Łukasz Kruszewski

Łukasz Kruszewski, Ph.D., Associate (INGPAN) Professor

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: associate professor
Phone (Office):   (48-22) 6978 717
E-mail:  lkruszewski@twarda.pan.pl

Research interest

mineralogy and geochemistry of coal-fire zones; secondary minerals and their microanalysis;
Powder X-Ray Diffraction;
Rietveld method;
thermal chamber experiments (high-temperature in situ diffraction);
trace element mobilization, transport and enrichment;
mineral systematics;
new mineral species;
field analysis of complex gas mixtures; gas phase geochemistry of wetlands; organic and inorganic biogeochemistry
microprobe analysis (EPMA), SEM-EDS.

Analysis offer / oferta realizacji zleceń analitycznych:

• quantitative phase analysis (PXRD basis, Rietveld method) / ilościowa analiza fazowa (metoda PXRD / Rietveld);
• quantitative and semi-quantitative gas mixtures and trace gas analysis (portable FTIR spectrometry) / ilościowa i półilościowa analiza mieszanin gazów i gazów śladowych (przenośna spektrometria FTIR)

Ongoing research/projects

• Gas phase chemistry of coal fires in burning mining waste heaps
• Mineralogy and mineral crystallochemistry of pyrometamorphic, exhalative, and supergene minerals related to coal fires
• Coal-fire ash geochemistry: a case of heap materials
• Geochemistry of soils and weathering of heap pyrometamorphic complexes (USCB, Poland)
• Hydrosphere and biosphere (incl. fungi) in the environment of burning coal-mining waste heaps
• Element sorption and nominal-versus-true crystallochemistry of ammonium-rich alunite-group minerals
• Secondary Na-Cu, Ca, and As minerals from Rudna IX and Lubin Główny mines
• Pyrometamorphic rocks from natural sites in Poland
• Metamanganolites in Poland

Scientific cooperation in and beyong geology

• Pyrometamorphism in Magdalenian archeological objects
• Geophysical measures of coal fires in heaps
• Chemistry of gas emissions in the environment

Academic degrees

2000–2003: three-year bachelor’s degree studies at the Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw; thesis topic:

„Minerały Chibin” [in Polish; Minerals of Khibiny]; 
Promoter: Andrzej Kozłowski, prof. UW

2003–2005: two-year M.Sc. studies at the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw); thesis topic:

„Minerały powstające w wyniku podziemnych pożarów składowiska odpadów pogórniczych w Łaziskach na Górnym Śląsku” [in Polish; Minerals forming due to the underground fires of the mine-waste bingstead in Łaziska, Upper Silesia” (M.Sc. title gained on 05.10.2005)

2005–2009: four-year Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw); Ph.D. thesis title:

„Zespoły mineralne powstające na objętych pożarami hałdach pogórniczych Górnego Śląska” [in Polish; Mineral associations forming on burning post-mining dumps of the Upper Silesia”];  Ph.D. title gained in June of 2010

01.07.2010-07.11.019: adjunct

from 08.11.2019: associate professor

Ph.D. & M.Sc. thesis topic proposals / propozycje tematów prac doktorskich i magisterskich

• Secondary mineral parageneses and AMD-related geochemistry of selected ore deposits in the Maramureș region, Romania [Ph.D.] / Wtórne paragenezy mineralne i geochemia procesów AMD w wybranych złożach rudnych regionu Maramureș w Rumunii [doktorat] [ONGOING; Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw]
• Secondary copper minerals - a comparison based on selected Slovak and Polish materials [M.Sc.] / Wtórne minerały miedzi - porównanie w oparciu o wybrane materiały słowackie i polskie [mgr] [ONGOING; Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw]
• Colouration factors of the Pliocene clays of the Poznań area [M.Sc.] / Czynniki barwy iłów plioceńskich rejonu Poznania [mgr] [ONGOING; UAM, Poznań]
• Crystallochemistry of sulfate and chloride minerals from coal-fire environment with focus on nitrogen microanalysis methodology elaboration / Krystalochemia minerałów siarczanowych i chlorkowych środowiska pożaru węgla z naciskiem na wypracowanie metodologii mikroanalizy azotu
• Mineralogical diversity, crystal chemistry, and some  petrological aspects versus  coal-fires pyrometamorphics / Zróżnicowanie mineralogiczne, krystalochemia minerałów i elementy petrogenezy versus pirometamorfity pożarów węgla
• Gas analysis in diverse environments - development and support of in situ FTIR, GC and other methods / Analiza gazów w różnorodnych środowiskach - rozwinięcie i uzupełnienie metod in situ FTIR, GC i innych
• True versus  nominal crystallochemistry and sorption characteristics in the alunite supergroup / Krystalochemia nominalna versus  realna oraz właściwości sorpcyjne w nadgrupie ałunitu

Lectures currently run

• Modern issues and methodology in geochemistry

Professional career

26.10.2006 – 31.10.2007 and 10.12.2007 – 29.02.2008: 
stand-alone technician, operation of Bruker axs D5005 powder X-Ray diffractometer, clay mineral fraction separation, soil-derived mineral samples preparation, data interpretaion (EVA v.3 software), at the Department of Soil Environment Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences;

01.06.2009 – spring of 2010: 
operations of a JEOL JSM-6380LA scanning electron microscope with EDS microprobe, Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw

01.07.2010 – recent: adjunct at the present unit

Publications

Regular papers and book chapters

• Kruszewski, Ł., Sláma, J., Deput, E., 2023. Unique trace element geochemistry of pyrometamorphic apatite-supergroup minerals: a case study of fluorellestadite from burnt coal (Poland) and shale (France) post-mining waste heaps, with emphasis on boron, germanium, aluminium and titanium. Geological Quarterly, 67: 7, doi: 10.7306/gq.1677; Unique trace element geochemistry of pyrometamorphic apatite-supergroup minerals: a case study of fluorellestadite from burnt coal (Poland) and shale (France) post-mining waste heaps, with emphasis on boron, germanium, aluminium and titanium | Kruszewski | Geological Quarterly (pgi.gov.pl)

• Wojewódka-Przybył, M., Stienss, J., Kruszewski, Ł., 2022. Accumulation of elements in vegetation spontaneously developing on self-heating waste dumps in the Upper Silesia area (Poland). Geological Quarterly, 66, 29 (26 pp.); doi:10.7306/gq.1662; https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/33331/pdf

• Klęsk J., Błachowski A., Diduszko R., Kruszewski Ł., Widera M., 2022. Iron-bearing phases affecting the colour of upper Neogene clayey sediments from Dymaczewo Stare, west-central Poland. Geologos, 28 (2), 129-139; doi:10.2478/logos-2022-0010

• Okrasińska, A., Decewicz, P., Majchrowska, M., Dziewit, Ł., Muszewska, A., Dolatabadi, S., Kruszewski, Ł., Błocka, Z., Pawłowska, J., 2022.  Marginal lands and fungi - linking the type of soil contamination with fungal community composition. Environmental Microbiology, 37 pp.,

  https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16007; https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1462-2920.16007

• Kruszewski, Ł., Palchik, V., Vapnik, Y., Nowak, K., Banasik, K., Galuskina, I., 2021.  Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Rock Mechanic Characteristics of Zeolite-Bearing Rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Minerals, 11(10), 1062, https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101062; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1062

• Mederski, S., Kruszewski, Ł., Pršek, J. (2021). Epithermal Cu mineralization in the Stary Lesieniec rhyodacite quarry, Lower Silesia: primary and secondary mineral paragenesis. Geological Quarterly, 65, 43 (12 pp.); gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/32972/pdf 

• Miśta-Jakubowska, E.A., Kruszewski, Ł., Przeździecki, M., Paczkowski, M., Marynowski, L., Gójska, A.M., Wilczopolska, M., Diduszko, R., Pyżewicz, K.,Kosiński, T., Trela, T.,   Szubski, M., 2021. Thermal transformation of chalcedonite artefacts from the Magdalenian site of Ćmielów 95 ”Mały Gawroniec” (Poland). Archaeometry,   doi: 10.1111/arcm.12703 (status: In Production); Wiley, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/arcm.12703

• Kruszewski, Ł., 2021. Burning Coal-Mining Heaps as an Organochemical Laboratory: Interesting Trace Compounds and Their Potential Sources.  Chapter 3, in: Organic Compounds, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, ISBN: 978-93-87500-41-9, 38 pp., openaccessebooks.com/organic-compounds.html

• Kruszewski, Ł., Kisiel, M. Cegiełka, M., 2021.  Soil development in the coal fire environment: a case of Upper Silesian waste heaps. Geological Quarterly, 65, 24, doi:10.7306/gq.1592,   https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/29271

• Kruszewski, Ł., 2021. Fossil Fuel Fires: A Forgotten Factor of Air Quality [Online First]; in: Air Quality [Working Title]. IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.96294. Available from: www.intechopen.com/online-first/fossil-fuel-fires-a-forgotten-factor-of-air-quality; 23 pp. (February 18th 2021); https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/fossil-fuel-fires-a-forgotten-factor-of-air-quality

• Miśta-Jakubowska, E., Kruszewski, Ł., 2020. Analizy fizykochemiczne wybranych zabytków magdaleńskich; rodział 17, w: Przeździecki, M., Migal, W., 2020. Na granicy światów.  Obozowisko kultury magdaleńskiej w Ćmielowie, woj. świętokrzyskie. Wydawnictwo: Uniwersytet Warszawski, 381-402 [in Polish, with fragments in English]

• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J. (2020): The Behaviour of Siderite Rocks in an Experimental Imitation of Pyrometamorphic Processes in Coal-Waste Fires: Upper and Lower Silesian Case, Poland. Minerals, 10(7), 586,doi.org/10.3390/min10070586 ; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/7/586
• Lewińska-Preis, L., Szram, E., Fabiańska, M., Nádudvari, Á., Misz-Kennan, M., Abramowicz, A., Kruszewski, Ł., Kita, A. (2020): Selected ions and major- and trace elements as contaminants in coal-waste dump water from the Lower- and Upper Silesian Coal Basins (Poland). International Journal of Coal Science and Technology, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-35061/v1 (preprint); https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342321459_Selected_ions_and_major-_and_trace_elements_as_contaminants_in_coal-waste_dump_water_from_the_Lower-_and_Upper_Silesian_Coal_Basins_Poland
• Kruszewski, Ł., Świerk, M., Siuda, R., Szełęg, E., Marciniak-Maliszewska, B. 2020. Third Worldwide Occurrence of Juangodoyite, Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂, and Other Secondary Na, Cu, Mg, and Ca Minerals in the Fore-Sudetic Monocline (Lower Silesia, SW Poland). Minerals, 10(2), 190, 24 pp., https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020190; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/2/190
• Kruszewski, Ł., Fabiańska, M.J., Segit, T., Kusy, D., Motyliński, R., Ciesielczuk, J., Deput, E. 2020. Carbon-nitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF₆, PH₃, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) – a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach. Science of The Total Environment, 698(1), 134274 (15 pp.), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719342573?dgcid=author)
• Kruszewski, Ł. 2019. Secondary sulphate minerals from Bhanine Valley coals (South Lebanon) – a crystallochemical and geochemical study. Geological Quarterly, 63(1), 23 pp.; doi: 10.7306/gq.1450; https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/26043
• Pierwoła, J., Ciesielczuk, J., Misz-Kennan, M., Fabiańska, M.J., Bielińska, A., Kruszewski, Ł., 2018. Structure and thermal history of the Wełnowiec dump, Poland: A municipal dump rehabilitated with coal waste. International Journal of Coal Geology, 197, 1-19; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326832701_Structure_and_thermal_history_of_the_Welnowiec_dump_Poland_A_municipal_dump_rehabilitated_with_coal_waste
• Thiéry, V., Guy, B., Kruszewski Ł., Carpentier, J.-F., 2018. The Burning Coal Heap of La Ricamarie, Loire Coal Basin, France. Chapter 14, in: Stracher, G.B. (Ed.), Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, vol. 5 - "Case Studies - Advances in Field and Laboratory Research", ISBN 978-0-12-849885-9, Elsevier, 301-331; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329191138_The_Burning_Coal_Heap_of_La_Ricamarie_Loire_Coal_Basin_France
• Kruszewski Ł., 2018. Geochemical Behavior of Trace Elements in the Upper and Lower Silesian Basin Coal-Fire Gob Piles of Poland. Chapter 19, in: Stracher, G.B. (Ed.), Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, vol. 5 - "Case Studies - Advances in Field and Laboratory Research", Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12-849885-9, 407-449; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329041253_Geochemical_Behavior_of_Trace_Elements_in_the_Upper_and_Lower_Silesian_Basin_Coal-Fire_Gob_Piles_of_Poland_Geochemistry_of_Elements_Conclusions_Acknowledgments_References_408_Coal_and_Peat_Fires_A_Glo
• Kruszewski, Ł., Gatel, P., Thiéry, V., Moszumańska, I., Kusy, D., 2018. Crystallochemical Behavior of Slag Minerals and the Occurrence of Potentially New Mineral Species from Lapanouse-de-Sévérac, France. Chapter 13, in: Stracher, G.B. (Ed.), Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, vol. 5 - "Case Studies - Advances in Field and Laboratory Research", Elsevier (ISBN 978-0-12-849885-9), 241-300; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329041011_Crystallochemical_Behavior_of_Slag_Minerals_and_the_Occurrence_of_Potentially_New_Mineral_Species_From_Lapanouse-de-Severac_France
• Fabiańska, M., Ciesielczuk, J., Nádudvári, Á., Misz-Kennan, M., Kowalski, A., Kruszewski, Ł., 2018. Environmental influence of gaseous emissions from self-heating coal waste dumps in Silesia, Poland. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 1-27, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-018-0153-5 (online ISSN 1573-2983)
• Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Kruszewski, L., Aksenov, S.M., Rusakov, V.S., Britvin, S.N., Vozchikova, S.A. (2018): Siudaite, Na₈(Mn²⁺₂Na)Ca₆Fe³⁺₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₄(OH)₂Cl*5H₂O: a new eudialyte-group mineral from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 45,, 745-758; doi: 10.1007/s00269-018-0959-9
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323526549_Siudaite.html
• Расцветаева Р.К., Чуканов Н.В., Крушевский Л., Аксенов С.М., Русаков В.С., 2018. ОСОБЕННОСТИ ХИМИЧЕСКОГО СОСТАВА И КРИСТАЛЛИЧЕСКОЙ СТРУКТУРЫ СИУДАИТА, Na₈(Mn²⁺₂Na)Ca₆Fe³⁺₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₄(OH)₂Cl*5H₂O, МИНЕРАЛА ГРУППЫ ЭВДИАЛИТА ИЗ ХИБИНСКОГО ЩЕЛОЧНОГО МАССИВА, 15, 306-309: Труды Ферсмановской научной сессии ГИ КНЦ РАН https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325562673_OSOBENNOSTI_HIMICESKOGO_SOSTAVA_I_KRISTALLICESKOJ_STRUKTURY_SIUDAITA_Na8Mn22NaCa6Fe33Zr3NbSi25O74OH2Cl5H2O_NOVOGO_MINERALA_GRUPPY_EVDIALITA_IZ_HIBINSKOGO_SELOCNOGO_MASSIVAНОВОГО  http://geoksc.apatity.ru/images/stories/Print/Fersman/FNS.2018.15.pdf
• Kruszewski, Ł., Fabiańska, M.J., Ciesielczuk, J., Segit, T., Orłowski, R., Motyliński, R., Kusy, D., Moszumańska, I., 2018. First multi-tool exploration of a gas-condensate-pyrolysate system from the environment of burning coal mine heaps: An in situ FTIR and laboratory GC and PXRD study based on Upper Silesian materials. Science of the Total Environment, 640-641 (1 November 2018), 1044-1071; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.319 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718319715
• Kruszewski, Ł., Dec, M., 2018. Plumbogummite group minerals in Lower Devonian placoderm sandstones from Podłazie Hill, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Geological Quarterly, 62(2), 353-360, http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1410; https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/25883/pdf
• Siuda, R., Łodziński, M., Syczewski, M., Kruszewski, Ł., Pršek, J., Hoffmann, P., 2017. Pierwsze wystąpienie botallackitu w Polsce (kopalnia Polkowice-Sieroszowice). Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, 469, 217-227 [The first botallackite occurrence in Poland (Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine)]; http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-f4ec9e45-aec6-4d32-a4c5-c92302104ee1
• Bojanowski, M.J., Czarniecka, U., Gąsiński, A., Jokubauskas, P., Kobylińska, U., Kobyliński, Z., Kruszewski Ł., 2016. Petrografia ceramiki pradziejowej w średniowiecznej z grodzisk zachodniej części ziem pruskich.
• Archeologica Hereditas, Grodziska Warmii i Mazur: 2: Nowe badania i interpretacje, Prace Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie. Fundacja Res Publica Multiethnica, Warszawa, 113-172
• Fabiańska M.J., Ciesielczuk J., Misz-Kennan M., Kruszewski Ł., Kowalski Ł., 2016. Preservation of coal-waste geochemical markers in vegetation andsoil on self-heating coal-waste dumps in Silesia, Poland. Chemie der Erde,76: 211-226; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2016.04.001
• Gatel, P., Žáček, V., Kruszewski, Ł., Devouard, B., Thiéry, V., Eytier, C., Eytier, J., Favreau, G., Vigier, J. and Stracher, G., 2015. Combustion Mineralogy and Petrology of Oil-Shale Slags in Lapanouse, Sévérac-le-Château, Aveyron, France: Analogies with Hydrocarbon Fires. In: Stracher, G.B., Prakash, A., and Sokol E.V.: Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volume 3 Case Studies-Coal Fires, pp. 681-742. Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN 978-0-444-59509-6; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283891950_Chapter_28_Combustion_Mineralogy_and_Petrology_of_Oil-Shale_Slags_in_Lapanouse_Severac-le-Chateau_Aveyron_France
• Ciesielczuk J., Kruszewski Ł., and Majka, J., 2015. Comparative mineralogical study of thermally-altered coal-dump waste, natural rocks and the products of laboratory heating experiments. International Journal of Coal Geology, 139,  114-141; https://www.academia.edu/18842645/Comparative_mineralogical_study_of_thermally-altered_coal-dump_waste_natural_rocks_and_the_products_of_laboratory_heating_experiments
• Słaby E., Domonik, A., Śmigielski, M., Majzner, K., Motuza, G., Götze, J., Simon, K., Moszumańska, I., Kruszewski, Ł., and Rydelek, P., 2014. Protomylonite evolution potentially revealed by the 3D depiction and fractal analysis of chemical data from a feldspar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 167, 995 [DOI 10.1007/s00410-014-0995-5]; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261177968_Protomylonite_evolution_potentially_revealed_by_the_3D_depiction_and_fractal_analysis_of_chemical_data_from_a_feldspar
• Fabiańska M., Ciesielczuk J., Kruszewski Ł., Misz-Kennan M., Blake D.R., Stracher G., Moszumańska I. 2013: Gaseous compounds and efflorescences generated in self-heating coal-waste dumps – A case study from the Upper- and Lower Silesian Coal Basins (Poland). International Journal of Coal Geology 116-117, 247 – 261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2013.05.002
• Kruszewski Ł. 2013: Supergene sulphate minerals from the burning coal mining dumps in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, South Poland. International Journal of Coal Geology, 105, 91–109 [Accepted 18.12.2012; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2012.12.007]
• Siuda, R., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2013. Recently formed secondary copper minerals as indicators of geochemical conditions in an abandoned mine in Radzimowice (SW Poland). Geological Quarterly 57(4), 583–600 [doi: 10.7306/gq.1114]; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269786384_Recently_formed_secondary_copper_minerals_as_indicators_of_geochemical_conditions_in_an_abandoned_mine_in_Radzimowice_SW_Poland
• Parafiniuk, J., Kruszewski Ł., 2010: Minerals of the ammonioalunite-ammoniojarosite series formed on a burning coal dump at Czerwionka, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland. Mineralogical Magazine, 74(4), 731-745; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263119629_Minerals_of_the_ammonioalunite-ammoniojarosite_series_formed_on_a_burning_coal_dump_at_Czerwionka_Upper_Silesian_Coal_Basin_Poland
• Parafiniuk, J., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2009: Ammonium minerals from burning coal-dumps of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland). Geological Quarterly, 53(3), 341–356 [data from the Ph.D. thesis of Ł. K.]; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279908403_Ammonium_minerals_from_burning_coal-dumps_of_the_Upper_Silesian_Coal_Basin_Poland

Conference papers

• Olds, T., Kampf, A., Plášil, J., Spano, T., Desor, J., Siuda, R., Kruszewski, Ł., Burns, P., 2022. New data for undescribed uranyl minerals supporting the CURIES database. IMA2022-1131

• Miśta-Jakubowska, E., Kruszewski, Ł., Gójska, A., 2019. Analizy fizykochemiczne wybranych zabytków ze stanowiska Ćmielów 95, woj. świętokrzyskie. Stan obecny i perspektywy. Konferencja "The Pas Has a Future", Uniwersytet Warszawski, s. 37; www.archeologia.uw.edu.pl

• Kruszewski, Ł., Sierny W., 2019. Radlin coal fire heap: thiosulfate- and dithionate-bearing alkaline mineralization; Cu, Fe, As, and P mineralization; and second worldwide occurrence of tsaregorodtsevite. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 49, 54; www.mineralogia.pl
• Kruszewski,Ł., Siuda, R., Świerk, M., Szełęg, E., 2019. New occurrences of secondary minerals from Fore-Sudetic Monocline copper deposits: juangodoyite (Rudna IX mine) and rapidcreekite/brushite (Lubin Główny mine). Mineralogia - Special Papers, 49, 55;
• Kruszewski, Ł., Siuda, R., Kosałka, P., Żochowski, P., Marciniak-Maliszewska, B., 2019. Copper and manganese minerals from "Hans" mine in Przygórze (Lower Silesia, SW Poland) - preliminary results. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 49, 56; https://konferencje.pgi.gov.pl/images/ptmin2019/mineralogia_special_papers_49_v8.pdf
• Majka J., Kruszewski Ł., Rosén, A., Klonowska, I., 2016. Peculiar Ba- and Ti-rich dark mica from the UHP metasedimentary rocks of the Seve Nappe Complex, Scandinavian Caledonides. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 45, 73
• Fabiańska M., Ciesielczuk, J., Misz-Kennan, M., Kruszewski, Ł., 2015. Rare organic minerals on self-heating coal waste dumps - the Wełnowiec case. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 444, 116; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283320504_Rare_organic_minerals_on_self-heating_coal_waste_dumps_-the_Welnowiec_case
• Porowski, A., Kruszewski, Ł., and Lewandowski, M., 2015. Development of geochemical studies of water and wastes with commercial potential: the ING PAN experience [poster]. International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management Porto (Portugal), 16-18 July 2014, Abstracts Book, nstituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugalnstituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
• Fabiańska M., Misz-Kennan M., Ciesielczuk J., Żurek M., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2015. Migration of organic compounds to soils from self-heating coal waste dumps (Lower and Upper Silesia, Poland) [poster no. C09]. 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Prague, September 13 - 18, 2015 (IMOG 2015 Prague), Book of abstracts, pp. 171-172
• Fabiańska, M. J., Ciesielczuk, J., Misz-Kennan, M., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2014. Geochemical markers found passive biomonitoring in the waxes of plants growing on self-heating coal waste dumps (Lower Silesia, Poland) [poster no. E1209]. 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry September 13-18, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic (IMOG 2015 Prague), Book of Abstracts, pp. 902-903; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290438081_Geochemical_markers_found_passive_biomonitoring_in_the_waxes_of_plants_growing_on_self-heating_coal_waste_dumps_Lower_Silesia_Poland
• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., Misz-Kennan, M. and Fabiańska, M., 2014. Chemical composition of glasses and associating mineral species in various pyrometamorphic rocks from coal-mining dumps of the Lower Silesia. Mineralogia - Special Papers 42, 70-71.
• Ciesielczuk J., Kruszewski Ł., Fabiańska M., Misz-Kennan M., Kowalski A., and Mysza B., 2014. Efflorescences and gas composition emitted from the burning coal - waste dump in Słupiec, Lower Silesian Coal Basin, Poland. 4th Central-European Mineralogical Conference - CEMC 2014 (Proceedings of the international symposium CEMC 2014; ISBN 978-80-210-6832-2), 26.
• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., and Misz-Kennan, M., 2014. Mineralogy of some metacarbonate rocks from burned coal-mining dump in Przygórze (Lower Silesian Coal Basin) and its analogy to "olive" rocks from the Hatrurim Formation. 4th Central-European Mineralogical Conference - CEMC 2014 (Proceedings of the international symposium CEMC 2014; ISBN 978-80-210-6832-2), 77; https://www.academia.edu/6896286/BOOK_OF_ABSTRACTS_4th_CENTRAL_EUROPEAN_MINERALOGICAL_CONFERENCE
• Majzner, K., Słaby, E., Karwowski, Ł., Muszyński, A., Simon, K., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2014. Raman spectra of coexisting graphite and feldspar crystals from the Morasko meteorite. The 21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA 2014), Johannesburg, RSA, 01-05 Sept; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266671967_Raman_spectra_of_coexisting_graphite_and_feldspar_crystals_from_the_Morasko_meteorite
• Słaby, E., Wirth, R., Förster, H.-J., Moszumańska, I., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2014. TEM and chemical composition study of phosphates from NWA 2795 shergottite: equilibrium or sequential crystallization? The 21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA 2014), Johannesburg, RSA, 01-05 Sept.
• Kruszewski, Ł., and Ciesielczuk, J., 2013. Anthropogenic analogues of geological processes – a case of burning post-mining dumps as shown by natural samples and thermal experiment. 30th TSOP Meeting, Sosnowiec, Poland, September 1 – 4, Abstract Book, 32; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265913000_Anthropogenic_analogues_of_geological_processes_-_a_case_of_burning_post-_mining_dumps_as_shown_by_natural_samples_and_thermal_experiments
• Ciesielczuk J., Kruszewski Ł., and Majka, J, 2013. Experimental study of the thermal transformation of siderite from the coal waste dump in Katowice-Wełnowiec, Poland. Mineralogia – Special Papers, 36,  74; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265913127_Experimental_study_of_the_thermal_transformation_of_siderite_from_the_coal_waste_dump_in_Katowice-Welnowiec_Poland
• Kruszewski, Ł. 2013. Możliwości i ograniczenia metody Rietvelda – odpowiedź na podstawie użytkowania programu TOPAS. IV Spotkanie Użytkowników Systemów Firmy Bruker, Poznań 03-04.10.2013 r., Conference Materials, W13, 30 – 31.[in Polish] [Capabilities and constraints of the Rietveld method – an answer basing on the use of the TOPAS software; presented on: 4^th Meeting of the Users of the Bruker Systems]
• Kruszewski, Ł. 2013. Komora termiczna jako narzędzie do zrozumienia procesów przeobrażenia materiałów odpadowych. IV Spotkanie Użytkowników Systemów Firmy Bruker, Poznań 03-04.10.2013 r., 59 – 60 [poster] [in Polish] [Thermal chamber as a tool for understanding the processes of trasformation of waste materials; presented on: 4^th Meeting of the Users of the Bruker Systems]
• Kruszewski, Ł., 2013. Synthesis of diverse chemically and structurally unique substances from coal-mining heap waste during experiments in diffraction-coupled thermal chamber. “Science for Industry: Necessity is the mother of invention: Second Networking Event in the field of modern techniques in geosystem exploration”, Warszawa
• Kruszewski, Ł., 2012. Unique chloride assemblage of exhalative origin from burning coal mining dump in Radlin (Rybnik Coal Area, S Poland). Mineralogia – Special Papers 40, 90–92; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288916334_Unique_chloride_assemblage_of_exhalative_origin_from_burning_coal-mining_dump_in_Radlin_Rybnik_coal_area_S_Poland
• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., and Misz-Kennan, M., 2012. Geochemia pierwiastków śladowych w środowisku płonących hałd górnictwa węglowego – przykłady z Górnośląskiego Zagłębia Węglowego. II Polski Kongres Geologiczny, Warszawa [in Polish] [Geochemistry of trace elements in the environment of burning dumps of coal mining – examples from Upper Silesian Coal Basin]
• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., and Misz-Kennan, M., 2012. What have meteorites to do with coal fires? A case of Upper and Lower Silesian Coal Basins. Mineralogia – Special Papers 40, 28–29; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285432931_What_have_meteorites_to_do_with_coal_fires_A_case_of_Upper_and_Lower_Silesian_Basins
• Słaby, E., Karwowski, Ł., Muszyński, A., Simon, K., Majzner, K., Kruszewski, Ł., Moszumańska, I., and Wróbel, M., 2012. Composition and growth morphology of feldspar crystals from the Morasko meteorite: LA-ICP-MS and Raman – SEM EDS imaging study. Mineralogia – Special Papers 40, 53; www.mineralogia.pl
• Siuda, R., Kruszewski, Ł., and Borzęcki, R., 2008. Uranospinite from the abandoned Podgórze uranium mine in Kowary (The Karkonosze Mts, Poland). Mineralogia Special Papers, 32, 143; www.cemc.agh.edu.pl; www.ptmin.agh.edu.pl
• Kisiel M., Kruszewski Ł. 2008. Minerały ilaste gleb płowych w wieloletnim doświadczeniu polowym w Skierniewicach. Związki próchniczne i minerały ilaste w ekosystemach i ochronie środowiska, materiały konferencyjne (Wrocław 8-10.09.2008), 65 [in Polish] [Clay minerals of the … soils in multi-year field experiment in Skierniewice; in: … compounds and clay minerals in ecosystems and environment protection, conference materials]
• Kruszewski, Ł., 2008: Apatite-ellestadite solid solution and associated minerals of metacarbonate slags from burning coal dump in Rydułtowy (Upper Silesia). Mineralogia Special Papers, 32, 100
• Zagórski, Z., Stępień, W., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2007: Occurence of hydroxy-interlayer minerals in long-term nutrified soils from Skierniewice experimental field - preliminary report. Euroclay 2007 (22-27 July 2007 Aveiro Portugal) Abstract Book, 291–292
• Siuda, R., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2006. New data on bayldonite, cornwallite, olivenite and phillipsburgite from Miedzianka (Rudawy Janowickie Mts., Sudetes, Poland). Mineralogia Polonica, 28, 202–204
• Kruszewski Ł. 2006. Oldhamite-periclase-portlandite-fluorite assemblage and coexisting minerals of burnt dump in Siemianowice Śląskie – Dąbrówka Wielka area (Upper Silesia, Poland) – preliminary report. Mineralogia Polonica, 28,  118–120; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285329328_Oldhamite-periclase-portlandite-fluorite_assemblage_and_coexisting_minerals_of_burnt_dump_in_Siemianowice_Slaskie-Dabrowka_Wielka_area_Upper_Silesia_Poland_-_preliminary_report
• Siuda r., Gál-Sólymos K., Kruszewski Ł. 2006. Agardite-(La)–duftite and scorodite–köttigite-like mineral paragenesis from supergenic zone of the Miedzianka deposit (Rudawy Janowickie Mts., Poland) – preliminary report. Mineralogia Polonica Special Papers, 29, 192–195; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313025067_Agardite-La-duftite_and_scorodite-kottigite-like_mineral_paragenesis_from_supergenic_zone_of_the_Miedzianka_deposit_Rudawy_Janowickie_Mts_Poland_-_preliminary_report
• Siuda, R., and Kruszewski, Ł., 2005. Arsenate mottramite from the Stara Góra deposits (Kaczawa Mts., Poland) – preliminary report. Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne Prace Specjalne, 26, 260–263

Other articles

• Kruszewski, Ł., Fabiańska, M., Ciesielczuk, J., Segit, T., 2017. Coal fires - Titan - interstellar medium - life: what do they have in common? Potential gaseous bio-precursors in burning mining heaps. Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life (conference, COST), Warszawa, 03-07.04., 2 pp; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328703988_Coal_fires_-_Titan_-_interstellar_medium_-_life_what_do_they_have_in_common_Potential_gaseous_bio-precursors_in_burning_mining_heaps
• Kruszewski, Ł., Fabiańska, M., Ciesielczuk, J., Segit, T., 2017. Complex multi-tool analysis of the composition of coal fire gases and related condensates in the Upper Silesian heaps: the first-time utilization of the in situ FTIR measurements by GASMET DX4000 system (conference, COST), Warszawa, 13-18.08, 1 pp; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328703896_Complex_multi-tool_analysis_of_the_composition_of_coal_fire_gases_and_related_condensates_in_the_Upper_Silesian_heaps_the_first-time_utilization_of_the_in_situ_FTIR_measurements_by_GASMET_DX4000_syste
• Segit, T., Kruszewski, Ł., and Krajcarz, M., 2004. Podziemne pożary złóż węgla na przykładzie stanowiska Rawat w Tadżykistanie. Rocznik Studenckiego Ruchu Naukowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 4, 86-93 [in Polish] [Underground coal-bed fires exemplified by the Ravat locality in Tajikistan]
• Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., and Misz-Kennan, M., 2012. Geochemia pierwiastków śladowych w środowisku płonących hałd górnictwa węglowego - przykłady z Górnośląskiego Zagłębia Węglowego. II Polski Kongres Geologiczny, Warszawa [in Polish, poster, unpublished] [Geochemistry of trace elements in the environment of burning dumps of coal mining - examples from Upper Silesian Coal Basin]
• Kruszewski Ł. 2010: Wulkany Śląska. Academia, 4(24), 16-19 [in Polish] [Volcanoes of Silesia]
• Segit, T., Kruszewski, Ł., and Krajcarz, M., 2004. Podziemne pożary złóż węgla na przykładzie stanowiska Rawat w Tadżykistanie. Rocznik Studenckiego Ruchu Naukowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 4, 86-93 [in Polish] [Underground coal-bed fires exemplified by the Ravat locality in Tajikistan]

New minerals

• Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Kruszewski, L., Aksenov, S.M., Rusakov, V.S., Britvin, S.N., Vozchikova, S.A. (2018): Siudaite, Na₈(Mn²⁺₂Na)Ca₆Fe³⁺₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₄(OH)₂Cl*5H₂O: a new eudialyte-group mineral from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 45,, 745-758; doi: 10.1007/s00269-018-0959-9
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323526549_Siudaite.html
• Siuda, R., Kruszewski, Ł. (proposal in preparation)

Mineral Systematics

• morozeviczite and polkovicite - names correction (change proposal sent to the IMA)
• sklodowskite - name correction (change proposal sent to the IMA)

Memberships

The Mineralogical Society of Poland

Awards

Distinction of the Ph.D. thesis

Space Research (ESA/ESRIC)

Participation, after invitation of the Łukasiewicz-PIAP, in ESA-ESRIC's "Space Resources Challenge" competition related to raw materials prospecting on the Moon (including 1st-step testing in ESA ESRIC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, in November 2021): the final winner is expected to provide elements then included in the European Large Logistic Lander that is expected to land at the Moon's South Pole in 2028/2029. More: https://www.spaceresourceschallenge.esa.int; https://space24.pl/nauka-i-edukacja/lukasiewicz-piap-w-grupie-finalistow-konkursu-esa; https://centrumnauki.eu/ksiezycowy-lazik-z-polski%EF%BF%BC/robot-lukasiewicz-piap-na-konkurs-esa-i-esric-768x559/; https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C91851%2Clukasiewicz-piap-engineers-space-resources-challenge-finals.html

Other

Courses attended

• Reynolds Cup IX (2018) competition participant
• 20.11.2006 – 24.11.2006: TOPAS training course (evaluation EVA software, TOPAS PXRD data deconvolution software, including: unit cell parameters and crystallinity degree parameters calculation, microstrain calculation, Rietveld method including quantitative analysis), by: Geert Vanhoyland (Bruker, Karlsruhe)
• „Crystallography B: (lectures and practice during Ph.D. studies: theory and practice of crystallography and crystal chemistry, laboratory monocrystalline diffraction measurements, structure refinement and results presentation using SHELLX software), by: prof. Krzysztof Woźniak (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw)
• SIMS short (5-day) course: „Introduction to Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry in the Earth Sciences”, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 22.-26.10.2012, by: prof. Michael Wiedenbeck (manager of GFZ SIMS Laboratory at GFZ)
• SIMS - technical course, GFZ SIMS Laboratory

Press-related cases

https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,22577756,climahton-2017-wentylatornie-metra-jako-miejsca-oddechu.html

https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,22543616,climathon-2017-pokonac-smog-w-dobe.html

Science popularization and other activity

• Wywiad dla czasopisma Focus / Interview for Focus: www.focus.pl/artykul/plonace-haldy-jak-wulkany-wywiad-pan
• Mindat (www.mindat.org): level-2 updating/correcting data (new minerals, valid unnamed minerals,  mineral systematics redefinitions, etc.)
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Płonące hałdy jako model naturalnych środowisk geologicznych" [Burning heaps as a model of natural geologic environments]. Speech for The Student's Scientific Circle of Geologists of the University of Wrocław, 17.12.2019
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Najciekawsze odkrycia mineralogiczne ostatniego dziesięciolecia" [The most interesting mineralogical discoveries of the last decade]. Speech for The "Ametyst" Scientific Circle at the University of Warsaw, 12.12.2019
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Magnetyzm i inne ciekawostki w minerałach" [Magnetism and other oddities in minerals]. Speech for The Scientific Circle of Geophysics of the University of Warsaw, 09.12.2019
• Kruszewski, Ł. Presentation of portable GASMET DX4000 gas analysis system, Piknik Naukowy [Scientific Picnic], 04.06.2019, Warszawa
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Minerały - nowinki i ciekawostki" [Minerals - news and oddities]. Competitive exhibition, Crystal Days (Sudecki Festiwal Minerałów), Lubań, 12-15.07.2018
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Nowoczesne metody analizy minerałów z użyciem metody XRF" [Modern techniques of mineral analysis using the XRF method]. Two speeches, Crystal Days (Sudecki Festiwal Minerałów), Lubań, 12-15.07.2018
• Kruszewski, Ł. Attendance in "Piknik Naukowy Polskiego Radia i Centrum Nauki Kopernik" [Scientific Picnic of the Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre], 09.06.2018, Warszawa
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Nowe minerały vs ING PAN – grupa eudialitu… i co jeszcze?" [New minerals vs ING PAS - the eudialyte group...and what else?" Speech for joint "Spirifer" and "Polskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk o Ziemi" [Polish Club of Friends of Earth Sciences], 11.10.2017
• Kruszewski, Ł. A speech, regarding the discovery of the new mineral siudaite, for joint "Spirifer" and "Polskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk o Ziemi" [Polish Club of Friends of Earth Sciences].
• Kruszewski, Ł. "Collecting minerals on burning dumps?! Sure…". Speech, 1st Mindat Conference, Lwówek Śląski, 09.11.2017
• Occasional: lectures, in geochemistry and mineralogy fields, for student's from various institutions, e.g:
  • https://www.facebook.com/events/2482811672031160
  • https://www.facebook.com/553890747962632/posts/3183502541668093/
  • A lecture about coal fires and burning heaps (in Polish, for student's circle of the Adam Mickiewicz University): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1wL8qFq9M&lc=UgyBb7UE6xcM_0-NukZ4AaABAg
  • Radionuklidy w środowisku naturalnym [Radionucides in natural environment]: https://www.facebook.com/events/526677831361523/
  • New minerals - most interesting recent discoveries [Nowe minerały - najciekawsze odkrycia ostatnich lat]

• Youtube lectures on mineralogy and minerals:

  • 1 - PL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOhVw9Zh6hk

  • 2 - ENG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjbmTCy8xtA&t=4s

  • 2 - PL: video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV0FYVnTRwo&t=3s

  • 2 - ENG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2AyFd9DQ6Q&t=7s

Personal systematic mineral collection: https://www.mindat.org/gallery-5205.html