Natalia Szymańska PhD
Oceanographer specializing in the intersection of biology and geology to understand past climatic and oceanic changes.
My google scholar publication list.
Work experience
- 01/2023 – present Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
06/2022 – 12/2022 Fulbright Scholar, Florida International University, Miami, USA
02/2022 – 01/2023 Oceanographer, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
Education and service
2024 – 2025 Early Career Director at the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
2016 – 2022 PhD Candidate, Department of Paleoceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
2013 – 2015 MSc in Marine Geology, University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Geography and Oceanography
2011 – 2012 ERASMUS Stipend, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 – 2013 BSc in Geological Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Geography and Oceanography
Project leadership
CO-FACTOR: Controls On Foraminiferal cArbon Contribution TO ARctic Sediments. OPUS project funded by the National Science Centre of Poland, project no: 2024/53/B/ST10/02821. Duration: 2025-2028
FORAMCARBON: Foraminiferal carbon share in sedimentary carbon pool of Svalbard and Northern European fjords. PRELUDIUM project funded by the National Science Centre of Poland project no: 2016/23/N/ST10/01382. Duration: 2017-2020
Awards
- The Joseph A. Cushman Award for Student Travel 2021
- Fulbright Junior Research Award 2020-2021.
Invited talks
08.03.2024 NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, seminar entitled: Novel Methods and Challenges in Paleoceanography.
31.01.2024 Binghamton University, New York, Earth Sciences Department seminar on the subject of foraminifera, carbon cycle and calcification processes.
22.05.2023. Public lecture entitled: Can changes in diversity impact climate change? A foraminifera perspective at "Where the World is heading?" conference in Paris, France.
11.06.2022. Sopot Science Day lecture on the subject of DNA usage in paleoceanography.
12.10.2021. Guest lecturer at Seminar in College of Arts, Sciences & Education (Florida International University, Miami, USA).