Magdalena Mrokowska – biogeophysics | soft matter in hydro-environment

I have been associated with the Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics, Institute of Geophysics, PAS since my PhD which I completed as a Research Assistant (2011-2014). Then I was promoted to Assistant Professor (2014-2022) and Associate Professor in 2022.

I developed professional experience in fluid mechanics related to the environmental hydrodynamics focused on unsteady flow in open channels (PhD), sediment transport, and non-Newtonian liquids (PostDoc research). I dedicated effort to infrastructural activities to set up a hydraulic laboratory in my department and became the head of the Hydrodynamic Models Laboratory in 2017. Then I took up a fascinating endeavour with interdisciplinary biogeophysical research combining skills gained in IG PAS and my previous environmental education.

Recent projects

  •  Ocean MICRoscale processes at the Organic Matter continuum (OMICROM), Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (Spain), 2026-2028, team member
  • Experimental studies on the effects of exopolymers on the settling dynamics and interactions between solid particles in density-stratified aquatic systems, Principal investigator, funded by National Science Centre, (2019/35/D/ST10/01135), 2020-2025, Principal Investigator
  • Experimental studies on the impact of density gradient in a liquid column on the settling dynamics of non-spherical particles, Principal investigator, IG PAS Young Researchers Grant, 2018-2020, Principal Investigator

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