Position: Assistant Professor, Biogeosystem Modelling Group (BIOGEO) 
Address: Instytut Nauk Geologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Ośrodek Badawczy w Krakowie - Research Centre in Cracow
Senacka 1, 31-002 Kraków, POLAND
Phone office: +48 12 3705 255
E-mail: w.radmacher@ingpan.krakow.pl
Research interests:
Marine palynology (organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts), Trace fossils, Microstratigraphy and Mineralogy as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
Current projects:
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
2015: International co-operative PhD study at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Krakow, Poland and the University of Bergen, Institute of Earth Sciences, Norway. Specialisation: Scientific and industrial application of palynostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in the subpolar northern-north proto Atlantic. The study was conducted in collaboration with the following institutions in Norway: SINTEF, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Statoil ASA (presently Equinor ASA) and APT-Applied Petroleum Technology. (Supervisors: Profs. Jarosław Tyszka and Gunn Mangerud)
2008: Post Graduate Diploma in Geophysics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Creacow, Poland. Specialisation: applied geophysics, focusing on seismic research methodologies of the location of fossil fuels as well as archaeological artefacts.
2005: M.Sc. in Geology, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Krakow, Poland. Specialisation: combining trace fossil records and micropalaeontological methods in the reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental conditions, in Jurassic Krížna Unit, Tatra Mountains. (Supervisor: Prof. Alfred Uchman).
CURRENT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
From 2021: Revision of Neogene/Quaternary boundary GSSP, Monte San Nicola, Gela, Sicily, Italy (GELSTRAT programm).
From 2019: Quaternary palaeoceanographic research in the sub/Arctic regions utilizing marine dinoflagellate cysts (ODP Sites 984 and 986, Ocean Drilling Program Expedition, ‘Arctic Gateway II’ Leg 162). Institutions involved in the project include: Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, India.
From 2016: Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental research aiming to establish conditions during formation of the Upper Cretaceous sediments in the Panamian Isthmus (Yucatán Peninsula), to be tested by numerical model simulation. By finding the best match of geological proxies to simulation results we aim to find the most probable scenario for the latest Cretaceous palaeoceanography and climate. Institutions involved in this project include: the Centro Univeristario del Norte CUNOR, Cobán (Gwatemala), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Izrael) and University of Zaragoza (Spain).
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
2019 – present: Adjunct at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
2015-2019: Assistant at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
2014/2015 and 2015/2016: maternity leaves
2023-2026: Principal investigator in scientific grant awarded by Polish National Research Center, Sonata-18, I place among 39 applications, budget: 954 729,00 pln. Title: Mediterranean record of global cooling: multiproxy approach to reconstruct the environmental forcing across the Neogene/Quaternary boundary at the Monte San Nicola GSSP in southern Italy
2022:Principal investigator in Research Council of Norway (RCN) research grant under the Climate and Polar research call. University of Bergen, Norway to study Quaternary terrestrial record in the sub/Arctic marine regions (ODP Sites 984 and 986, Ocean Drilling Program Expedition, ‘Arctic Gateway II’ Leg 162).
2009-2015: Joint PhD study at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Kraków, Poland and the University of Bergen, Department of Earth Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
2013: Principal investigator in a scientific project on Campanian to Maastrichtian section in Zumaia, northern Spain. The project was conducted in collaboration with the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark and Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. Funded by ING PAN (internal award for young scientists). Project title: Dating of the Campanian/Maastrichtian transition at Zumaia section, based on palynological record. Grant no.: 18/2013.
2012-2013: Principal investigator in a scientific project conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, funded by The Research Council of Norway, YGGDRASIL programme. Project title: High-resolution dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental analyses of the Cretaceous succession in the Norwegian Sea area. Grant no: 219379/F11. Only 68 of the 262 applications were granted.
2012: Scientific consultant on terrestrial palynology at the international petroleum industry, Conwy, Great Britain.
2011: Principal investigator in scientific project conducted at the Applied and Petroleum Technology company, funded by Foundation for the Development of the Education System, based onco-financing from the Financial MechanismEEA and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Project title: Biostratigraphical correlation of five wells in the southwestern Barents Shelf.Grant no.: FSS/2011/V/D3/W/0074/WS/U/0048.
2010-2011: Principal investigator in a scientific project conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, granted by Foundation for the Development of the Education System, based on co-financing from the Financial Mechanism EEA and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Project title: Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the uppermost Cretaceous and Palaeogene in the southwestern Barents Sea based on dinoflagellate cysts. Grant no: FSS/2010/II/D3/W/0020. Out of a 10 possible points, the project scored 9.
2010: Statoil (now Equinor ASA) Summer Internship, Stavanger, Norway. Responsibilities: palynostratigraphy and micropalaeontological applications in sediment dating and fossil fuel extractions.
2008-2009: Scientific consultant, GEOKRAK, Poland, Cracow, key responsibilities: detailed elaborations of Polish oil and gas fields; reconstruction of the sedimentary basin to estimate the potential of the coal-beds methane.
2006-2008: Archaeological excavations, PRYNCYPAT. Kraków, Poland. Technical support in the excavation of a site of particular archaeological interest in the Zakrzowiec and Modlnica villiages settlement (Kraków area).
2004-2005: Museum Tour Guide, Museum of Natural History and Aquarium, key responsibilities: conducted tours of the Natural History Museum and Aquarium to paying visitors.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:
2023: Organisation of second car trip to Sicily and Calabria to locate geological profiles and conduct preliminary studies in collaboration from researchers from Sicily and Canada.
2023: Invited lecture at Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Chech Republic: Using Earth System Models to understand palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental changes. Two case studies from the Cretaceous greenhouse. Igor Niezgodzki and Wiesława Radmacher.
2022: Organisation of first car trip to Sicily, to collect geological samples from Monte San Nicola, Gela, Italy. This trip was a part of international fieldtrip organised by local host and financed by ING PAN and INQUA – the International Union for Quaternary Research.
2021: Participation in Gelstrat workshop and fieldtrip aiming preliminary research on the Neogene/Quaternary GSSP in Gela, southern Sicily, Italy.
2021: Visiting Researcher Grant awarded for the year 2022 by the Research Council of Norway (RCN), under the Climate and Polar research call.
2020: Honourable nomination by the Scientific Council of ING PAN for the prestigious ‘Stanisław Staszic’ award, for a series of scientific outstanding discoveries in the field of geology.
2020: Internal award of the ING PAN for series of scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
2020: Received funding from an International Cooperation Office of the Polish Academy of Sciences for international meeting on the Last Interglacial at ING PAN (postponed).
2019, GeoHost programm awarded by the Indian government, allowing the attendance in 36th International Geological Congress in New Delhi, India (postponed).
2019: International scholarship awarded by the Government of India to visit the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow, India, under INSA-PAS (Indian National Science Academy – Polish Academy of Sciences) bilateral exchange program. This three-week visit included:
2019: Organisation and participation in international palynological meeting at ING PAN awarded by International Cooperation Office of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
2018: Training on palynological preparation techniques funded by ING PAN (internal project), conducted at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Great Britain.
2018: Organisation of fieldwork in Flores and Cobán area, Guatemala, Yukatán region, funded by ING PAN (internal project). The preliminary micropalaeontological/palynological study was conducted in collaboration with the Centro Universitario del Norte CUNOR, Guatemala.
2018: Attendance in ‘Advanced course in organic-walled dinocyst taxonomy, stratigraphy, paleoecology’, Nottingham, Great Britain, funded by ING PAN (internal project).
2016: Attendance in Summer School in Palaeoclimatology, Past Global Change Reconstruction and Modelling Techniques’ Italy, Urbino, funded by ING PAN (internal project).
2016: Nomination for Prime Minister's award for the outstanding doctoral thesis.
2015: Honourable mention of the PhD dissertation by the Scientific Council of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
2014: Award for the best scientist publication among young scientists at Kraków Research Center funded by the ING PAN
2014: Internal award for a scientific publication in Marine and Petroleum Geology, funded by the ING PAN.
2014: Internal award for the scientific publication in Cretaceous Research journal, funded by the ING PAN.
2014: Internal award for the scientific publication in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology journal, funded by the ING PAN.
2013: Internal award for the scientific publication in Marine and Petroleum Geology journal, funded by the ING PAN.
2013: AASP - Travel Grant for the 9th International Symposium on Cretaceous System, Ankara, Turkey, awarded by The Palynological Society.
2013: ING PAN Award for Young Scientists to conduct fieldwork and palynological study on Campanian and Maastrichtian sediments from Zumaia, northern Spain
2012-2013: Scientific international project awarded by The Research Council of Norway, YGGDRASIL programme. Project conducted at Bergen University, Norway.
2011: Scientific international project conducted at the Applied and Petroleum Technology company, Kjeller, Norway, awarded by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, based onco-financing from the Financial Mechanism EEA and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
2011: Training on palynological techniques at the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, funded by ING PAN (internal project).
2011: Award in the literary and art competition organized by Foundation for the Development of the Education System, based onco-financing from the Financial Mechanism EEA and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
2011: Attendance in ‘Cretaceous – Paleogene palaeoenvironments, tectonics and biostratigraphy of the Arctic and subarctic. Workshop to discuss recent advances and future directions’. Tromsø, Norway. Funded by ING PAN (internal project).
2010-2011: Scientific project, awarded by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, based on co-financing from the Financial Mechanism EEA and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Project conducted at Bergen University, Norway.
2010: Summer Student Internship awarded by Statoil ASA (currently Equinor ASA), Stavanger, Norway.
2009: Attendance in ‘Advanced course in Jurassic – Cretaceous - Cenozoic Organic- Walled Dinoflagellate Cysts: Morphology, Paleoecology and Stratigraphy’, funded by ING PAN (internal project), Uribno, Italy.
2004: The Erasmus Programme (EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) grant for student exchange and fieldwork, Slovakia.
2003: Attendance in palaeontological excavations in Krasiejów (near Opole) organized by the Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw.
2002: CEEPUS Mobility grant (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) including geological fieldwork and training in the eastern Alps.
SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPT REVISION FOR FOLLOWING JOURNALS:
Marine and Petroleum Geology: 4
Arabian Journal of Geosciences: 2
Cretaceous Research: 3
Palynology: 1
MEMBERSHIPS (former and present):
AASP – The Palynological Society
The Grzybowski Foundation
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (PEER REVIEWED PAPERS):
Radmacher, W., Head, M. J., Uchman, A., Mikołajczak, M., Lempart-Drozd, M., Kaczmarczyk, G. P., Wałach, D., 2023. The Neogene–Quaternary boundary at its type locality, Monte San Nicola, Sicily, southern Italy: X-ray computed tomography and ichnofabric signals of the sapropelic Nicola bed. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 158, 0264-8172. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106552
Radmacher, W., Vásquez, O. J., Tzalam, M., Jolomná, M., Molineros, A., & Eldrett, J. S., 2021. What happened to the organic matter from the Upper Cretaceous succession in Guatemala, Central America?. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 13. DOI:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105246
Tyszka, J., Godos, K., Goleń, J., & Radmacher, W., 2021. Foraminiferal organic linings: Functional and phylogenetic challenges. Earth-Science Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103726
Radmacher W, Niezgodzki I., Tyszka J.T. Mangerud G., Pearce M.A., 2020a. Palynology vs. model simulation: oceanographic reconstruction of incomplete data from the Cretaceous Greenland–Norwegian Seaway. Newsletter on Stratigraphy, 53, 93-120. DOI: 10.1127/nos/2019/0527
Radmacher W., Uchman A., 2020b. Oxygen as a factor controlling palynological record: an example from the Cenomanian-Turonian transition in the Rybie section, Polish Carptathians. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104067
Radmacher W., Kobos K., Tyszka J., Jarzynka A., Jose Arz A., 2020c. Palaeoecological and taphonomic indicators of palaeoenvironmental perturbations in the Basque-Cantabrian region during the latest Cretaceous (Zumaia,northern Spain). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104107
Radmacher, W., Mangerud, G., Tyszka, J., 2015. Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous strata from two wells in the Norwegian Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 216, 18-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.12.007
Radmacher, W., Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Arz, J.A., Pearce, M.A., 2014. Dinoflagellate biostratigraphy at the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary in Zumaia, northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 51, 309-320. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.07.004
Radmacher, W., Tyszka, J., Mangerud, G., Pearce, M.A., 2014. Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Upper Albian to Lower Maastrichtian in the southwestern Barents Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 57, 109-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.04.008
Radmacher, W., Tyszka, J., Mangerud, G., 2014. Distribution and biostratigraphical significance of Heterosphaeridium bellii sp. nov. and other Late Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts from the southwestern Barents Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 201, 29-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.10.003
Razmjooei, M. J., Thibault, N., Kani, A., Dinarès-Turell, J., Pucéat, E., Shahriari, S., Radmacher, W., Jamali, A., M., Ullmann, C., Voigt, S., Cocquerez, T., 2018. Integrated bio-and carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Gurpi Formation (Iran): A new reference for the eastern Tethys and its implications for large-scale correlation of stage boundaries. Cretaceous Research, 91, 312-340. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.002
Setoyama, E., Radmacher, W., Kaminski, M.A., Tyszka, J., 2013. Foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy and biofacies from a Santonia
Conference abstracts:
Radmacher W., Head, M. J., 2023: Environmental forcing across the Neogene–Quaternary boundary at the Monte San Nicola GSSP, Sicily, Italy – preliminary results. INQUA - International Union for Quaternary Research Congress), Roma, Italy.
Head M. J., Addante M., Adele Bertini A., Angela Girone A., Maiorano P., Marino M., Niccolini G., Radmacher W., Roberts A., Scopelliti G., Tabbabi H., Uchman A., Caruso, A., 2023: The Neogene–Quaternary boundary at the type locality of Monte San Nicola, near Gela, Sicily – a reinvestigation by the international program GELSTRAT. 4th International Congress on Stratigraphy – STRATI 2023, Lille, France.
Godos, K., Tyszka, J., Radmacher W., Goleń, J., 2023: Global Database of Foraminiferal Organic Linings: Where are the linings of agglutinated foraminifera? 11th International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Kraków, Polska, April 19–22.04.2023.
Tyszka, J.,Godos, K., Goleń, J., Radmacher W., 2023: Phylogenetic patterns of Foraminiferal Organic Linings. Sesion S18: Linking Morphogenesis and Biomineralization, International Symposium on Foraminifera FORAMS 2023, 26–30.06.2023, Perugia, Italy.
Radmacher W., Head M, J., Singh V., 2020. Paleoceanographic implications during the Last Interglacial at high northern latitudes. Zmiany klimatyczne w przeszłości geologicznej Warsaw, Poland, 9-11 December 2020.
Radmacher W., Tyszka J., Niezgodzki I., Mangerud G., 2017. Latest Cretaceous winter sea-ice in the Arctic? The 50th Annual Meeting of AASP – The Palynological Society, Notthingam, UK, 3-7 September, 2017.
Radmacher W., Tyszka J., Niezgodzki I., Mangerud G., Pearce, M. A., 2017. Late Cretaceous climate change in the sub-Arctic region recorded by dinoflagellate cysts. 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous System, Vienna, Austria, 21-26 August, 2017. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 219.
Niezgodzki, I. Knorr, G., Lohmann, G., Tyszka, J., Radmacher, W., 2017. Late Cretaceous climate with different gateway configurations and CO2 concentrations as simulated by the Earth System Model. Implications for the Arctic region. 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous System, Vienna, Austria, 21-26 August, 2017. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 120: 196.
Radmacher W., Tyszka J., Niezgodzki I., Mangerud G., Pearce, M. A., 2017. Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts as indicator of sea-surface salinity and productivity fluctuations in the subpolar Late Cretaceous Greenland-Norwegian Seaway. 11th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Brodeaux, France, 17-21 July, 2017. Program and abstract volume: 70.
Radmacher W., Niezgodzki I., Setoyama E., Tyszka J., Mangerud G., Kaminski M., Knorr G., Lohmann G. 2017. Freshwater forcing on the greenhouse Arctic climate in the Late Cretaceous: Implications from proxies and model simulation, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April, 2017.
Radmacher W., Niezgodzki I., Setoyama E., Tyszka J., Mangerud G., Kaminski M., Knorr G., Lohmann G. 2017. Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the sub-Arctic region, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April, 2017.
Radmacher W., Setoyama E., Tyszka J., Mangerud G., Kaminski M. A. 2013. A Late Cretaceous biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental study of the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea area - application of dinoflagellate cysts and foraminifera, 9-th International Symposium on the Cretaceous System, Ankara, Turkey, 1-5 September, 2013. Biostratigraphy, algae and benthic foraminifera: 9-10.
Setoyama E., Radmacher W., Kaminski M. A., Tyszka J. 2013. Foraminiferal biofacies from a Late Cretaceous fan system in the Vøring Basin, offshore Norway. In: Holcová, K. (ed.) The Micropalaeontological Society Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Spring Meeting 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, 19th-22nd June, 2013. The micropalaeontological record of global change: from epicontinental seas to open ocean: 34-35.
Setoyama E., Radmacher W., Tyszka J., Kaminski M. A. 2011. Integrated foraminiferal and dinocyst biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous in the southwestern Barents Sea and palaeoenvironmental implications. Applications of biostratigraphy to the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Stavanger, Norway, 8 December, 2011: 15.
Radmacher W. 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene dinocysts from three wells in the southwestern Barents Sea - preliminary results. The 4th Joint Meeting of the Silicofossil and Palynology groups of The Micropalaeontological Society. Tromsø, Norway, 31st February - 1st March, 2010: 10-41.
Radmacher W., Tyszka J. 2009. Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental implications of Late Cretaceous Dinoflagellate cysts from the southwestern Barents Sea - preliminary observations. Mikro-2009. 7-th Micropalaeontological workshop. Abstracts and Excursion Guide. Św. Katarzyna, Poland, 28-30 September: 15, Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication nr 15: 42.
VOLUNTARY WORK AND OTHER EXPERIENCES: In years 2005 and 2007 I spent time on tiny Isle of Iona (west Scotland) as a Voluntary Counselling Assistant. My primary duties were to provide a therapeutic environment for individuals suffering from a range of personal difficulties such as isolation, bereavement and drug addiction. As a volunteer for the Iona Community organisation in Scotland I was awarded a certificate of work. Later, in Poland and during my longer-term stays abroad, I gained a lot of experience related to social and medical care: disabled person care certificate and first aid certificate - Irish Wheelchair Association, Republic of Ireland; first aid course - Maltese Health Service.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (Advanced), Czech (Intermediate), Spanish (Intermediate), German (basic), Russian (basic)
PERSONAL INTERESTS: Social psychology and foreign languages, exotic cultures, music, photography, craftwork, horse riding
