Address:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Research Centre in Kraków
Senacka 1, 31-002 Kraków, Poland
Position: Assistant Professor*
E-mail: m.bukala@ingpan.krakow.pl
My research interest has evolved from metamorphic petrology towards (micro)structural geology, placing emphasis on the role of fluid-rock interactions and deformation caused by seismic activity under high-pressure conditions. I utilize various techniques such as thermobarometry, thermodynamic modeling, EBSD and µ-CT, as well as U-Pb and Ar/Ar geochronological techniques. So far, the results of my research have been applied to understanding the geodynamics of Scandinavia, Svalbard, and the Greenland Caledonides.
*Currently I am a Momentum Programme postdoctoral fellow in Andalusian Earth Science Institute (CSIC & UGr) in Armilla (Granada), Spain: www.iact.ugr-csic.es I am developing advanced numerical modeling tools to improve our understanding of volatile exchanges and redox reactions in the Earth’s deep interior under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. This project focuses on efficiently integrating Gibbs free energy minimization (GFEM) with reactive transport models, leveraging AI techniques.
For more, visit my GitHub: 
#petrology, #structural geology,
#thermodynamics, #microstructures, #electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD),
#ArtificialIntelligence, #MachineLearning, #DataScience, #Python,
2021 – PhD in Earth Sciences - Geology
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków (Poland)
Thesis: “Subduction processes recorded by the Baltica outer margin in the Scandinavian Caledonides”
Supervisor: Prof. Jarosław Majka
2016 – MSc in Geology - applied mineralogy and petrology
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland)
Thesis: „Sulfides from mantle xenoliths hosted in basalts of the Lower Silesia, Poland”
Supervisor: Prof. Jacek Puziewicz
2014 – BSc in Geology
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland)
Supervisor: Prof. Jacek Puziewicz
January 2023– now
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Andalusian Earth Science Institute (CSIC & UGr)
Armilla (Granada), (Spain)
May 2022– now
Position: Assistant Editor
De Gruyter Poland
Journals: High Temperature Materials and Processes, Journal of Mechical Behavior of Materials, Nonlinear Engineering
August 2021– December 2022
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGS-PAS)
Kraków Research Centre, Kraków (Poland)
May 2021 – July 2021
Position: Research assistant
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGS-PAS)
Kraków Research Centre, Kraków (Poland)
[19] Barnes CJ, Zack T, Bukała M, Rosel D, Mark C, Schneider D. (2024) Dating metamorphic processes and identifying 87Sr/86Sr inheritance using volume-coupled Rb/Sr geochronology and geochemistry of in situ white mica: A demonstration with HP/LT rocks from Syros, Greece. Chem. Geol.; 122149. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122149
[18] Bukała M, Hidas K, Klonowska I, Barnes CJ, Fassmer K, Majka J. (2024) Dehydration-driven deformation of eclogite: interplay between fluid discharge and rheology. J. Metamorph. Geol.; 1-24. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12765
[17] Ducharme TA, Schneider DA, Grasemann B, Bukała M, Camacho A, Larson K, et al. (2024) Syn-exhumation metasomatic glaucophane-phengite-quartz veins formed at moderate pressures: exploring the control of fO2 and bulk composition on nominally HP metamorphic assemblages. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol.; 179:21. doi: 10.1007/s00410-024-02101-8
[16] Barnes CJ, Gilio M, Bukała M, Włodek A, Majka J, Smit M, Alvaro M. (2023) Garnet quartz inclusion thermobarometry and Lu–Hf chronology detail the pre-ultra-high pressure metamorphic history of the Grapesvare nappe, Scandinavian Caledonides. J. Petrol.; 64(12): egad086. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egad086
[15] Młynarska M, Collet S, Anczkiewicz R, Turniak K, Bukała M, Mazur S. (2023) Vestiges of late Cambrian arc-related magmatism within the Variscan belt of Europe: zircon geochronological and whole-rock geochemical data from the Leszczyniec Metaigneous Complex, Sudetes, Poland. Lithos; 460-461:107394. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107394
[14] Barnes CJ, Schneider DA, Majka J, Camacho A, Bukała M. (2023) 40Ar/39Ar dates controlled by white mica deformation and strain localization: insights from comparing in-situ laser ablation and single-grain fusion techniques. J. Metamorph. Geol.; 41(9):1143-1166. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12739
[13] Barnes CJ, Majka J, Callegari R, Walczak K, Ziemniak G, Bukała M. (2023) Ordovician-Silurian deformation of the Neoproterozoic upper gneiss unit in the northern Seve Nappe Complex: implications for subduction of the Baltican margin. J. Geol. Soc.; 180(4): jgs2022-161. doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-161
[12] Barnes CJ, Bukała M, Callegari R, Walczak K, Kooijman E, Kielman-Schmitt M, et al. (2022) Zircon and monazite reveal late Cambrian/early Ordovician partial melting of the Central Seve Nappe Complex, Scandinavian Caledonides. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol.; 177:92. doi: 10.1007/s00410-022-01958-x
[11] Mazur S, Majka J, Barnes CJ, McClelland W, Bukała M, Janák M, et al. (2022) Exhumation of the high-pressure Richarddalen Complex in NW Svalbard - insights from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Terra Nova; 34:330-339. doi: 10.1111/ter.12597
[10] Walczak K, Ziemniak G, Barnes CJ, Callegari R, Bukała M, Kielman-Schmitt M, et al. (2022) Late Neoproterozoic extended continental margin development recorded by the Seve Nappe Complex of the northern Scandinavian Caledonides. Lithos; 417-418:106640. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106640
[9] Fassmer K, Froitzheim N, Janák M, Strohmeyer M, Bukała M, Lagos M, et al. (2021) Diachronous arc-continent collision in the Seve Nappe Complex: evidence from Lu-Hf geochronology of eclogites (Norrbotten, North Sweden). J. Metamorph. Geol.; 39(7):819–842. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12591
[8] Barnes CJ, Majka J, Bukała M, Nääs E, Rousku S. (2021) Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of a metasomatic calc-silicate in the Tsäkkok Lens, Scandinavian Caledonides. Geol. Geophys. Environ.; 47(1):21–31. doi: 10.7494/geol.2021.47.1.21
[7] Bukała M, Barnes CJ, Jeanneret P, Hidas K, Mazur S, Almqvist BS, et al. (2020) Brittle deformation during eclogitization of early Paleozoic blueschist. Front. Earth Sci.; 8:594452. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.594453
[6] Bukała M, Majka J, Walczak K, Włodek A, Schmitt M, Zagórska A. (2020) U-Pb zircon dating of migmatitic paragneisses and garnet amphibolites from the high-pressure Seve Nappe Complex in Kittalfjäll, Swedish Caledonides. Minerals; 10(4):295. doi: 10.3390/min10040295
[5] Barnes CJ, Jeanneret P, Kullerud K, Majka J, Schneider DA, Bukała M, et al. (2020) Exhumation of the high‐pressure Tsäkkok Lens, Swedish Caledonides: insights from the structural and white mica 40Ar/39Ar geochronological record. Tectonics; 39(7):e2020TC006242. doi: 10.1029/2020TC006242
[4] Holmberg J, Bukała M, Jeanneret P, Klonowska I, Majka J. (2019) Decompressional equilibration of the Midsund granulite from Otrøy, Western Gneiss Region, Norway. Geol. Carpath.; 70(6):471–482. doi: 10.2478/geoca-2019-0027
[3] Barnes CJ, Majka J, Schneider D, Walczak K, Bukała M, Kośmińska K, et al. (2019) High-spatial resolution dating of monazite and zircon reveals timing of subduction-exhumation of the Vaimok Lens in the Seve Nappe Complex (Scandinavian Caledonides). Contrib. Mineral. Petrol.; 174(1):5. doi: 10.1007/s00410-018-1539-1
[2] Bukała M, Klonowska I, Barnes CJ, Majka J, Kośmińska K, Janák M, et al. (2018) UHP metamorphism recorded by phengite eclogite from the Caledonides of northern Sweden: P-T path and tectonic implications. J. Metamorph. Geol.; 36(5):547–566. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12306
[1] Wojtulek PM, Puziewicz J, Ntaflos T, Bukała M. (2016) Podiform chromitites from the Variscan ophiolite serpentinites of Lower Silesia (SW Poland): petrologic and tectonic setting implications. Geol. Q.; 60(1):56–66. doi: 10.7306/gq.1238
2022 Award for the best PhD thesis in the field of mineralogy and petrology given by the Mineralogical Society of Poland (PTMin)
2019 Scholarship for the best PhD student at AGH University of Science and Technology
2018 Ryszard Kryza Young Researcher Award – for the best oral presentation at
25th Meeting of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland (Poland)
2017 Award for the best poster presentation at 12th International Eclogite Conference (Sweden)
2015 Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education - for the best students in Poland
2014 Leader and organizer of the Student Geological Expedition "Scandinavia 2014" awarded as
„2nd Students' Expedition of the Year" by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
