Academic Achievements
- 2019 – PhD
- 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"
- 2012 – Master'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