Andrzej Gałaś

Dr. Andrzej Gałaś

Department of Minerals and Energy Market Research, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
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Biography

Science: Graduate of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection on AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland. In 1995-2020 an employee of this Faculty: lecturer and scientist. Specialist in the field of environmental impact assessment and management of mineral resources. The author of the first in Poland course conducted at the university of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Lectures: Mineral deposits geology with mineralogy and petrography, Mineral deposits geology and protection, Environmental Impact Assessment, Economic Geology, Environmental management, Volcanology. The second scientific discipline is volcanology, since 2003 it has been studying volcanoes in southern Peru. Organizer and leader of the first practices curs in Geological mapping in Crimea (Ukraine) and in Czarna Góra (Slovakia). Tutor of the student volcanology research club. A promoter of 50 theses (MSc), mainly in the field of Mining and Geology and Environmental Protection and many engineering projects (Eng). Author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications and about 40 expert opinions on the impact of industry on the environment. He carried out various types of works in geological exploration (prospection of a gold-bearing plot, searching for permafrost beyond the Arctic Circle, archaeological research etc.) in Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, Mongolia, Sudan and Peru. The creator and vice leader of the Polish Scientific Expedition of Peru (PSEP), which was estab

Affiliations

Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland

Department of Minerals and Energy Market Research

Honors and Awards

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Medal of the Comission of National Education

Ministry of Education

2009

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second place in the competition the best publishing scientist of AGH University of Science and Techn

Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology

2018

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Desired for Polish Geology

Minister of Climate and Environment

2021

Experience

Professor

Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland

01 Dec 2024 - present