Dorota KOŁBUK, Ph.D.

Diet and environmental parameters influencing Mg/Ca ratio of echinoderm skeleton
Personal data
Dorota Kołbuk
Born in Nisko, Poland, 1993
Academic degrees
- 2017 – Ph.D. student, International Doctoral Studies Course in the Biological Sciences; scientific supervisor: Przemysław Gorzelak
- 2016 – M.Sc. in Geology, University of Warsaw
- 2014 – B.Sc. in Geology, University of Warsaw
Awards and fellowships
- 2021 – Ma thèse en 180 secondes - 1. Prix du Jury, Pologne & 3. Prix, Europe Centrale
- 2010 – scholarship of Embassy of Spain
- 2009 – participation in the international program "Ruta Quetzal BBVA Chile–Spain"
Participation in scientific meetings
- 2021 – Workshop "Reconstructing the evolutionary history of organisms” (online), Progressive Palaeontology 2021, UCL, UK
- 2019 – 15th Symposium on Biomineralization BIOMIN XV (lecture), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
- 2016 – 7th International Geosciences Student Conference, University of Silesia
- 2016 – 6th Polska Konferencja Sedymentologiczna (poster), University of Warsaw
- 2016 – workshop Geosfera 2016 – University of Gdańsk / University of Science and Technology, Cracow
- 2015 – conference „Nowe tendencje w zarządzaniu” (lecture), Catholic University of Lublin
Field work/professional experience
- 2021 – visiting researcher at Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (1 month)
- 2019 – short-term research visit at Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, Samos / Lipsi, Grecja (1 month)
- 2018, 2017 – visiting researcher at Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgia (2 x 1 month)
- 2016 – training in Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warsaw
- 2016, 2015 – participation in excavation in Owadów-Brzezinki, Institute of Paleobiology PAS, Warsaw
- 2015 – lab work and participation in excavation in Brzeziny, Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute, Warsaw
- 2014 – participation in excavation in Krasiejów, Institute of Paleobiology PAS, Warsaw
Research projects
- 2021 – 2024 Contractor in the NCN grant: Mechanical properties of echinoderm skeleton as a function of its chemical composition (Mg/Ca): taphonomic and paleobiological perspectives (leader: P. Gorzelak, IP PAN)
- 2017 – 2020 PhD student in the NCN project: The effect of geochemical parameters of the environment (Mg/Ca) and diet on the biomineralization of echinoderm skeleton (leader: P. Gorzelak, IP PAN)
Other
- 2020 – member of Paleontological Society
- 2015 – help with organization of 7th Conference Young in Paleontology, University of Warsaw /Institute of Paleobiology PAS, Warsaw
Scientific papers
Salamon, M. A., Brachaniec, T., Kołbuk, D., Saha, A., & Gorzelak, P. (2021). Shared patterns in body size declines among crinoids during the Palaeozoic extinction events. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20351. [text-journal site]
Kołbuk, D., Dubois, Ph., Stolarski, J., Gorzelak, P. 2021. Impact of seawater Mg2+/Ca2+ on Mg/Ca of asterozoan skeleton – Evidence from culturing and the fossil record. Chemical Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120557 [text-journal site]
Kołbuk D., Di Giglio S., M’Zoudi S., Dubois P., Stolarski J., Gorzelak P. (2020). Effects of seawater Mg2+/Ca2+ ratio and diet on the biomineralization and growth of sea urchins and the relevance of fossil echinoderms to paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Geobiology, 18: 710– 724. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12409 [text-journal site]
Gorzelak P., Salamon M. A., Brom K., Oji T., Oguri K., Kołbuk D., Dec M., Brachaniec T., & Saucède T. (2020). Experimental neoichnology of post-autotomy arm movements of sea lilies and possible evidence of thrashing behaviour in Triassic holocrinids. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-8. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72116-1 [text-journal site]
Gorzelak P., Kołbuk D., Salamon M. A., Łukowiak M., Ausich W. I., & Baumiller T. K. (2020). Bringing planktonic crinoids back to the bottom: Reassessment of the functional role of scyphocrinoid loboliths. Paleobiology, 46(1): 104-122. DOI: 10.1017/pab.2019.36 [text-journal site]
Kołbuk D., Dubois P., Stolarski J., & Gorzelak P. (2019). Effects of seawater chemistry (Mg2+/Ca2+ ratio) and diet on the skeletal Mg/Ca ratio in the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Marine Environmental Research 145: 22-26, [text-journal site]
Wójcik K., Kołbuk D., Sobień K., Rosowiecka O., Roszkowska-Remin J., Nawrocki J., & Szymkowiak A. (2017). Keuper magnetostratigraphy in the southern Mesozoic margin of the Holy Cross Mts. (southeastern edge of the German Basin). Geological Quarterly 61(4): 946-961, doi: [text-journal site]
Conference abstracts
Kołbuk D., Dubois P., Di Giglio S., M’Zoudi S., Stolarski J., Gorzelak P. (2019). Effects of seawater Mg2+/Ca2+ ratio and diet on the biomineralization and growth of sea urchins: applicability of echinoderms in paleoenvironmental reconstructions. BIOMIN XV: 15th International Symposium on Biomineralization, Monachium, Niemcy
Gorzelak P., Kołbuk D., Stolarski J., M’Zoudi S., Di Giglio S., Dubois P. (2018). Exploring the controls on the skeletal Mg/Ca ratio in echinoderms: current developments and future perspectives. 16th International Echinoderm Conference, Nagoya, Japan.
Wójcik K., Roszkowska-Remin J., Kołbuk D., Sobień K., Rosowiecka O., Szymkowiak A. (2016). Keuper magnetostratigraphy in Poland: preliminary results from the Holy Cross Mountains. New Trends on Paleo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism. 15th Castle Meeting, Dinant, Belgium.
Wójcik K., Kołbuk D., Sobień K., Rosowiecka O., Nawrocki J., Roszkowska-Remin J., Szymkowiak A. (2016). Kajper południowego obrzeżenia mezozoicznego Gór Świętokrzyskich: wstępne wyniki badań magnetostratygraficznych. Materiały konferencyjne 6. Polskiej Konferencji Sedymentologicznej (red. D. Olszewska-Nejbert et al.)
Kołbuk W., Kołbuk D. (2015). Przykład decyzji strategicznej: czy wydobywać gaz łupkowy w Polsce? Nowe tendencje w zarządzaniu (red. M. Pawlak). T.VI.