Staff projects

Research projects carried out in years 2017-2021

• Denudation of Andosols and landscape development in south-east Iceland from an interdisciplinary perspective. Principal investigator: Dr. Jarosław Waroszewski. NCN OPUS 20. Implementation period: 08.06.2021 - 07.06.2024
• Denudation of andosols and landscape development in south-east Iceland from an interdisciplinary perspective. Principal investigator: Dr. Piotr Stępień. NCN OPUS 20. Implementation period: 01.10.2021 - 30.09.2024
• Geoarchaeology of buried soils. Transformations of soilscapes in the Silesian loess zone as indicators of prehistoric land-use. Principal investigator: Dr. Mateusz Krupski. NCN Sonatina 4. Implementation period: 25.11.2020 - 25.11.2023
• Spectroscopic and chemical properties of soil humin fraction in relation to their interaction with pesticides. Principal investigator: Prof. Jerzy Weber. Lider: WUELS, Partners: Institute of Plant Cultivation and Soil Science, West-Pomerania University of Technology in Szczecin. NCN OPUS 16. Implementation period: 09.07.2019 - 08.07.2022
• Origin and transformation of chernozemic soils in Poland in relation to the climatic changes and influence of settlement and human activity since the beginning of the Neolithic period. Principal investigator: Prof. Beata Łabaz. NCN OPUS 15. Implementation period: 18.02.2019 - 17.02.2022
• Antioxidant properties of soils under variable land use. Principal investigator: Dr. Irmina Ćwieląg-Piasecka. Program MISTRZ UPWr. Implementation period: 01.07.2021-30.12.2022.
• Erosion and development of soils in the loess landscape of the Trzebnica Hills in terms of isotopic studies (10Be, 239+240Pu) and OSL dating. Principal investigator: Dr. Jarosław Waroszewski. NCN OPUS 15. Implementation period: 14.01.2019 - 13.01.2022
• Bioavailability and ecotoxicity of arsenic in highly contaminated soils in areas of historical ore mining and processing - in the aspect of environmental risk. Principal investigator: Prof. Anna Karczewska. NCN OPUS 11. Implementation period: 09.03.2017 - 08.02.2021
• Origin of mollic-bearing soils on loess areas in the soutch-west of Poland in the context of environmental change and human expansion in the Holocene. Principal investigator: Prof. Cezary Kabała. NCN OPUS 8. Implementation period: 13.07.2015 - 12.07.2018
• Verification of parent material homogeneity in soils developed from crystalline and sedimentary rocks in the loess-influenced territory of the Lower Silesia region. Principal investigator: Dr. Jarosław Waroszewski. NCN SONATA 8. Implementation period: 23.07.2015 - 22.07.2018