Assistant Professor,  Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Department

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
address: Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw
phone: +48 22 6915-672, e-mail: aloboda@igf.edu.pl

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Education

  • 2018 – Ph.D. in Natural Sciences in the discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences, thesis title: “The influence of seasonal variability of bio-mechanical properties of selectedplant species rooted in the flowing waters on the flow resistance“, Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 – Post-graduate studies, thesis title: “Analysis of the possibility of using non-metric terrestrial cameras to study the changes in the glacier foreland in different seasons”, Military University of Technology in Warsaw
  • 2014 – M.Sc. in Eng., master’s thesis title: “Transformation model of rainfall runoff in a small basin urbanized“, engineer’s thesis title: “Technical project of the drainage of agricultural land, Old Bogaczowice“, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Employment

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences

  • Assistant Professor in Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics, 2024 – present
  • Assistant Professor in Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics, 2018 – 2022

Universiteit Twente

  • Postdoc researcher, 2022 – 2024

Research topics

  • Numerical modelling of flow
  • Biomechanics of aquatic vegetation
  • Teledetection methods of bedforms
  • Flow-sediment-vegetation interactions
  • Precipitation-runoff hydrological modelling

Research Grants

  • “VegMix: Influence of vegetation on flow and mixing in small open channels – from lab to real world“. Project funded by the National Science Centre, co-investigator
  • „Study of the mechanism of macroplastic litter transport in a stream with vegetation.” Project funded by the National Science Centre, co-investigator
  • COST Action CA20101: “Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recovery”, co-investigator
  • “Assessment of the impact of changes in the riverbed as a result of the presence of submerged vegetation on hydrodynamic processes” Project funded by the NAWA-PROM, Principal investigator.
  • “Seaweed reaction to mechanical stresses – a lesson of bio-mechanics of marine plants“. Young Researchers Grant of IG PAS, Principal investigator.
  • “Comprehensive hydrological studies of the Świder catchment using modern measurement techniques“. Young Researchers Grant of IG PAS, co-investigator
  • “Field expermiental investigation of hydrodynamics of water flow-vegetation-sediment interactions at the scale of individual aquatic plant.” Project funded by the National Science Centre. Co-investigator.

Awards

  • 2021 Award of the Director of the Institute of Geophysics PAS for the organization of the international event on February 15-18, 2021 in Warsaw: 6th IAHR Europe Congress
  • 2020 Professor Kacper Rafał Rybicki Scholarship for outstanding basic research in Earth Sciences, geophysics in 2017-2019
  • 2019 Award of the Director of Institute of Geophysics PAS for the best presentation of scientific achievements in 2018
  • 2018 Distinction for the awarded degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences
  • 2015 The second place in a competition organized by The Association of Polish Hydrologists for the best thesis in the field of hydrology
  • 2014 Receiving honors for excellent academic results
  • 2014 Receiving honors for the thesis from the Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Civil Engineers
  • 2013 Getting a Rector’s scholarship for the top 10% of students

Memberships and Roles

  • Associate Editor: Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research
  • Member of COST Action CA20101 – Priority, IAHR, ASLO, NCR
  • Member of Scientific Committee of 8th IAHR Europe Congress 2024
  • President, treasurer, IAHR Young Professionals Network Poland chapter, 2020 – 2023
  • Member of Scientific Committee of 6th IAHR Europe Congress, 2021
  • Member of Organizing Committee of XXXVI International School of Hydraulics, 2017
Publications on Web of Science list
  • Przyborowski Ł., Cuban Z., Łoboda A., Robakiewicz M., Biegowski S., & Kolerski T. (2024) The effect of groyne field on trapping macroplastic. Preliminary results from laboratory experiments. Science of The Total Environment, 921, 171184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171184
  • Przyborowski Ł., & Łoboda A.M., (2021) Identification of coherent structures downstream of patches of aquatic vegetation in a natural environment. Journal of Hydrology, 596, 126123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126123
  • Przyborowski Ł., Łoboda A.M., Bialik R.J., (2019) Effect of two distinct patches of Myriophyllum species on downstream turbulence in a natural river. Acta Geophysica, 67, 987-997, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-019-00292-4
  • Przyborowski Ł., Łoboda A.M., Bialik R.J., Västilä K. (2019) Flow field downstream of individual aquatic plants–experiments in a natural river with Potamogeton crispus L. and Myriophyllum spicatum L. Hydrological Processes, 33(9), 1324-1337. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13403
  • Łoboda A.M., Bialik R.J., Karpiński M., Przyborowski Ł., (2019) Two simultaneously occurring Potamogeton species: similarities and differences in seasonal changes of biomechanical properties. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 28(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/85202
  • Łoboda A.M., Karpiński M., Bialik R.J. (2018) On the Relationship between Aquatic Plant Stem Characteristics and Drag Force: Is a Modeling Application Possible? Water, 10(5), 540; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050540
  • Przyborowski Ł., Łoboda A.M., Bialik R.J., (2018) Experimental Investigations of Interactions between Sand Wave Movements, Flow Structure, and Individual Aquatic Plants in Natural Rivers: A Case Study of Potamogeton Pectinatus L. Water, 10, 1166. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10091166
  • Łoboda A.M., Bialik R.J., Karpiński M., Przyborowski Ł., (2018) Seasonal changes in the biomechanical properties of Elodea canadensis Michx. Aquatic Botany, 147, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.03.006
  • Łoboda A.M., Przyborowski Ł., Karpiński M., Bialik R.J., Nikora V.I., (2018) Biomechanical properties of aquatic plants: The effect of test conditions. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 16, 222-236. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10239
  • Przyborowski Ł., Łoboda A.M., Karpiński M., & Bialik R.J., (2018) Characteristics of flow around aquatic plants in natural conditions: Experimental setup, challenges and difficulties. In: Free surface flows and transport processes (pp. 347-361). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70914-7_23
Other publications
  • Łoboda A., Bomers A., Duong T.M., (2024) The influence of vegetation occurence on water levels. NCR Days 2024: Tomorrow’s Rivers, (pp. 110-111).
  • Przyborowski Ł., Łoboda A., Biegowski J., Cuban Z., Malicki J., Robakiewicz M., & Biegowski S. (2023) Analysis of macroplastic transport in a river regulated by groynes. In Proceedings of 40th International School of Hydraulics 2023 (pp. 71-72).
  • Łoboda A., Bomers A., Duong T.M., (2023) Is riverbank vegetation important for the estimation of flood water levels? NCR Days 2023: Towards 2048: the next 25 year of river studies (pp. 110-111).
  • Łoboda A., Bomers A., Duong T.M., (2023) The impact of riverbank vegetation coverage on rising water levels. 40th IAHR World Congress: Rivers-Connecting mountains and coasts, Vienna, Austria.
  • Przyborowski, Ł., Łoboda, A.M., Bialik, R.J. (2018). Effect of Myriophyllum Species on Downstream Turbulence in a Natural River. In New Challenges in Hydraulic Research and Engineering, (pp. 283-284).
  • Łoboda, A.M., Przyborowski, Ł., Karpiński, M., Bialik, R.J. (2016). Biomechanical tests of aquatic plant stems: techniques and methodology. In Sustainable Hydraulics in the Era of Global Change: Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Europe Congress (Liege, Belgium, 27-29 July 2016), 158-165. CRC Press