
  • 2001 – University of Salzburg, bilateral exchange

Membership in Scientific Organizations

Polish Geological Society since 2001

Editorial Membership in Scientific Journals

Editorial board member and editor-in-chief of Global Energy journal (ISSN: 1644-0218), Ortus Publishing, Kraków – from 2002 to 200