Academic Achievements
- 2023 – Doctorate
- Jagiellonian University, obtaining a doctoral degree in Earth Sciences and geology
- Doctoral thesis topic: "Hiatuses in cave speleothems – types, genesis, and paleoenvironmental significance"
- 2016 – Master's Degree
- Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Sedimentology and Paleoenvironmental Analysis
- Thesis topic: "Travertine facies from Čerená hill (Liptov, Slovakia)"
Professional Experience
Since 2022 – Assistant at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
Awards and Honours
Second-degree Award within the Excellence Initiative project – Jagiellonian University, Excellence Module, 2022
Scientific Interests
- Karst Geology
- Paleoclimatology
- Sedimentology of carbonate rocks
Current Research
- Paleoenvironmental analyses of cave speleothems from Poland and Slovakia
- The influence of seismic activity and tectonics on cave speleothems
Selected Scientific Publications
- Sala, P., Bella, P., Postawa, T., Wróblewski, W. & Gradziński, M., 2023. Corrosion of carbonate speleothems by bat guano. Sedimentary Geology, 454: 106454. doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106454
- Sala, P., Bella, P., Szczygieł, J., Wróblewski, W. & Gradziński, M., 2022. Healed speleothems: a possible indicator of seismotectonic activity in karst areas. Sedimentary Geology, 430: 106105. doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106105
- Szczygieł, J., Gradziński, M., Bella, P., Hercman, H., Littva, J., Mendecki, M. J., Sala, P. & Wróblewski, W., 2021. Quaternary faulting in the Western Carpathians: insights into paleoseismology from cave deformations and damaged speleothems (Demänová Cave System, Low Tatra Mts). Tectonophysics, 820: 229111. doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229111
- Sala, P., Górny, A., Siwecki, T. & Paul, O., 2018. Wieloetapowa geneza osadów wypełniających Jaskinię Zygmunta. Prądnik, 28: 7–18.
International Experience
- 2019 – Scholarship within the Ceepus program, University of Zagreb
- 2018 – Scholarship within the Ceepus program, University of Ljubljana
Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences
- Climate Change, The Karst Record IX (KR9), Innsbruck, 2022 – oral presentation
- 56th Speleological Symposium, Podlesice, 2022 – oral presentation
- 28th International Karst School “Classical Karst”, Postojna, 2021 – poster session
- 55th Speleological Symposium, Bartkowa, 2021 – oral presentation
- Summer School on Speleothem Science (S4), Cluj-Napoca, 2019 – poster session
- 53rd Speleological Symposium, Szczawnica, 2019 – conference organization, oral presentation
- 52nd Speleological Symposium, Toruń, 2018 – poster session
- 11th Scientific Conference – Research, Utilization, and Protection of Caves, Liptovský Mikuláš, 2017 – poster session
- 50th Speleological Symposium, Chęciny-Kielce, 2016 – poster session
Membership in Scientific Organizations
- Member of the Speleological Section of the Copernicus Polish Society of Naturalists
- Member of the Polish Geological Society