M.Sc. Paula Sierpień

Position:  Uranium-Thorium Laboratory Manager

Research Interests:

  • Uranium-thorium dating of carbonates and tooth enamel

  • Measurement of uranium and thorium isotopes using ICP-MS

  • Geoarchaeology

  • Forensics

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 
 

Tel.: (+48) 22 6978-711
E-mail:  paulasierpien@twarda.pan.pl

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Education:

2015 - 2017 - M.Sc., Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw 
2012 - 2015 - B.Sc., Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw 
 

Professional career:

Since 2017 -  Research Assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
 

Publications:

  • C. Durlet, V. Bichet, J. Buoncristiani, Š. Matouskova, P. Sierpień and N. Bondon. “Discovery and deciphering of a long intra-till cave (Jura mountains, France)”, 2024,  Geomorphology 461(1):109319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109319
     
  • R. Warchulski, M. Kałaska, B. C. Rizzuto, P. Sierpień, M. Pisarek, G. Kaproń, B. Marciniak-Maliszewska, P. Jokubauskas, J. Kotowski, D. Środek, P. Przadka-Giersz, M. Giersz. „In-depth study of a speiss/matte sample from Castillo de Huarmey, North Coast of Peru, and its implications for the pre-Columbian production of arsenic bronze in the Central Andes”, 2024, Archaeometry volume 67 (1), 112-131, http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13000
     
  • J. Recław, P. Sierpień, J. Karasiński, G. Kamenov, W. Powell, B. Marciniak-Maliszewska, M. Kałaska. „The origin of lead artifacts from Novae – applications of Pb isotopes in research on the provenance of the Roman artifacts from N Bulgaria”, 2024,  Heritage Science Heritage Science volume 12, Article number: 40, 10.1186/s40494-024-01151-2
     
  • J. Pawlak, H. Hercman, M. Gąsiorowsk, M. Błaszczyk, P.Sierpień, P. Pruner, P. Schnabl, Š. Kdýr, Š. Matoušková, N. Zupan Hajna, A. Mihevc, P. Bosák. “Climate change at the Matuyama/Brunhes magnetic reversal recorded in a flowstone from the Račiška pečina Cave (Slovenia)”, 2024, Quaternary International 686-687, 4-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.05.002
     
  • M. Kałaska, R. Siuda, P. Sierpień, Dagmara H. Werra. „Application of arsenic surveying for determining the position of former mining and metallurgical constructions: An example from the Radzimowice area (Lower Silesia, SW Poland)”, 2022, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14:184, 10.1007/s12520-022-01654-8
     
  • N. Zupan Hajna, A. Mihevc, P. Bosák, P. Pruner, H. Hercman, I. Horáček, J. Wagner, S. Čermák, J. Pawlak, P. Sierpień, Š. Kdýr, L. Juřičková, A. Švara. “Pliocene to Holocene chronostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental records from cave sediments: Račiška pečina section (SW Slovenia)”, 2021, Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.035
     
  • P. Sierpień, J. Pawlak, H. Hercman, P. Pruner, N. Zupan-Hajna, A. Mihevc, P. Bosák. “Flowstones from the Račiška pečina Cave (SW Slovenia) record 3.2-Ma-long history”, 2021, Geochronometria 48(1):31-45, https://doi.org/10.2478/geochr-2021-0004
     
  • J. Pawlak, H. Hercman, P.Sierpień, P. Pruner, M. Gąsiorowski, A. Mihevc, N. Zupan Hajna, P. Bosák, M. Błaszczyk, B. Wach. “Estimation of durations of breaks in deposition - speleothem case study”, 2020, Geochronometria 47(1):154-170, https://doi.org/10.2478/geochr-2020-0022
     
  • P. Sierpień, R. Siuda. „Odtwarzanie warunków wytopu miedzi na podstawie badań mineralogicznych żużli z dawnych ośrodków hutniczych Dolnego Śląska” – Człowiek i Kamień - Badania geologiczne w perspektywie archeologii, 195-201, Poznań 2019, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe
     

Research projects:

  • Principal Investigator of the PRELUDIUM 22 grant, titled "Experimental verification of correction methods of U-series ages used in case of dating secondary carbonates contaminated by detritus", no. 2023/49/N/ST10/01606; 2024 – 2027