Dr Magdalena Mrokowska
Associate Professor
Head of Hydrodynamic Models Labortory
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
addres: Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw
phone: +48 22 6915-849, e-mail: m.mrokowska@igf.edu.pl
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Research interests
- impact of marine gels on sedimentation,
- particle settling dynamics in stratified liquids and in non-Newtonian liquids with links to marine environment,
- impact of properties of particles on their transport in hydro-environment (marine snow, microplastics),
- gravity currents,
- transport of sediment and microplastics in open channels,
- experimental methods, laboratory techniques.
Selected publications
- Mrokowska M.M., Krztoń-Maziopa A., Dębowski M., 2022: Effect of exopolymer gels on the viscoelasticity of mucus-rich saltwater and settling dynamics of particles Marine Chemistry, 246, 104163, doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104163
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Przyborowski Ł., Nones M., Mrokowska M., Książek L., Phan C.N., Strużyński A., Wyrębek M., Mitka B., Wojak S., 2022: Preliminary evidence on laboratory experiments to detect the impact of transient fow on bedload transport Acta Geophysica, doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-00743-5
- Mrokowska, M.M., 2020: Influence of pycnocline on settling behaviour of non-spherical particle and wake evolution Scientific Reports 10: 20595, DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-77682-y
- Mrokowska, M.M., 2020: Dynamics of thin disk settling in two-layered fluid with density transition Acta Geophysica 68:1145–1160. DOI:10.1007/s11600-020-00455-8
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Mrokowska M.M., Krztoń-Maziopa A. 2019: Viscoelastic and shear-thinning effects of aqueous exopolymer solution on disk and sphere settling Scientific Reports, 9: 7897, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44233-z
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Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M. 2019: Impact of Unsteady Flow Events on Bedload Transport: A Review of Laboratory Experiments Water, 11(5), 907, DOI: 10.3390/w11050907
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Mrokowska M.M., 2018: Stratification-induced reorientation of disk settling through ambient density transition Scientific Reports, 8, 412, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18654-7
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Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., Książek L., Strużyński A., Wyrębek M., Radecki-Pawlik A., 2018: Laboratory studies on bedload transport under unsteady flow conditions Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66, 1, 66, 23–31, DOI: 10.1515/johh-2017-0032
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Kalinowska, M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., 2018: Sensitivity Analysis for the Water-Air Heat Exchange Term In (ed. M.B. Kalinowska I in.) Free Surface Flows and Transport Processes; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-70914-7_13
- Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., 2017: Bed shear stresses and bed shear velocities - ubiquitous variables in river hydraulics, In: A. Radecki-Pawlik, S. Pagliara, J. Hradecky (Eds) Open Channel Hydraulics, River Hydraulic Structures and Fluvial Geomorphology: For Engineers, Geomorphologists and Physical Geographers,CRC Press, pp. 180-195
- Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M., Książek L., Strużyński A., Wyrębek M., Radecki-Pawlik A., 2016: Flume experiments on gravel bed load transport in unsteady flow – preliminary results In (eds. P. Rowiński, A. Marion) Hydrodynamic and mass transport at freshwater aquatic interfaces. Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 221-233, DOI 10.1007/978-319-27750-9_18
- Mrokowska,M.M., Rowiński, P. M., and Kalinowska, M. B., 2015: A methodological approach of estimating resistance to flow under unsteady flow conditions Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19, 4041-4053, DOI 10.5194/hess-19-4041-2015
- Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński R.M., Kalinowska M.B., 2015: Evaluation of friction velocity in unsteady flow experiments Journal of Hydraulic Research, 53(5), 659-669, DOI 10.1080/00221686.2015.1072853
Editorial Boards and Scientific Committees
- Senior Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 2020 - present
- Chair of Scientific Committee: XL International School of Hydraulics, 2022-2023
- Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 2018 - 2020
- Guest Editor Acta Geophysica 2021 - 2022
- Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M. (Eds.), 2020: Recent Trends in Environmental Hydraulics; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer
- Kalinowska M.B., Mrokowska M.M., Rowiński P.M. (Eds.), 2018: Free Surface Flows and Transport Processes; Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Springer
- Chair of Scientific Committee: XVIII International School of Hydraulics, 2019
- Scientific International Committee member: Symposium and Exhibition on Hydro-Environment Sensors and Software 2019
Research Grants
- Principal investigator of the research project funded by National Science Centre, (2019/35/D/ST10/01135): Experimental studies on the effects of exopolymers on the settling dynamics and interactions between solid particles in density-stratified aquatic systems (2020- 2024)
- Principal investigator of IG PAS Young Researchers Grant: Experimental studies on the impact of density gradient in a liquid column on the settling dynamics of non-spherical particles (2018-2020)
- Principal investigator of Young Researchers Grant of IG PAS: Physical modeling of particles settling in density stratified fluid (2016 - 2017)
- Principal investigator of Young Researchers Grant of IG PAS: Setting up laboratory hydraulic channel - construction and preliminary research (2014 - 2016)
- Principal investigator of the research project funded by National Science Centre, (2011/01/N/ST10/07395): Resistance to flow under flood conditions (2011- 2015)
- Researcher – team member. Project Iuventus Plus funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, (028772): The analysis of two-dimensional warm water transport in flowing surface waters (2014 - 2016)
Employment
Institute of Geophysics PAS
- Associate Professor, 2022 - present
- Assistant Professor, 2014 - 2022
- Research Assistant, 2011-2014
- Head of Hydrodynamic Models Laboratory, 2017 - present
Awards
- Professor Kacper Rafał Rybicki Scholarship for outstanding basic research in Earth Sciences, geophysics, 2018
- Award of Director of Institute of Geophysics for outstanding publication record in 2018
- Award of Director of Institute of Geophysics for outstanding publication record in 2015
- Award of the Scientific Board of Institute of Geophysics PAS for outstanding PhD thesis