Marcin Świtoniak

Dr Marcin ŚWITONIAKDepartment of Soil Science and Landscape Management

Faculty of Earth Sciences

Nicolaus Copernicus University

Lwowska Street 1, Toruń, Poland, 87-100

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń. My research interests focus on the soil erosion in young glacial landscapes and the biological activity of soils in arctic regions. As a student of geography at NCU, I studied ecological soil science. I took part in the three polar expeditions organized by Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. My principal teaching responsibilities lie in the area of geography of soils, soil genesis and soil

monitoring and protection. I am NCU Faculty of Earth

Sciences Professional Practices Coordinator. Away from

work, I enjoy spending my time actively - riding my bike,

running or hiking (eg. I set my foot on the top of Mt. Blanc

and Elbrus). more about me...

Some recent Research Projects:

M. Świtoniak (Head of the Project). Diagnosis of anthropogenic transformation of soil cover in protected areas, as a basis for their rational use on example of Brodnica Landscape Park. National Science Centre (2009 – 2014).
Validation of the Central European Soil database - project V4 [Visegrad Strategic Program (Strategic Grant)] (2012/2013) M. Świtoniak (participant).
Lingua Franca for European Soils (LiFES) – LLP Erasmus (2010-2014) P. Charzyński (Coordinator).