Academic Achievements
Title of submitted PhD dissertation: Late-Holocene environmental changes and anthropopression recorded in inland dune deposits of central and eastern Poland
- 2017 – Master’s degree
- Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geological Cartography and Structural Geology
- Master thesis: "Glaciotectonics of the Leszno Lakeland during the Vistulian glaciation"
- 2015 – Bachelor’s degree
- Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Geological Cartography and Structural Geology
- Bachelor thesis: "Glaciotectonic structures of Trzebnica Hills"
Professional Experience
- From 2022 – Research Assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 2016-2017 – Lecturer, Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
Scientific Interests
- Quaternary geology
- Multivariate statistics in geosciences
- Cyclicity analysis
Current Research
- Holocene sedimentary record of the Vistula Spit
- Stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Late Glacial and Holocene
- Cyclicity analysis and cyclostratigraphy of the Jurassic sedimentary successions
Selected Scientific Publications
- Hsieh, S., Ninard, K., Uchman, A., Łaska, W. & Łapcik, P., 2023. Mammal tracks record anthropogenic environmental influence in late-Holocene inland dunes of the European Sand Belt, Poland. Holocene, 33(1): 61-80. doi.org/10.1177/09596836221126130
- Hsieh, S, Łaska, W., Ninard, K. & Uchman, A., 2023. Holocene insect pioneer colonization of post-glacial dune sands exemplified by tiger beetle burrows. Holocene, 33(1): 101-111. doi.org/10.1177/09596836221126132
- Ninard, K., Łapcik, P., Uchman, A. & Stachacz, M., 2022. 3D sine wave-like geometry of soft sediment deformation structures: possible record of the Late Pleistocene seismic activity over the Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone. Terra Nova, 34(1): 54-61. doi.org/10.1111/ter.12562
- Pieńkowski, G., Uchman, A., Ninard, K. & Hesselbo, S.P., 2021. Ichnology, sedimentology, and orbital cycles in the hemipelagic Early Jurassic Laurasian Seaway (Pliensbachian, Cardigan Bay Basin, UK). Global and Planetary Change, 207: 103648. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103648
- Łapcik, P., Ninard, K. & Uchman, A., 2021. Extra-large grains in Late Glacial – Early Holocene aeolian inland dune deposits of cold climate, European Sand Belt, Poland: an evidence of hurricane-speed frontal winds. Sedimentary Geology, 415: 105847. doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105847
Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences
- 4th Zmiany klimatyczne w przeszłości geologicznej, Warszawa, 2023 – oral presentation
- Procesy geologiczne w morzu i strefie brzegowej – GEOST IV, Rowy, 2023 – oral presentation
- 3rd Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap, Vilnius, 2023 – oral presentation
- Dni Nauk o Ziemi, Kraków, 2023 – organization of the conference and field trip
- 36th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Dubrovnik, 2023 – oral presentation
- 88th Scientific Meeting of Polish Geological Society, Dobczyce, 2023 – organization of the conference, poster presentation
- Dni Nauk o Ziemi, Kraków, 2022 – organization of the conference and field trip
- 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Prague, 2021 – oral presentation
- Dni Geologii, Kraków, 2019 – organization of the field trip
- 9th Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Naukowa Tygiel, Lublin, 2019 – oral presentation
- 7th Seminarium Geneza, litologia i stratygrafia utworów czwartorzędowych, Poznań, 2018 – oral presentation
- 85th Scientific Meeting of Polish Geological Society, Łuków, 2018 – poster presentation
- INQUA Regional Meeting, Starigrad-Paklenica, 2017 – poster presentation
- 3th Polish Geological Congress, Wrocław, 2016 – oral and poster presentation
Membership in Scientific Organizations
Polish Geological Society