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Academic Achievements

  • 2019PhD
    • Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences with a specialization in geology at the Jagiellonian University
    • PhD thesis topic: "Geological structure of the Magura nappe and its influence on the geomorphological structure of the area between Upper Ochotnica and Klikuszowa in the southern part of the Gorce Mountains"
  • 2012Master's degree
    • Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management
    • Thesis topic: "Using the GIS to study of relation between morphology and geology of the Orawa-Jordanów Foothills"

Professional Experience

  • Since 2021 – Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
  • 2019-2021 – Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University

Positions Held

Member of the Scientific Council of the Gorce National Park

Scientific Interests

  • Geological cartography
  • Carpathian geology with a focus on the Outer Carpathians
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Remote sensing
  • Geotourism
  • Planetary geology

Selected Scientific Publications

  • Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2023. Tectonic structures interpretation using airborne-based LiDAR DEM on the examples from the polish outer Carpathians. In: Misra A.A. & Mukherjee S.(eds), Atlas of structural geological and geomorphological interpretation of remote sensing images. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, pp. 157–166. doi.org/10.1002/9781119813392
  • 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
  • Kania, M., & Szczęch, M., 2020. Geometry and topology of tectonolineaments in the Gorce Mts. (Outer Carpathians) in Poland. Journal of Structural Geology, 141: 104186. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104186
  • Szczęch, M. & Cieszkowski, M., 2021. Geology of the Magura Nappe, south-western Gorce Mountains (Outer Carpathians, Poland). Journal of Maps, 17(2): 453–464. doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1950579
  • Cieszkowski, M., Kysiak, T., Szczęch, M. & Wolska, A., 2017. Geology of the Magura Nappe in the Osielec area with emphasis on an Eocene olistostrome with metabasite olistoliths (Outer Carpathians, Poland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 87(2): 169–182. doi.org/10.14241/asgp.2017.009

International Experience

  • 2023 – 1-week scientific trip to Hungary (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • 2022 – 2-week scientific trip to Algeria (University Of Science And Technology Houari Boumediene)
  • 2016-2023 – Multiple scientific trips to Slovakia

Membership in Scientific Organizations

Polish Geological Society