Department of Magnetism

Paleomagnetism and Environmental Studies
Instytut Geofizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
ul. Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa
tel.: +48 22 6915 878
e-mail: kdudzisz@igf.edu.pl

Main research topics:

  • Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility
  • Environmental pollution related to mining exploration
  • Environmental magnetism
  • Magnetic properties of pyroclastic rocks
dr Katarzyna Dudzisz

Education:

  • 2018 – Ph.D., Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences  –  Centre for Polar Studies, Ph.D. thesis: Palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic investigations of the Triassic rocks from Svalbard Archipelago (awarded with distinction)
  • 2012 – M.Sc. in geology, specialization: mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, Jagiellonian University in cooperation with Institute of Oceanology, PAS, M.Sc. thesis:Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of the sediments from the Southern Baltic Sea

Employment:

  • 06.2025 – present Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – postdoc
  • 01.2019 – present Institute of Geophysics, PAS – Assistant Professor
  • 03.2021 – 08.2021 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – postdoc
  • 10.2018 – 12.2018 Institute of Geophysics, PAS – geophysicist

Awards and distinctions:

  • 2020 – Kacper Rybicki Scholarship for young scientists working in the field of basic science. Scholarship is funded by Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 –  Distinction for the awarded degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences
  • 2018 – Award for Outstanding Student Presentation at Castle Meeting Paleo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism, Checiny, Poland
  • 2018 – Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards, EGU 2018
  • 2017 – AGU Student Travel Grant for AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA
  • 2017 – IAGA Young Scientist Award, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2017 – Early Career Scientist’s Travel Award (ECSTA) for EGU
  • 2016 – Early Career Scientist’s Travel Award (ECSTA) for EGU
  • 2016 – Award for the Best Student Presentation, at Castle Meeting Paleo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism, Dinant, Belgium
  • 2014  – KNOW scholarship (2014 -2018)

Grants and projects:

  • How deep and how far can pollution migrate from abandoned mining areas? Insights from the application of magnetic and electromagnetic methods (DU 2251/2-1) 2025 – present – leader (PI), funded by DFG
  • Emplacement conditions of pyroclastic deposits inferred from magnetic properties of the Eger maar-diatreme (ICDP-EGER Bohrung S4) and Eifel volcanoes (KO1514/20-1) 2023-2026 – co-investigator, PI – prof. Agnes Kontny, funded by DFG
  • Magnetic fatigue: effect of cyclic loading under elevated temperatures on the magnetic and structural behaviour (KO1514/13–1 and WA2436/1–1) 2018-2021 – postdoc, PI – prof. Agnes Kontny, funded by DFG
  • FORC diagrams as a tool to thorough characteristics of the ferromagnetic phases – research stay at the University of Cambridge – research stay at the University of Cambridge (2019/03/X/ST10/00139)MINIATURA 3 (XI 2019-III 2021)– leader (PI), funded by NCN
  • Magnetic methods employed to study mining pollution in the Sudetes Mountains (IX 2019 – XII 2020) – leader (PI), project for Young Scientists funded by IGF PAS
  • European Plate Observing System (EPOS-PL), co-investigator in task dedicated to CIBAL Analytical Laboratories Research Infrastructure Centre (2018-2021) – investigator
  • Rekonstrukcja parametrów środowiska ediakaru w oparciu o skały z kratonu wschodnioeuropejskiego wolne od przeobrażeń diagenetycznych (2013/10/A/ST10/00050) MAESTRO 5 – co-investigator, PI- prof. Jan Środoń, funded by NCN
  • Reconstructing the Triassic northern Barents shelf; basin infill patterns controlled by gentle sags and faults (Trias North, RCN no. 234152), co-investigator, PI – prof. Alvar Braathen, funded byResearch Council of Norway

Selected publications:

  • Mendes, B. D. L.; Kontny, A.; Dudzisz, K.; Wilke, F. D. H. 2024. Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post‐impact evolution of crater magnetism. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 59 (7), 1577–1609. doi:10.1111/maps.14170
  • Mendes, B.D.L., Kontny, A., Polchau, M., Fischer, L.A., Gaus, K., Dudzisz, K., Kuipers, B.W.M., Dekkers, M.J., 2024. Peak ring Magnetism: Rock and Mineral Magnetic Properties of the Chicxulub Impact Crater. GSA Bulletin, 136 (1-2), 307–328.https://doi.org/10.1130/B36547.1
  • Górka-Kostrubiec, B., Dudzisz K., 2023. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on air pollution at a local scale in urban areas affected by high-intensity vehicle traffic in Poland. Acta Geophysica 71(2), 1085-1097 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-01005-0
  • Dudzisz, K., Kontny, A., Alva-Valdivia, L.M., 2022. Curie temperatures and emplacement conditions of pyroclastic deposits from Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys., 23, e2022GC010340. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010340
  • Dudzisz, K., Walter, M., Krumholz, R., Reznik, B., Kontny, A., 2022. Effect of cyclic loading at elevated temperatures on the magnetic susceptibility of a magnetite-bearing ore. Geophys. J. Int., 228 (2), 1346–1360. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab400
  • Uzarowicz, Ł., Górka-Kostrubiec, B., Dudzisz, K., Rachwał, M., Zagórski, Z., 2021. Magnetic characterization and iron oxide transformations in Technosols developed from thermal power station ash. Catena, 202, 105292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105292
  • Dudzisz, K., Lewandowski, M., Werner, T., Karasiński, G., Kędzior, A., Paszkowski, M., Środoń, J., Bojanowski, M.J., 2021. Paleolatitude estimation and premises for geomagnetic field instability from the Proterozoic drilling core material of the south-western part of the East European Craton. Precambrian Research, 357, 106135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106135
  • Górka-Kostrubiec, B., Magiera, T., Dudzisz, K., Dytłow, S., Winkler, A., 2020. Integrated Magnetic Analyses for the Discrimination of Urban and Industrial Dusts. Minerals, 10(12), 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10121056
  • Dudzisz, K., Michalski, K., Szaniawski, R., Nejbert, K., Manby, G., 2019. Palaeomagnetic, rock-magnetic and mineralogical investigations of the Lower Triassic Vardebukta Formation from the southern part of the West Spitsbergen Fold and Thrust Belt. Geological Magazine, 156 (4), 620-638. 10.1017/S0016756817001145
  • Dudzisz, K., Szaniawski, R., Michalski, K., Chadima, M., 2018. Rock magnetism and magnetic fabric of the Triassic rocks from the West Spitsbergen Fold-and-Thrust Belt and its foreland. Tectonophysics, 728-729, 104-18. 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.02.007
  • Dudzisz, K., Szaniawski, R., Michalski, K., Manby, G., 2016. Applying the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility technique to the study of the tectonic evolution of the West Spitsbergen fold-and-thrust belt. Polar Research, 35, 31683. 10.3402/polar.v35.31683