CV

Professional experience:

• Assistant Professor, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (2022-present)


• Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA (2020-2022)


• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK (2019-2020)


• Oceanographer, Polish Antarctic Station, King George Island, South Shetlands (2018-2019)


• Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK (2014-2018)


• Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK (2014)


• Intern, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK (2013-2014)

Qualifications:

• PhD, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK, 2018 thesis available here


• MSc, Institute of Geograpy and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw, Poland, 2013


• BSc, Institute of Geograpy and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw, Poland, 2011

Awards/grants:

• PAS short-term mobility grant to visit University of Glasgow (2024)


• PAS-CNRS International Emerging Actions bilateral grant (2024)


• SIOS - Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, SIOS-Planet Access Call (2023)


• Kacper Rybicki Scholarship, Institute of Geophysics PAS, Poland (2022)


• National Science Centre SONATINA 5 grant, Poland (2021)


• Department of Geography Postgraduate Conference Fund, Durham University, UK to visit Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (2017)


• Ustinov College Travel Grant, Durham University, UK to attend IAG International Conference on Geomorphology (2017)


• LLP Erasmus Training grant to spend 3 months at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK (2012)


• Head of the Faculty of Earth Sciences Award, University of Wroclaw, Poland (2009, 2010, 2012)


• LLP Erasmus Learning grant to spend 6 months at the University of Seville, Spain (2010-2011)

Research visits:

• Section 4.7 Earth Surface Process Modelling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; host: Dr Luca Malatesta (1 week in 2023)


• Earth Observation Group, Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; host: Dr Malin Johansson (6 months in 2023; 2 weeks in 2024)


• Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA; host: Dr Dalia Kirschbaum (3 weeks in 2019)


• Centre for Accelerator Science, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia; host: Dr Klaus Wilcken (1 week in 2018)


• CosmIC Laboratory, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK; host: Dr Dylan Rood (14 weeks in 2016-2018)


• Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK; host: Prof. Gareth Rees (3 months in 2012; 1 week in 2022)

Invited talks/seminars:

• Polar Ecosystems Seminar, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Poland, Online, 2024


• Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association ‘ECSA Files!’ Webinar, 2023 recording


• Section 4.7 Earth Surface Process Modelling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, 2023


• Centre for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations (CIRFA), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, 2023


• IGCP725 Forecasting Coastal Change, Geochron January Online Workshop, 2023 recording


• Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 2022


• Applied Ocean Science (AOS) Seminar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA, 2022


• Climate, Atmospheric Sciences and Physical Oceanography (CASPO) Seminar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA, 2020


• Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 2019


• Centre for Accelerator Science, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia, 2018


• Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2016


• Department of Mathematical Science, Durham University, UK, 2016

Conference presentations:

• EGU General Assembly, 2024: Vienna, Austria. (oral) abstract


• AGU Fall Meeting, 2023: San Francisco, CA, USA. (poster)


• 3rd SIOS Marine Infrastructure Workshop, 2023: Online. (oral)


• EGU General Assembly, 2023: Vienna, Austria. (poster) abstract


• 11th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Assimilation, Observations, Predictions and Verification, 2023: Oslo, Norway. (poster)


• Polar Night Week, 2023: Longyearbyen, Norway. (oral + poster)


• AGU Fall Meeting, 2022: Online. (iPoster)


• AGU Fall Meeting, 2021: New Orleans, LA, USA. (oral)


• MPOWIR Pattullo Conference, 2021: Warrenton, VA, USA. (poster)


• QRA Annual Discussion Meeting, 2021: Online. (poster)


• AGU Fall Meeting, 2020: Online. (eLightning)


• AGU Fall Meeting, 2019: San Francisco, CA, USA. (oral + poster)


• 9th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, 2017: Delhi, India. (oral)


• QRA Sea Level and Coastal Change Conference, 2016: Whitby, UK. (oral + poster)


• 14th International Coastal Symposium, 2016: Sydney, Australia. (oral)


• British Society for Geomorphology Annual Meeting, 2015: Southampton, UK. (poster)


• 35th Polar Symposium, 2014: Wroclaw, Poland. (oral + poster)


• 2nd Martian Cryosphere Workshop, 2014: Wroclaw, Poland. (oral)


• 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, 2013: Paris, France. (oral)

Fieldwork experience:

• Svalbard (2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023 x2): underwater instrument deployment and recovery, scientific scuba diving, wave runup recording, beach mapping, sediment sample collection for grain size analysis, UAV, TLS, SfM, dGPS, TMEM, SHRT/Equotip, rock sample collection for laboratory strength tests, permafrost coring


• Stołowe Mts, Poland (2022): rock sample collection for cosmogenic dating


• California (2020-2021): TLS, dolly topo surveying, RFID cobble tracking, SHRT, scientific scuba diving


• Northern Pacific (2020): underway CTD (research cruise)


• South Shetlands (2018-2019): CTD, ADCP, ecological surveying


• Nepal (2019): geomorphological mapping


• Yorkshire, UK (2014-2018): TLS, UAV, SfM, dGPS, SHRT/Equotip, rock sample collection for cosmogenic dating


• Khibiny Mts, Russia (2014): spectrometry of the Arctic plants

Professional service and involvement:

• Scientific paper reviewer: Applied Geography, Continental Shelf Research, Earth Surface Dynamics, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Engineering Geology, Geomorphology, Geosciences, Journal of Coastal Conservation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Marine Geology, Quaternary Research, SoftwareX


• Research proposal reviewer: NSF Division of Earth Sciences – Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics


• Conference session co-convener: AGU Fall Meeting 2023: EP010 Coastal Geomorphology and Morphodynamics; EGU General Assembly 2023: ITS1.7/GM2/BG4.13 Sandy solutions for coasts/Arctic coastal processes


• Current member of European Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union, International Association of Geomorphologists – Rocky Coasts Working Group, Women in Coastal Geosciences and Engineering Network


• SIOS Remote Sensing Working Group ECR Observer 2022-2023


• Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Council Member 2013-2016


• Student volunteer for the 3rd Sandstone Landscape conference, Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland (2012)

Outreach/service/public engagement:

• Participation in 'Gdy zniknie lód' film by Kuba Witek (2024)


• Outreach talk for high school students at the Museum of Polar Research, Puławy, Poland (2024)


• Interview for 'GEOGADKA - Podcasts' IG PAS outreach project [in Polish] podcast (2024)


• Talk for 'GEOGADKA - Geophysics for everyone' IG PAS outreach project [in Polish] recording (2023)


• Talk for 'Fascinating Earth' IG PAS outreach project - 'Inspiring stories by female geophysicists' [in Polish] recording (2023)


• Guest talk for educational YouTube channel Sprawy Przyziemne [in Polish] video link (2022)


• Fish surveying for REEF Environmental Education Foundation (2020-2021)


• Outreach talk for Rotunda Geology Group, Scarborough, UK (2019)


• Education and outreach at the Polish Antarctic Station (2018-2019)


• Preparation of outreach materials and assistance in educational events at the Polar Museum in Cambridge, UK (2012-2014)


• Leading sets of physical geography lessons in secondary schools, PROJEKTOR, Poland (2013)

In the news:

• Institute of Geophysics PAS News, 2023-11-14 'Dr Zuzanna Świrad laureatką Stypendium Prof. Rybickiego' [in Polish]


• Polish Polar Station Hornsund, 2023-08-07 Facebook Post


• Institute of Geophysics PAS News, 2023-06-28 'Jakie fale charakteryzują fiord Hornsund - artykuł naukowy pracowników naszego Instytutu' [in Polish]


• Polish Polar Station Hornsund, 2022-09-15 Facebook Post


• National Science Centre of Poland, 2022-09-03 LinkedIn News [in Polish]


• Institute of Geophysics PAS News, 2022-08-29 'Najnowsze badania erozji wybrzeży Kalifornii z udziałem dr Zuzanny Świrad z IGF PAN' [in Polish]


• Los Angeles Magazine, 2022-08-22 'A new map shows how fast California's cliffs are collapsing'


• San Diego Union Tribune, 2022-08-18 'Here is where California's cliffs are collapsing into the sea the fastest'


• Los Angeles Times, 2022-08-18 'Here is where California's cliffs are collapsing into the sea the fastest'


• News Live Florida, 2022-08-12 'California’s cliffs are crumbling into the sea. This map shows the spots where they’re eroding the fastest'


• San Francisco Chronicle, 2022-08-09 'California’s cliffs are crumbling into the sea. This map shows the spots where they’re eroding the fastest'


• Scripps Institution of Oceanography News, 2022-08-04 'New high-resolution study on California coastal cliff erosion released'


• wPolityce.pl, 2019-01-16 '“Arctowski”, meaning 14.5 thousand km away'