MSc Magdalena Łącka

Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAS
Powstancow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot
POLAND
tel: (+ 48 58) 73 11 788
fax: (+ 48 58) 551 21 30
e-mail: mlacka [at] iopan.gda.pl



Education

  • 2010 - present: PhD student at the Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot, Poland
  • 2010: MSc 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), Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdansk, Poland

Presentations/Posters

  • Łącka M., Zajączkowski M., Modern foraminiferal assemblages as bioindicators of recent hydrological changes in Hornsund fjord, Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromso, Norway, 2011; Outstanding Poster Presentation Award;
  • Łącka M., Fosillized STD: The using of foraminifera to reconstruct paleo temperatures and salinity in the Arctic waters, III Symposium of the Young Scientists, Sopot, Poland, 2011 (oral presentation)
  • Łącka M., The rates of recent hydrological changes in the Hornsund fjord using modern benthic foraminiferal assemblages, IX Symposium of the Young Oceanographers, Gdynia, Poland, 2010 (oral presentation)

Courses/Certificates

  • 2011: International PhD workshop "Marine biodiversity under change" parallel to the Arctic Frontiers Conference, Young Scientist Forum and the ARCTOS PhD School (Svolvar/Lofoten, Norway)
  • 2011: Motorboat Skipper's Certificate of Competence
  • 2011: 1st degree CMAS (World Underwater Federation)
  • 2011: PhD course: Polar Marine Sedimentary Environments at University of Tromso (Tromso, Norway)
  • 2011: Course on planktonic foraminifera from the Arctic regions conducted by Katarzyna Zamelczyk (Tromso, Norway)
  • 2011: Statistical course (IOPAS/Sopot, Poland)
  • 2010: Workshop on Polar Sedimentary Processes and Archives (Loughborough, UK)
  • 2010: Volunteer at Arctic Frontiers conference (Tromso, Norway)
  • 2008: Workshop on GIS, GIScience Laboratory, Institute of Oceanography (Gdynia, Poland)

Professional interests

  • 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

On- going projects

  • PALECURR: Advection of Atlantic Waters to the European part of the Arctic in Holocene: Paleoceanographic record of fluctuations in West Spitsbergen Current
  • Lectures in the field of marine geology for high school students

Cruises and research expeditions

  • 2011: Gulf of Gdansk, core sampling, R/V Oceania
  • 2010: Sorkappland, 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

  • 2011- : Sopot Scientific Society
  • 2011- : The Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
  • 2010- : APECS( Association of Polar Early Career Scientists)

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