Institute of Paleobiology participates in the project co-financed from EU structural funds "Innovative Economy Operational Programme, Priority Axis 2: R&D Infrastructure, Action 2.2: Support of Formation of Common Research Infrastructure of Scientific Units". Together with 10 institutional partners (NanoBioGeo consortium), the Institute is a part of National Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials (NanoFun) [LINK]. Jaroslaw Stolarski is a project coordinator in the Institute, and head of Laboratories of Cathodolumienscence Microscopy and Microtomography. [info]
Institute of Paleobiology participates in HOMING PLUS Programme (granted to Barbara Kremer) that is co-financed from EU structural funds under Action 1.2 ‘Strengthening the human resources potential of science’ of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme 2007–2013 (Research topic: Modern mineralized cyanobacteria from alkaline volcanic lakes as analogues of Earth's early life). [info]
Biogeology Department
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
- Geomicrobiological aspects of carbonate and siliceous sediments formation in ancient marine environments
- Reconstruction of selected Phanerozoic and Precambrian paleoenvironments based on paleontological and sedimentological record
SCIENTIFIC STAFF
Andrzej PISERA, Ph.D., D.Sc. (HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT)
Fossil and Recent sponges, especially lithistids; Biosilicification; Mesozoic crinoids; Fossil and Recent coralline red algae.
Józef KAŹMIERCZAK, Ph. D., D.Sc., Professor
Fossil and recent cyanobacterial mats, biosedimentology, paleogeomicrobiology, calcareous algae, sclerosponges, biocalcification processes in space and time, astrobiology.
Krystian KONIECZYŃSKI, Ph.D. student
Upper Jurassic crinoids form Poland.
Barbara KREMER, Ph.D.
Cyanobacterial mats, black radiolarian cherts, taphonomy and paleobiology of acritarchs, paleogeomicrobiology, biosedymentology, nannoproblematica.
Cyprian KULICKI, Ph.D.
Jurassic and Cretaceous Pterobranchia, Cephalopoda (Coleoidea, Ammonoidea).
Magdalena ŁUKOWIAK, Ph.D. student
Demosponges and siliceous biomineralization, Mesozoic crinoids, Fossil ascidia and their taxonomy.
Marcin MACHALSKI, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Late Cretaceous ammonites, K-Pg biotic and abiotic events, taphonomy of mid-Cretaceous marine vertebrates
Krzysztof OWOCKI, Ph.D. student - e-mail
Geochemistry, mineralogy and taphonomy of Cretaceous dinosaur bones from the Gobi Desert
Grzegorz SADLOK , M.Sc., Ph.D. student
Upper Cambrian trace fossils
