Alicja Wudarska, PhD

 

 Address:
 Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
 Research Centre in Warsaw
 Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland

 Position: Assistant Professor

 E-mail:  ndgiera@cyf-kr.edu.pl

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Research interests:

isotope geochemistry, minerals of the apatite group, secondary ion mass spectrometry, reference materials development

Education:

2014–2020: PhD in the field of Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences, in the discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warsaw

2013–2014: Master of Science in Engineering in the field of Mining and Geology (in Polish: magister inżynier) at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow

  • Major in applied mineralogy with gemology
  • Master’s thesis title: Arsenate substitution in lead hydroxyl apatites: Rietveld refinements and Raman spectroscopic study. Supervisor: prof. dr hab inż. Maciej Manecki

2009–2013 - Bachelor of Science in Engineering in the field of Mining and Geology (in Polish: inżynier) at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow

Professional career:

Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Centers in Cracow and Warsaw

  • Assistant Professor (Nov. 2020–now)
  • Research Assistant (Dec. 2018–Oct. 2020)
  • Geochemist (Technical Staff; Oct. 2018–Nov. 2018)
  • PhD student in the research project (Nov. 2014–Jul. 2018)

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Section 3.1. Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry

  • Guest Scientist (Feb. 2020–now)
  • Short-term and long-term research stays in the SIMS laboratory (a total of 18 months; Jul. 2015–Jan. 2020)

Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy in Cracow

  • Internship at the accredited soil testing laboratory (Jul.–Aug. 2013)

Other activities and positions held:

Publications:

  • Martin I.A., Ainsaar L., Lepland A., Wudarska A., Scicchitano M.R., Prave T.,  2026. Component-specific carbon and oxygen isotope variability in marine limestones of the Mid-Ludfordian (late Silurian) carbon isotope excursion of the Baltic Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 684, 113504.
  • Reshetnyk M.M., Shumlyanskyy L.V., Chew D., Dhuime B., Wudarska A., Starokadomsky D.L., 2025. Petrochronology of granitoids (sobites) in the Ros-Tikych and Dniester-Bouh Domains Junction Zone, the Ukrainian Shield. Mineralogical Journal (Ukraine), 47, 55–68.

  • Grema H.M., Magnall J.M., Gleeson S.A., Milton J.E., Wudarska A., Schleicher A.M., Schulz H-M., 2024. Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Boundary Zone Zn-Pb±Ag prospect, Yukon, Canada. Economic Geology, 119, 1833–1859

  • Gumsley A., Słaby E., Dey S., Chew D., Gmochowska W., Wudarska A., Gumsley A., Szopa K., Krzykawski T., Marciniak-Maliszewska B. & Drakou, F., 2024. The evolution of Archean crust undisturbed for three billion years: A case study from the Bahalda Pluton, Singhbhum Craton, eastern India. Precambrian Research, 406, 107385.
  • Narkiewicz K., Narkiewicz M., Wudarska A., 2023. Significance of conodont data for explaining geosystem perturbations during the Middle Devonian Kačák Episode. Marine Micropaleontology, 185, 102307.
  • Wudarska A., Wiedenbeck M., Słaby E., Lempart-Drozd M., Harris C., Joachimski M.M., Lécuyer C., MacLeod K.G., Pack A., Vennemann T., Couffignal F., Feng D., Glodny J., Kusebauch C., Mayanna S., Rocholl A., Speir L., Sun Y., Wilke F.D.H., 2022.Inter-laboratory characterisation of apatite reference materials for oxygen isotope analysis and associated methodological considerations. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 46, 277–306.
  • Wudarska A., Sordyl J., Manecki M., Zawiła A., Bajda T., 2022. Vibrational spectroscopic study of synthetic analogs of schultenite PbHAsO4–“phosphoschultenite” PbHPO4 solid solution series. Polyhedron,  211, 115534.
  • Wudarska A., Słaby E., Wiedenbeck M., Barnes J.D., Bonifacie M., Sturchio N.C., Bardoux G., Couffignal F., Glodny J., Heraty L., John T., Kusebauch C., Mayanna S., Wilke F.D.H, Deput E., 2021. Inter-laboratory characterisation of apatite reference materials for chlorine isotope analysis.Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 45, 121-142.
  • Wudarska A., Słaby E., Wiedenbeck M., Birski Ł., Wirth R., Götze J., Lepland A., Kusebauch C., Kocjan I., 2020. Chlorine isotope composition of apatite from the >3.7 Ga Isua supracrustal belt, SW Greenland. Minerals, 10, 27.
  • Słaby E., Gros K., Förster H.-J., Wudarska A., Birski Ł., Hamada M., Götze J., Martin H., Jayananda M., Moyen J.-F., Moszumańska I., 2020. Mineral-fluid interactions in the late Archaean Closepet granite batholith, Dharwar craton, southern India. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 489, 293-314.
  • Birski Ł., Słaby E., Wirth R., Koch-Müller M., Simon K., Wudarska A., Götze J., Lepland A., Hofmann A., Kuras A., 2019. Archaean phosphates: a case study of transformation processes in apatite from the Barberton greenstone belt. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 174, 25.
  • Wudarska A., Wiedenbeck M., Słaby E., Lepland A., Birski Ł., Simon K., 2018. Halogen chemistry and hydrogen isotopes of apatite from the >3.7 Ga Isua supracrustal belt, SW Greenland. Precambrian Research, 310, 153–164.
  • Birski Ł., Wirth R., Słaby E., Wudarska A., Lepland A., Hofmann A., Schreiber A., 2018. (Ca-Y)-phosphate inclusions in apatite crystals from Archean rocks from the Barberton Greenstone Belt and Pilbara Craton: First report of natural occurrence. American Mineralogist, 103, 307–313.
  • Słaby E., Förster H.J., Wirth R., Wudarska A., Birski Ł., Moszumańska I., 2017. Validity of the apatite/merrillite relationship in evaluating the water content in the Martian mantle: implications from shergottite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2975. Geosciences, 7, 99.
  • Giera A., Manecki M., Bajda T., Rakovan J., Kwaśniak-Kominek M., Marchlewski T., 2016. Arsenate substitution in lead hydroxyl apatites: A Raman spectroscopic study. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 152, 370–377.

Research projects:

Oxygen isotopes in conodonts from Baltica as indicators of Ordovician climate change

Development of new reference materials for boron and sulphur isotope analyses of apatite

Development of the reference material(s) for U-Pb dating of apatite

Multifaceted geochemical–sedimentological characterization of the conditions of sedimentation and diagenesis in a cave biogeosystem

  • Role: Team member
  • Funding body: IGS PAS statutory grant, Project coordinator: Dr hab. Maciej Krajcarz, prof. ING PAS
  • Period: since Jan. 2024

Determination of the relative age of fossil teeth using the fluorine dating method

  • Role: Project coordinator
  • Funding body: IGS PAS statutory grant
  • Period: Jan. 2022–Dec. 2023

Preliminary isotope study of fossils from the Cradle of Humankind caves, South Africa

  • Role: Project coordinator
  • Funding body: IGS PAS statutory grant
  • Period: Jan. 2021–Dec. 2021

Archean sanukitoid from the Singhbhum Craton in India – magmatic and post-magmatic evolution

  • Role: Team member
  • Funding body: IGS PAS statutory grant, Project coordinator: Prof. Ewa Słaby.
  • Period: Jan. 2020–Dec. 2020

Development of new reference materials for oxygen isotope analysis and U-Pb dating of apatite

  • Role: Principal Investigator
  • Funding body: Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (research grant for the early career researchers)
  • Period: Sept. 2018 – June 2019

Variation of isotope ratios in early Archaean apatites as a source of information on the origin of water/ volatiles on the Earth

Research scholarships:

Awards:

  • IAG Young Scientist Award 2021 from the International Association of Geoanalysts

  • EAG (European Association of Geochemistry) Early Career Science Ambassador award, supporting participation in Geoanalysis 2024 conference in Wuhan, China
  • Award for the best student oral presentation at the 10th International Conference on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials, Geoanalysis 2018, Sydney, Australia
  • Award for the Outstanding Early-Career Poster at the EGU Galileo conference Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system and beyond in 2017, Furnas, Azores Portugal
  • Second place for the Best Oral Communication at the 24th Session of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland in 2017, Wrocław, Poland
  • Award for the best graduate of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology in 2014: Honorary Sword of SITPNiGawarded by the Scientific and Technical Association of Engineers and Technicians of the Oil and Gas Industry
  • Third place in the 16th Diamonds of AGHcompetition for the best Master’s thesis (theoretical category) at the AGH University of Science and Technology
  • Honorable mention for the oral presentation at the XVth International Conference of Young Geologists HERĽANY 2014

Conference contributions:

Updated on 3 Mar. 2026