2020 – University Professor at the Jagiellonian University
2020 – Habilitation
Academic degree of Doctor Habilitatus in natural sciences, specializing in Earth Sciences, discipline of geology
Habilitation Thesis: "Middle and Upper Jurassic carbonate-siliceous deposits of the Fatrikum domain in the Tatras: integrated stratigraphy, facies, and sedimentary environment"
2003 – PhD
PhD at the Jagiellonian University in Earth Sciences, discipline geology
Doctoral Thesis: "Facial development of Lower and Middle Jurassic formations in the Kriżna unit of the Western Tatras"
1998 – Master's Degree
Master's Degree Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, major in Stratigraphic-Exploratory Geology
Thesis Title: "Geological survey of the Alwernia – Brodła – Zalas area"
Professional Experience
Since 2020 – Professor at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
2005-2020 – Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
2003-2005 – Assistant at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
Awards and Honours
2006 – Wawrzyniec Teisseyre Award; Polish Academy of Sciences
2004 – Scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science for Young Scientists, extended to 2005
2003 – Ludwik Zejszner Scientific Award; Polish Geological Society
2002 – Krzysztof Beres Scholarship awarded by the Polish Geological Society
2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 – Jagiellonian University Rector's Team Award
Scientific Interests
Sedimentology of carbonate rocks
Developmental history of the northern edge of the Tethys in the Jurassic
Regional geology of the Inner Carpathians
Current Research
Jurassic period in the Tatra, Pieniny, and Kraków regions
Tatra Eocene
Selected Scientific Publications
Jach, R. & Reháková, D., 2019. Middle to Late Jurassic carbonate-biosiliceous sedimentation and palaeoenvironment in the Tethyan Fatricum Domain, Krížna Nappe, Tatra Mts, Western Carpathians. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 89: 1–46. doi.org/10.14241/asgp.2019.03
Jach, R., Knutelski, S., Uchman, A., Hercman, H. & Dohnalik, M., 2018. Subfossil markers of climate change during the Roman Warm Period of the late Holocene. Science of Nature, 105: 6. doi.org/10.1007/s00114-017-1533-x
Jach, R., Djerić, N., Goričan, Š. & Reháková, D., 2014. Integrated stratigraphy of the Middle Upper Jurassic of the Krížna Nappe, Tatra Mountains. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 84: 1–33. https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/16460
Jach, R., Rychliński, T. & Uchman, A. (eds), 2014. Skały osadowe Tatr (Sedimentary rocks of the Tatra Mountains). Wydawnictwa Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego, Zakopane, 278 pp. https://tpn.pl/nowosci/skaly-osadowe-tatr
Jach, R., 2005. Storm-dominated deposition of the Lower Jurassic crinoidal limestone in the Krížna Unit, Western Tatra Mountains, Poland. Facies, 50: 561–572. doi.org/10.1007/s10347-004-0028-3
International Experience
2011 – Elements, isotopes, and organic matter in chemostratigraphy: applications, limitations, and implications for global environmental change. Chemostratigraphy – a course conducted by Hugh Jenkyns. Ferrara, Italy
2010 – Field research, Argentina
1996, 2001 – CEEPUS scholarship, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
2000 – Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Organization of Scientific Conferences
2017 – JURASSICA XIII, Jurassic Geology of Tatra Poland, Kościelisko
