Education:
Sep 2010-
present
Institute
of Oceanology
PAS
PhD student
Sep 2005 - Jun 2010
University
of
Gdansk,
Faculty
of
Oceanography
in
Gdynia,
Poland
Master
in
the
field
of
oceanography
majoring
in
marine
geology
(Thesis:
The
rates
of
recent
hydrological
changes
in
the
Hornsund
fjord
using
modern
benthic
foraminiferal
assemblages)
Professional
Experience:
Jan
2013
- Mar
2013
Lab
Assistant
at
Department
of
Geology,
University
of
Tromsø,
Tromsø,
Norway
Professional
interest:
Reconstruction
of
paleoenvironments
in
the
Arctic
fjord
using
benthic
and
planktonic
foraminiferal
studies
Foraminifera
as
bio-indicators
of
environmental
changes
Sedimentary
processes
in
the
arctic
fjords
Publications:
•
Borszcz T.,
Łącka
M.,
IV
Konferencja
Naukowa
z
cyklu Młodzi
w
Paleontologii- co
nowego
w
paleontologii w Polsce?
Przegląd
Geologiczny
vol.60,
no
6,
2012
(in
Polish); Posters
and
oral
presentations:
2013:
• Łącka
M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
Forwick
M.,
Szczuciński
W.,
Vorren
T.O.,
2013.
Late
Weichselian
and
Holocene
Paleoceanography
of
Storfjordrenna,
Southern
Spitsbergen.
Holocene
Climate
Change
Conference,
Geological
Society,
London,
UK.
Abstract
Book,
19.
(oral
presentation)
• Łącka
M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
Forwick
M.,
Szczuciński
W.,
Vorren
T.O.,
2013.
Late
Weichselian
and
Holocene
Paleoceanography
of
Storfjordrenna,
Southern
Spitsbergen.
Workshop
in
Arctic
Marine
Geology
and
Geophysics,
Tromsø,
Norway.
Abstract
Book
(oral
presentation)
• Łącka
M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
Forwick
M.,
Szczuciński
W.,
Vorren
T.O.,
2013.Multi-proxy
evidence
of
Atlantic
water
inflow
to
the
eastern
part
of
Svalbard
during
the
last
14
ka.11th
International
Conference
on
Paleoceanography,
Barcelona,
Spain.
(poster
presentation),
Abstract
Book,
P-087
• Łącka
M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
Forwick
M.,
Szczuciński
W.Wielowskaźnikowy
zapis
napływu
wód
atlantyckich
w rejon
wschodniego
Svalbardu
podczas
ostatnich
14
000
lat.Marine
Geology-
present
a key
to
the
past,
the
past
a key
to
the
future.
The
conference
dedicated
to
Professor
StanisławLorenc,
Poznan,
Poland.BoguckiWydawnictwoNaukowe.
Abstract
Book,
ISBN
978-83-63400-91-0,
50
(poster
presentation)
• Włodarska-Kowalczuk,
M.,
Deja,
K.,
Legeżyńska
J.,
Węsławski
J.M.,
Kuliński
K.,
Goszczko
I.,
Łącka
M.,
Pardus
J.
2013.
Macrobenthos
in
Isfjorden
– materials
collected
by
IO
PAN
in
2010/2011.
The
Annual
Meeting
Working
Group
in
the
field
of
interdisciplinary
research
in
Isfjorden
(Spitsbergen),
Institute
for
Marine
Research,
Trømso,
Norway
2012:
• Brosnan
I.,
Chen
L.,
Demchev
D.,
Depledge
D.,
Eucker
W.,
Dahl
J., Gabrielsen
K.
M.,
Gudakova
M.,
Ivichev
I.,
Jiang
Y.,
Khan
A.,
Łącka
M.,
Lembke-Jene
L.,
Metuzals
K.,
Neumann
T.,
Nuykina
E.,
Ohnishi
F.,
Pearce
C.,
Yan
Q.,
Riemann-Campe
K.,
Smirnova
J.,
Stepien
A.,
Strey-Mellema
S.,
Valkonen
J.,
Vanek
S.,
Vyazilova
A.,
Wardell
L.
J.,
Zakharova
T.,
Zhuravskiy
D.,
2012.
An
interdisciplinary
assessment of
the near-term
future Arctic:
Now through
2030. International Polar Year
Conference, Montreal,
Canada. Poster
no. 851
(poster presentation)
•
Łącka M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
Forwick
M.,
Szczuciński
W.,
2012.
Atlantic
water advection to
the
European
Arctic
in
Holocene:
Paleoceanographic
record
of
the
West
Spitsbergen
Current
fluctuations.Joint
ART-APECS
Science
Workshop
“Overcoming
challenges
of
observation
to
model
integration
in
marine
ecosystem
response
to
sea
ice
transitions”,
Sopot,
Poland.
Book
of
abstracts,
23
(poster
presentation)
2011:
•
Łącka
M.,
Zajączkowski
M.,
2011.
Modern
foraminiferal
assemblages
as
bioindicators
of
recent
hydrological changes
in
Hornsund
fiord.
Arctic
Frontiers
Conference,
Tromsø,
Norway.
Abstracts,
161
(poster presentation)
•
Łącka
M.,
2011.
Fossilized
STD:
The
using
of
foraminifera
to
reconstruct
paleo
temperatures and
salinity
in
the
Arctic
waters.
III
Symposium
for
the
Young
Scientists,
Sopot, Poland
(oral
presentation)
2010:
•
Łącka
M.,
2010.The
rates
of
recent
hydrological
changes
in
the
Hornsund
fiord
using modern
benthic
foraminiferal
assemblages.IX
Symposium
of
the
Young
Oceanographers,
Gdynia,
Poland
(oral
presentation)
Awards:
Winner
of the "Outstanding Poster Award" during the conference Arctic Frontiers 2011–Arctic Tipping Points Tromsø, Norway,
(23.-28.01.2011). Title of
the poster: Łącka M.,
Zajączkowski M., Modern foraminiferal
assemblages
as bioindicators of recent
hydrological
changes in Hornsund fiord.
IOPAN
Director’s
Scholarship
Award
for
the
outstanding
PhD
students,
2012
IOPAN
Director’s
Scholarship
Award
for
the
outstanding
PhD
students,
2013
Courses/Certificates:
2011:
• International
PhD
workshop
“Marine
biodiversity
under
change”
parallel
to
the
Arctic
Frontiers
Conference,
Young
Scientist
Forum
and
the
ARCTOS
PhD
School
(Svolvær/Lofoten,
Norway)
• Climate
modeling
in
the
Arctic,
the
prediction
of
the
changes
in
the
last
30
years,
Nansen
Environmental
and
Remote
Sensing
Centre
(Longyearbyen,
Svalbard);
• Motorboat
Skipper’s
Certificate
of
Competence;
• 1st
degree
CMAS
(World
Underwater
Federation),
Dry
Suit
Diver,
Nitrox
Diver;
• PhD
course:
Polar
Marine
Sedimentary
Environments
at
University
of
Tromsø
(Tromsø,
Norway);
• Course
on
planktonic
foraminifera
from
the
Arctic
regions
conducted
by
Katarzyna
Zamelczyk
(Tromsø,
Norway);
• Statistical
course
(IOPAS/Sopot,
Poland);
2010:
• Workshop
on
Polar
Sedimentary
Processes
and
Archives
(Loughborough,
UK);
• Course
of
management
of
the
scientific
projects
(at
the
Innopomerania
Science
panel,
Poland);
• Volunteer
at
Arctic
Frontiers
conference
(Tromsø,
Norway);
2008:
• Workshop
on
GIS,
GIScience
Laboratory,
Institute
of
Oceanography
(Gdynia,
Poland).
On-going
projects:
• „The
spatial
distribution
and
biodiversity
of
modern
foraminifera
and
the
isotopic
composition
of
Storfjorden
environment,
East
Spitsbergen”;
2012/05/N/ST10/03696
financed
by
National
Science
Center
in
Poland
• PALECURR:
Advection
of
Atlantic
Waters
to
the
European
part
of
the
Arctic
in
Holocene:
Paleoceanographic
record
of
fluctuations
in
West
Spitsbergen
Current;
N N306
469938
financed
by
National
Science
Center
in
Poland
• Quantifying
climate
variability
since
Late-glacial
in
Southern
Svalbard
(QUAL);
financed
by
Academy
of
Finland
(2012-2016)
• Lectures
in
the
field
of
marine
geology
for
high
school
students
Outreach:
2012:
Baltic
Festival
of
Science,
PALEOBlitz
stand,
Sopot,
Poland
(Organizer);
2012:
The
International
Arctic
in
the
Rapid
Transition & APECS
Workshop:
“Overcoming
challenges
of
observation
to
model
integration
in
marine
ecosystem
response
to
sea
ice
transitions”,
Sopot,
Poland
(Organizer);
2012:
IV
Symposium
for
the
Young
Scientists,
Sopot,
Poland
(Organizer).
Funding:
2013:
• The
Geological
Society
travel&accommodation
grant
to
attend
the
two-
days
“Holocene
Climate
Change
Conference”in
Burlington
House,
London,
UK
(350,-
£)
• PAGES
and
SCORE
travel & accommodation
grant
to
attend
the
six-days
“11th
International
Conference
on
Paleoceanography”
in
Barcelona,
Spain
(500,-
€)
2012:
• Leader
of
the
project
„The
spatial
distribution
and
biodiversity
of
modern
foraminifera and
the
isotopic
composition
of
Storfjorden
environment,
East
Spitsbergen”;2012/05/N/ST10/03696
awarded
by
National
Science Center
in
Poland. Awardedbudget:
141.
700- PLN,
- approx.
35.000 -
€
•
Financial suport
from
Wojewódzki
Fundusz
Ochrony
Środowiska
i
Gospodarki Wodnej
in
Gdańsk
to arrange
IV
National
Conference
for
the
Young
Paleontologists;
WFOŚ/D/110/70/2012.
Awardedbudget:
6.000-
PLN, -approx.
1.450
-
€
Editorship:
Borszcz
Tomasz &Łącka
Magdalena
(eds.).
2012.
„Paleontologia
w
Oceanografii,
Oceanografia
w
Paleontologii”,Book
of
Abstracts
(in
Polish).
IV
National
Conference
for
the
Young
Paleontologists,
Sopot,
Poland
(Organizer);
Field-
work
experience:
2011,
2012:
Gulf
of
Gdansk,
core,
sediments
sampling,
R/V
Oceania;
2010,
2012:
Sørkappland,,
Spitsbergen-
measuring
the
sub-bottom
currents;
sampling;
2008:
Aland
Islands,
Finland-
measuring
the
recent
eustatic
sea
level
rise;
2007:
Rügen,
Germany-
chalk
cliffs,
sampling;
2006-2009:
Puck
Bay,
Gulf
of
Gdansk;
trawling,
sampling,
R/V
Oceanograf
II.
Membership
of
professional
organisations:
2011-
present:
Sopot
Scientific
Society
2011-2012:
President
of
post-graduate
studies
in
Institute
of
Oceanology
PAS
2011-present:
Scientific
Council
of
Institute
of
Oceanology
PAS
2011-
present:
The
Cushman
Foundation
for
Foraminiferal
Research
2010-
present:
APECS(
Association
of
Polar
Early
Career
Scientists),
APECS
Poland
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