Departament of Magnetism


Institute of Geophysics, PAS
ul. Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa
tel.: +48 22 69 15 714
e-mail: dniezabitowska@igf.edu.pl

Main research topics:

  • Reconstruction of the Earth’s magnetic field during the Ediacaran, combining paleomagnetic analyses with isotope dating of rocks from Large Igneous Provinces.
  • Paleoclimate reconstruction and identification of dominant pathways of aeolian sediment transport in the English Channel and northwestern China.
  • Study of remanent magnetization in Baltic Sea marine sediments affected by complex biogeochemical processes.
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dr Dominika Niezabitowska-Śliwka

Education:

  • 2015 – 2021, PhD, Institute of Geophyscis Polish Academy of Sciences, Earth Magnetism Department
  • 2012 – 2014, MSc in Geology, Individual Interfaculty Studies of Mathematics and Earth Sciences, Warsaw University
  • 2009 – 2012, Bachelor in Geology and Remote Sensing, Individual Interfaculty Studies of Mathematics and Earth Sciences, Warsaw University

Research stays abroad:

  • IX 2022 – VIII 2024 postdoc, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • X 2021 – short-term scholar, AGICO, Brno, Czech Republic
  • II – VI 2020 – short-term scholar, University of Minnesota, Institute for Rock Magnetism, Minneapolis, USA, within Etiuda 7 grant funded by National Science Center Poland
  • V 2017 – visiting researcher, University of Minnesota, Institute for Rock Magnetism, Minneapolis, USA

Grants and projects:

  • Natural „magnets” in the Baltic Sea – how environmental changes influence magnetic field recording, Komponent krajowy NAWA 2024, BNI/BKK/2024/1/00005, leader, 2024 – 2025, funding NAWA
  • Ediacaran time slices (ENTICE): using U-Pb geochronology of large igneous provinces to unlock the Ediacaran geo- and paleomagnetic enigma, Sonata 19, 2023/51/D/ST10/02431,  2024 – 2027, funding NCN
  • The history of the Baltic Sea before human presence – a key to understanding the future of the sedimentary basin, Bekker 2021, BPN/BEK/2021/1/00221, leader, 2022 – 2024, funding NAWA
  • Magnetic properties of lower Palaeozoic gas-bearing shales from northern Poland, Etiuda 7, 2019/32/T/ST10/00479, leader, 2019 – 2020, funding NCN
  • Magnetic grains properties as a potential organic matter proxy, Grant dla Młodych Naukowców, 500-10-46, leader, 2019- 2020, funding IGF PAN
  • Recognizing rock magnetic properties of organic-rich shale rocks from Northern Poland, NSF/EAR1642268: Institute for Rock Magnetism, leader (Visiting Fellowship), 2017, funding: US National Science Foundation, University of Minnesota
  • Zintegrowane badania geomechaniczne w celu wzmożenia wydobycia gazu z łupkowych formacji Pomorza, BG2/SHALEMECH/14, 2014 – 2017, funding NCBiR

Memberships:

  • Early Career Representative w International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA), since 2022
  • Early Career Representative w International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), since 2025
  • Committee member of TopMinds Program since 2022, an initiative of Top500 Innovators and Fulbright Poland

Selected publications:

  • Niezabitowska, D.K., Szaniawski, R., Roszkowska-Remin, J., Gąsiński A., (2019).  Magnetic Anisotropy in Silurian Gas-Bearing Shale Rocks from the Pomerania Region (Northern Poland), Journal of Geophysical Research, 124, 5-25, DOI 10.1029/2018JB016374
  • Niezabitowska, D.K., Szaniawski R., Jackson M., (2019). Magnetic mineral assemblage as a potential indicator of depositional environment in gas-bearing Silurian shales from Northern Poland, Geophysical Journal International, 218 (2), 1442–1455, DOI 10.1093/gji/ggz229
  • Niezabitowska D.K., Roszkowska-Remin, J., Szaniawski, R., Derkowski A., (2021). Magnetic susceptibility variations in lower Paleozoic shales of the western Baltic Basin (northern Poland) – a tool for regional stratigraphic correlations and the decoding of paleoenvironmental changes, AAPG Bulletin, 105 (5), 987–1007, DOI 10.1306/12092019183
  • Niezabitowska D.K., R. Szaniawski, (2023). The Holy Cross Mountains (Poland) terranes palaeoposition and depositional environment in Silurian—new insights from rock magnetic studies Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 234(3), 1531–1549, DOI 10.1093/gji/ggad129
  • Niezabitowska, D., Stevens, T., Bradák, B., Chadima, M., Baykal, Y., Sechi, D. and Schneider, R., (2024),  Mineral magnetism and palaeoenvironment recorded in loess in southern England, Journal of Quaternary Science, 39, 710-728, DOI 10.1002/jqs.3620
  • Gumsley A., Chamberlain K., Gumsley A., de Kock M., Marciniak-Maliszewska B., Niezabitowska D., Söderlund U., Bylina A.,. Szlęzak A, (2025). The identification of a ca. 2165–2163 Ma large igneous province on the Kaapvaal Craton in southern Africa with implications for chronostratigraphy, paleogeography and environmental change in the early Paleoproterozoic, Precambrian Research, Vol. 428, 107889, DOI 10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107889
  • Schneider R., Kulakova E., Almqvist B., Niezabitowska D., Leeding R., Kurbanov R., Stevens T. (2026). Stable dust-transporting winds in Central Asia over the last 1.2 million years, Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 376, , 109799, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109799.