Institute

Dr Grzegorz Worobiec

Assistant Professor

Unit
Palaeobotany and Palaeoenvironment Group
E‑mail
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Phone
+4812‑4241‑753
Address
Lubicz 46, 31‑512 Kraków, Poland
Room
A‑201

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Research interests

  • Taxonomy and palaeoecology of fossil fungi.
  • Biodiversity and palaeoecology of Neogene of Poland and Europe based on leaf assemblages of wetland vegetation.
  • Fundamentals of plant taphonomy.

Higher education and employment history

  • MSc degree at the Jagiellonian University (1992).
  • Research assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (1992–2001).
  • PhD degree at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (2001).
  • Assistant professor at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (2001–2010).
  • Habilitation at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (2009).
  • Associate professor at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (2010–2019).
  • Assistant professor at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (since 2019).

Membership and awards

  • Member of the NECLIME (Neogene Climate Evolution in Eurasia) project (since 2003).
  • Member of the Council of Polish Botany Foundation (since 2010).
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (since 2011).
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Museum of the Earth, PAS (since 2011).
  • Member of the Committee of Organismal Biology (since 2016).
  • Silver Cross of Merit (2019).
  • Member of the Scientific Council of Museum of the Institute of Dendrology, PAS (since 2019).

International experience

  • Czech Republic (1995) – 2-week training in cuticular analysis; Charles University, Prague.
  • India (1995) – 4-week expedition to the forests of northern India; collection of comparative material of leaves of modern trees and shrubs.
  • Bulgaria (2012) – several-day workshop within the Joint workshop of the working groups on the "Taxonomy of the Cenozoic macrobotanical record of Eurasia" and on the "Taxonomy of Neogene palynomorphs", Sofia.

Research projects

  • Miocene leaf flora from clay deposits between tonstein TS-2 and main coal seam of the Bełchatów Lignite (1994–1996); grant no. 6 P201 023 07; State Committee for Scientific Research in Poland (KBN) – project leader.
  • Natural environment of the Neogene of the Central Poland based on leaf flora form the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (2000–2001); grant no. 6 P04D 055 18; State Committee for Scientific Research in Poland (KBN) – contractor.
  • Biodiversity of the Neogene flora and vegetation of the Legnica area based on investigations of macroremains of fossil leaves and palynological analyses of the sediments from "Ruja" lignite deposit (2004–2006); grant no. 2 P04D 027 26; State Committee for Scientific Research in Poland (KBN) – project leader.
  • Palaeofloristics and palaeoecology of cuticulae dispersae (dispersed leaf cuticles) from the Neogene deposits of the "Ruja" lignite deposit (2007–2009); grant no. N303 076 32/2574; Ministry of Science and Higher Education – project leader.
  • Tertiary karst sinkholes and their deposits in Upper Silesia as archive for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions (2011–2014); grant no. 2011/01/B/ST10/04052; National Science Centre (NCN) – contractor.
  • Changes of depositional environments in central Poland and Mid-Miocene climatic fluctuations (since 2018); grant no. 2017/27/B/ST10/00001; National Science Centre (NCN) – contractor.

Recent publications (selected)

Kowalski R., Tietz O., Worobiec E., Worobiec G. 2024. New floras from the Tetta Clay Pit, Upper Lusatia, late Oligocene-Early Miocene, Germany. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 94: 19–59. DOI

Peryt D., Gedl P., Jurek K., Więcław D., Worobiec E., Worobiec G., Peryt T.M. 2024. Environmental perturbations around the Badenian/Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) boundary in the Central Paratethys: Micropalaeontological and organic geochemical records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 647: 112221. DOI

Peryt D., Gedl P., Worobiec E., Worobiec G., Peryt T.M. 2024. Foraminiferal and palynological records of an abrupt environmental change at the Badenian/Sarmatian boundary (Middle Miocene): A case study in Northeastern Central Paratethys. Geosciences 14: 86. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Widera M., Słodkowska B. 2024. Cancellidium intergraniferum (R. Potonié & S.C.D. Sah) G. Worobiec & E. Worobiec, comb. nov. from the Miocene of Poland, with remarks on the fossil history and palaeoecological potential of Cancellidium. Palynology in press. DOI

Worobiec G., Erdei B. 2023. The first fossil record of the anamorphic genus Zygosporium Mont. from the Oligocene of Csolnok (N Hungary). Mycological Progress 22: 2. DOI

Worobiec G., Piątek M., Worobiec E. 2023. Szaferomyces pliocenicus nov. gen., nov. sp. from the Upper Pliocene deposits of Mizerna (Poland), a fossil fungus showing close resemblance to modern powdery mildews. Geobios 79: 77–82. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Gedl P., Kowalski R., Peryt D., Tietz O. 2023. Fossil history of fungus host-specificity: Association of conidia of fossil Asterosporium asterospermum with macro- and microremains of Fagus. Fungal Biology 127: 1312–1320. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Liu Y.(C.) 2023. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the fossil anamorphic fungus Mycoenterolobium eccentricum (R.K. Kar) G. Worobiec, n. comb. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22: 585–594. DOI

Worobiec E., Widera M., Worobiec G. 2022. Palaeoenvironment of the middle Miocene wetlands at Drzewce, Konin region, central Poland. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 92: 201–218. DOI

Worobiec E., Worobiec G. 2022. Palynoflora and palaeoenvironment of the early Miocene palaeolake from the Bełchatów mine, central Poland. Geological Quarterly 66: 32. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Gedl P., Kasiński J.R., Peryt D., Widera M. 2022. Terrestrial-aquatic wood-inhabiting ascomycete Potamomyces from the Miocene of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67: 737–744. DOI

Worobiec E., Worobiec G., Kasiński J.R. 2022. Decline of Neogene lignite formation as a result of vegetation and climate changes reflected in the middle Miocene palynoflora from the Ruja lignite deposit, SW Poland. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 298: 104593. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Widera M. 2022. Middle Miocene wetland fungi from the Adamów Lignite Mine, central Poland. Historical Biology 34: 841–856. DOI

Song Y.-G., Walas Ł., Pietras M., Sâm H.V., Yousefzadeh H., Ok T., Farzaliyev V., Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Stachowicz‑Rybka R., Boratyński A., Boratyńska K., Kozlowski G., Jasińska A.K. 2021. Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for conservation. European Journal of Forest Research 140: 1323–1339. DOI

Widera M., Bechtel A., Chomiak L., Maciaszek P., Słodkowska B., Wachocki R., Worobiec E., Worobiec G., Zieliński T. 2021. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Konin Basin (central Poland) during lignite accumulation linked to the mid-Miocene climate optimum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 568: 110307. DOI

Widera M., Zieliński T., Chomiak L., Maciaszek P., Wachocki R., Bechtel A., Słodkowska B., Worobiec E., Worobiec G. 2021. Tectonic-climatic interactions during changes of depositional environments in the Carpathian foreland: An example from the Neogene of central Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 71: 519–542. DOI

Worobiec E., Widera M., Worobiec G., Kurdziel B. 2021. Middle Miocene palynoflora from the Adamów lignite deposit, central Poland. Palynology 45: 59–71. DOI

Dumont H.J., Pociecha A., Zawisza E., Szeroczyńska K., Worobiec E., Worobiec G. 2020. Miocene cladocera from Poland. Scientific Reports 10: 12107. DOI

Kowalski R., Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Krajewska K. 2020. Oligocene plant assemblage from Rębiszów, Lower Silesia: First "volcanic flora" from Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65: 273–290. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E. 2020. Lichenopeltella mizerniana sp. nov. from the upper Pliocene of Mizerna (southern Poland). Mycological Progress 19: 799–804. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E. 2020. The whole plant concept of Reevesia from the Neogene of the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (central Poland). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 273: 104145. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Erdei B. 2020. Fossil callimothalloid fungi: Revised taxonomy, modern equivalents and palaeoecology. Fungal Biology 124: 835–844. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E. 2019. Wetland vegetation from the Miocene deposits of the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (central Poland). Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.63. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Liu Y.C. 2018. Fungal remains from late Neogene deposits at the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA. Mycosphere 9: 1014–1024. DOI

Worobiec G., Neumann F.H., Worobiec E., Nitz V., Hartkopf-Fröder C. 2017. New fungal cephalothecoid-like fructifications from central European Neogene deposits. Fungal Biology 121: 285–292. DOI

Worobiec G., Worobiec E. 2017. Epiphyllous fungi from Miocene deposits of the Bełchatów Lignite Mine (Central Poland). Mycosphere 8: 1003–1013. DOI