I am a physical geographer interested in paleolimnology. Most of my work is focused on varved lake sediments and their fascinating potential for reconstructions of natural and man-made changes of the environment. I use sedimentological, geochronological and geochemical methods to piece together complex stories recorded in lake sediments.

I am currently involved in several projects that investigate the mechanisms of varve formation in lakes, preservation of climate signal in lake sediments and reconstructions of environmental change in northeastern Poland.

I am an oceanographer specializing in marine geology. Since I started my scientific work, I have been focusing on annually laminated lake sediments. I am interested especially in processes leading to varve formation, development of chronologies as well as environmental transformations induced by natural drivers and anthropogenic activity.

In my current project, I examine the long-term interactions among fire, climate, vegetation, and human activity to determine the drivers of fire regimes and their changes over the last 2000 years in northern Poland.

I am a physical geographer interested in lakes and sedimentation processes. I am especially interested in varve chronologies and geochemical cycles in lake systems. Additionally, using modern visualization methods, I try to achieve beauty in data visualization.

Currently, I am focusing my research on finding links between varve formation processes, their microstructure and weather conditions.

I am an oceanographer specializing in marine biology. I obtained my PhD at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and my scientific interests focused on population genetics of gorgonians. I love traveling, cycling and climbing. Currently, I am a laboratory assistant at the Division of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology.

I graduated from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography at the University of Gdańsk with a BSc in geology and MSc in oceanography. I am interested in sedimentation processes and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Currently, I am involved in the project focused on sedimentological and geochemical investigations of varved sediments of Lake Gorzyńskie in northwest Poland.

I have graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow with a Master’s Degree in environmental protection. So far, my research focused on using microorganisms in bioremediation processes and using geochemical indicators in assessing environmental pollution.

Currently, I am involved in the project focused on tracking climate signals preserved in annually laminated lake sediments of northeastern Poland.

Scholarship NAWA PPN/ULM/2020/1/00092/U/00001:

Holocene temperature reconstruction in northern Poland using lake midges

Current e-mail address:
gdemendoza.eco@gmail.com

Project NCN 2015/18/E/ST10/00325:

Tracking climate signals preserved in lake sediments from integrated process studies and ultra high-resolution analysis of annually laminated sediments

Current email address:
pauglo1@wp.pl

Project NCN 2017/25/N/ST10/00772:

Laminated lake sediments as an indicator of recently induced anoxia in lakes of northern Poland

Current email address:
a.porajgorska@gmail.com

Karolina served as a laboratory assistant in our research group. Currently, she is enjoing her life’s passion in Morocco.

Current email address:
karolina.molisak@ug.edu.pl

Project NCN 2015/19/D/ST10/02854:

Tracking cryptotephra: toward developing a tool for precise stratigraphic correlation of lacustrine records in northern Poland (TEPHRA)

Current email address:
malgorzata.kinder@ug.edu.pl

Project PSPB-086/2010:

Climate of northern Poland during the last 1000 years: Constraining the future with the past (CLIMPOL)

Current email address:
alicja.bonk@ug.edu.pl