Address:
Instytut Nauk Geologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Ośrodek Badawczy w Warszawie - Research Centre in Warsaw
Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, POLAND
Position: Research Specialist
phone (+48) 22 6978-756
e-mail: adamp@twarda.pan.pl
His research is focused mainly on the origin of various types of waters encountered in geological environment (especially deep circulating ones, drainage waters in mines, highly mineralized, thermal and oil-associated), groundwater dating, water-rock interaction, exploration and utilization of geothermal resources, development and improvement the techniques of determination of isotopic composition of water and selected compounds dissolved in water. He actively developes application of hydrogeological, isotopic and hydrogeochemical methods in mining industry to impove its effective exploration possibilities and sustainable utilization of natural resources.
Up to date, since 1998, Dr Porowski was involved in several scientific grants awarded by national governmental istitutions in the role of investigator, main investigator, leader or consultant. In the field of applied hydrogeology and geochemistry he was involved in preparation of Detailed Hydrogeological maps of Poland, Geothermal Atlas of the Eastern Carpathians, several industrial expertise, and R+D projects.
Dr Porowski is also involved as external, independent expert for scientific and R+D+I projects reviews in national and international (UE as well as national European countries) agencies.
1997 - attained Master of Science degree in the faculty of Geology in the field of Hydrogeology
Department of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
2004 - attained Doctoral degree in the faculty of Earth Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2004 - present: Researcher, Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (ING PAN), Warsaw, Poland
1998 - 2004: Research Assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (ING PAN), Warsaw, Poland
2001 - Doctoral scholarship, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Halle, Germany (2 months)
2001 - Certification of the Ministry of Environment of Poland, concerning the hydrogeological license in category V according to Polish Geological and Mining Low;
1999 - Exchange scholar, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA (one sementer)
1996 - 1997, Junior Assistant, University of Warsaw, Department of Geology, Warsaw, Poland
1995 - 1997, Junior Geologist, POLGEOL S.A., Department of Cartography and Geological Recognition, Warsaw, Poland
Completed professional courses & trainings
- Isotope Methods in Environmental Studies. Gliwice Absolute Dating Methods Centre (GADAM Centre), Gliwice, Poland, 1 - 5 May, 2005
- Geothermal Exploration, Prospecting, Reservoir Engineering, Monitoring. Dokuz Eylul University, Geothermal Energy Research and Application Centre (GERAC), Izmir, Turkey, 28 May - 11 June, 2006. Scholarship granted by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
- Basis of Ionic Chromatography. Silesian University, Department of Earth Sciences, Katowice, Poland, 5-days, April 2008
- Application of Artificial Tracers and Environmental Isotopes in Groundwater Systems' Parameters Estimation, by prof. Piotr Maloszewski. Department of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 5-days, May 2009,
- Application of Artificial Tracers in Estimation of Transport and Flow Parameters in Porous and Karst Media, by prof. Piotr Maloszewski. Department of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 5-days, May 2010
- Lightening the Darkness: From Borehole Measurements to Earth Models. ICDP Scientific Training Drilling Course, KTB GeoCenter, Windischeschenbach, and GFZ Potsdam, Germany; 12 - 16 April, 2010
- Traceres Methods in Hydrology and Hydrogeology, by prof. Piotr Maloszewski. Department of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 5-days, May 2011
- Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH); Secretary General of the Commission of Mineral and Thermal Waters of the IAH (IAH-CMTW) since 2009;
- Member of the International Geothermal Association (IGA);
- Member of the European Society for Isotope Research (ESIR);
- Member of the Polish Geothermal Society (PGS)
- Porowski A., 2012 - Thermal conditions in the eastern part of Polish Carpathians inferred from geochemical and isotopic studies of dehydration-type mineralized water, SE Poland. Geothermics [under review]
- Porowski A., 2012 - Chemical and isotopic characteristics of thermal waters in the Carpathian Region, South Poland: implication to the origin and resources. In: Balderer W., Porowski A., Idris H., LaMoreaux J. (eds) Thermal and Mineral Waters: Origin, Properties, Applications. Springer, 250 p. [in press]
- Dowgiałło J., Porowski A., 2011 - Determination of residence time of drainage waters of KGHM PM S.A. copper mines with reference to observed development of cones of depression. 107 p. [in Polish, unpublished].
- Porowski A., Dowgiałło J., 2009 - Application of selected geothermometers to exploration of low-enthalpy thermal water: the Sudetic Geothermal Region in Poland. Environmental Geology 58 (8): 1629-1638
- Porowski A., Kowski P, 2008 - Determination of δ2H and δ18O in saline oil-associated waters: the question of simple vacuum distillation of water samples prior to isotopic analyses. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 44 (2): 227-238
- Porowski A., 2006 - Origin of mineralized waters in the Central Carpathian Synclinorium, SE Poland. Studia Geologica Polonica 125: 67p
- Dowgiałło J., Halas S., Porowski A., 2005 - Isotope temperature indicators of thermal waters in South-Western Poland. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, 24-29 April, Antalya, Turkey.
- Porowski A., 2003 - Isotopic evidence of the origin of marginal oil-field waters within the Central Carpathian Synclinorium, SE Poland. Environmental Geology 46: 661-669
