Academic Achievements

• 2012 – PhD
  • Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences, discipline of geology, Jagiellonian University
  • Doctoral thesis: "The structure and the evolution of the Alpine age shear zones in the crystalline rocks of the Polish part of the Western Tatra Mts."
• 2006 – Master's Degree
  • Master's Degree at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
  • Thesis topic: "Mineralogical and petrological investigation of gneissic exotics from Cisna sandstone (Wolosate area, Dukla Unit)"

Professional Experience

• Since 2016 – Jagiellonian University, Position: Assistant Professor with a PhD title
• 2013-2016 – Jagiellonian University, Position: Assistant with a PhD title

Positions Held

• 2018-2020 – Project Manager for "BioGeoInternships: High-quality professional internships for students of biology and Earth Sciences" financed under the Operational Program "Knowledge, Education, Development"
• 2016-2018 – Project Manager for "High-quality professional internships developing competencies for students of biology and Earth Sciences" financed under the Operational Program "Knowledge, Education, Development"
• Since 2013 – Jagiellonian University, Coordinator for professional internships

Awards and Honours

Rector's Distinction at UJ in the category of "Assessment of Teaching Activities" (based on student survey results) – 2019/2020

Scientific Interests

• Structural geology with a special focus on the topology of lineament networks
• Planetary geology
• Digital photogrammetry in geology
• Remote sensing

Selected Scientific Publications

• Litim, A., Boutaleb, A., Kania, M., Szczęch, M., Szczepanek, R. & Ould Hamou, M., 2026. Soil contamination related to barium, lead and zinc mining in Bou Caid area (Ouarsenis, Algeria). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 241. doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2026.106183
• Cieszkowski, M., Wolska, A., Szczęch, M., Ślączka, A., Kania, M., Anczkiewicz, R., Szczerba, M. & Ciesielska, Z., 2025. Petrogenesis of metabasite olistoliths from the Magura Nappe in the Polish Western Outer Carpathians. Geological Quarterly, 69(3). doi.org/10.7306/gq.1805
• Szczęch, M., Kania, M., Loch, J., Ostapowicz, K. & Struś, P., 2024. Mapping grasslands’ preservation potential: a case study from the northern Carpathians. Land Degradation & Development, 35(2): 633–646. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4941
• J. Kozakiewicz, J., Kania, M., Salata, D. & Nowak, L., 2023. Sands on Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128: e2023JE007804. doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007804
• Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2023. Geometry and topology of a Polish Outer Carpathian digital-elevation-model-interpreted lineament network in the context of regional tectonics. Solid Earth, 14(5): 515–528. doi.org/10.5194/se-14-515-2023

International Experience

• Research visitis in Algeria, 2024, 2025
• Erasmus+ Scholarship, Pune, India, 2020
• Erasmus+ Scholarship, Bergen, Norway, 2019
• CEEPUS Scholarship, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2007

Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences

• XXI Congress of CBGA, Cluj-Napoca, 2026 – poster session
• Planetary Science Conference: Aeolian processes in Meridiani Planum, Mars, Kozakiewicz E., Maj D., Salata D., Nowak L., Kania M., Sobucki M., Frodyma N., Mol S.; The history of one compound megachondrule, Koszowska E., Kania M., Skiba M., Kraków 2025 – poster session, organization
• 4th National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2022 – poster session, organization
• XX Congress of CBGA, Plovdiv, 2022 – poster session
• 3rd National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2021 – organization
• 51th Tectonic Studies Group Meeting, Online Meeting, 2021 – poster session
• 2nd National Mars Science Seminar, Kraków, 2020 – organization
• XIX Congress of CBGA, Salzburg, 2018 – poster session
• 14th Meeting of Central European Tectonic Group (CETEG), Predna Hora, 2016
• Tatra Geological Workshops, Zakopane, 2013 – co-leading the "Tectonics" block