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Res/Asst/Prof Grzegorz Skrzypek

Research Assistant Professor in Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry

Contact details

Address School of Plant Biology
The University of Western Australia (M090)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
Phone 6488 4584 (office) / 6488 4586 (lab)
Fax 6488 1126
Personal homepage http://www.bukibuki.eu

Location

Room G16, Botany and Biology Building, Crawley campus

Biography

BSc (Nature Conservation) 1995;
MSc (Geology) 1995;
PhD (Earth Sciences) 1999;
The University of Wroclaw/Poland

Key research

  • My scientific interests are focused on application of the stable isotope analyses in two different geochemical areas related to environmental geochemistry and low temperature processes:
  • 1) Biogeochemistry: isotope composition of organic matter in sediments (dD, d13C, d15N, d18O, d34S), as a record of environmental conditions and stable isotope effects during decay and conservation of organic matter
  • 2) Geochemistry: oxygen stable isotope geochemistry of low temperature minerals: hydrated silicates (chalcedony, opals, chrysoprase), carbon and oxygen stable isotope gechemistry of carbonates (DIC, calcite, dolomite, magensite)

Major research interests

  • Stable isotope techniques
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Stable isotopes (H, C, N, O, S) in plant, fresh waters, wetlands, carbonates and silicates
  • Reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment
  • Organic matter preservation in soil and peat

Qualifications

BSc MSc PhD Wroclaw

Publications

Skrzypek G., Akagi T., Drzewicki W., Jedrysek M.O., 2008, Stable isotope studies of moss sulfur and sulfate from bog surface waters Geochemical Journal. (in press)

Jezierski A., Skrzypek G., Jezierski P., Paul D., Jedrysek M.O., 2008, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and stable isotope records of paleoenvironmental conditions during peat formation, Spectrochim. Acta Part A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 69: 1311-1316.

Skrzypek G., Kaluzny A., Wojtun B, Jedrysek M.O., 2007, The carbon stable isotopic composition of mosses - the record of temperature variations Organic Geochemistry 38: 1770-1781.

Paul D., Skrzypek G., Forizs I, 2007, Normalization of measured stable isotope composition to isotope reference scale – a review, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom 21: 3006-3014.

Skrzypek G., Kaluzny A., Jedrysek M.O., 2007, Carbon stable isotope analyses of mosses - comparisons of bulk organic matter and extracted nitrocellulose. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry 18: 1453-1458.

Paul D., Skrzypek G., 2007, Assessment of Carbonate-Phosphoric Acid Analytical Technique Performed using GasBench II in Continuous Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 262: 180-186.

Skrzypek G., Paul D., 2006, d13C Analyses of Calcium Carbonate: Comparison between the GasBench and Elemental Analyzer Techniques. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20: 2915-2920.

Paul D., Skrzypek G., 2006, Flushing time and storage effects on the accuracy and precision of carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of sample using the GasBench II technique. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20: 2033–2040.

Jedrysek M.O., Skrzypek G., 2005, Hydrogen, carbon and sulphur isotope ratios in peat: the role of diagenessis and water regimes in reconstruction of past climates. Environmental Chemistry Letter 2Q:179-183.

Skrzypek G., Jedrysek M.O., 2005, 13C/12C ratio in peat cores: record of past climates., In: Lichtfouse E, Schwarzbauer J, Robert D (eds) Environmental Chemistry - Green Chemistry and Pollutants in Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag (ISBN: 3-540-22860-8): 65-73.

Skrzypek G., Jedrysek M.O., Keller-Sikora A.., 2005, Calibration of temperature carbon isotopic effect (peat bogs Hala Izerska, Izerskie Mts. and Szrenica, Karkonosze Mts.), Polish Geological Institute Special Papers 16: 123-126.

Skrzypek G., Drzewicki W., Jedrysek M.O., 2005, Seasonal variations in carbon isotopic composition of peat forming plants (Sphagnum and Polytrichum, from Nature Reserve „Peatbogs of Izera Valley”, SW Poland). (in Polish with English abstract and figures: Sezonowa zmiennosc skladu izotopowego wegla (d13C) gatunkow torfotworczych: Sphagnum i Polytrichum, Rezerwat „Torfowiska Doliny Izery”). Scientific Papers of the Institute of Mining of the Wroclaw University of Technology 110 (42): 173-181.

Skrzypek G., Jedrysek M.O., 2004, Carbon isotopic calibration of peat-forming plants (Sphagnum Sp, Polytrichum Sp.) and peat with respect to air-humidity and temperature of vegetation (Smielec – Jagniatow, Giant Mountains, Poland). Opera Corcontica, 41: 185-193.

Goldsztejn P., Skrzypek G., 2004, Applications of numeric interpolation methods to the geological surface mapping on the base of irregularly spaced data. (in Polish, English Abstract and Figures: Wykorzystanie metod interpolacji do numerycznego kreslenia map powierzchni geologicznych na podstawie nieregularnie rozmieszczonych danych.) Przeglad Geologiczny / Geological Review 52(3): 233-236.

Goldsztejn P., Skrzypek G., 2004, The morphology of the top tills’ surface of the south polish glaciations (Sanian 2) in the center of Wroclaw. (in Polish, English Abstract and Figures: Uksztaltowanie powierzchni stropowej glin zwalowej zlodowacenia poludniowopolskiego Sanu 2 w centrum Wroclawia.) Przeglad Geologiczny / Geological Review 52(2): 160-162.

Skrzypek G., Sachanbinski M., Jedrysek M-O., 2003, Oxygen isotope evidence for low temperature formation of chrysoprase. Mineralogical Society of Poland, Special Papers 22: 204-206.

Jedrysek M.O., Krapiec M., Skrzypek G., and Kaluzny A., 2003, Air-pollution effect and Paleotemperature Scale versus d13C Records in Tree Rings and in a Peat Core (Southern Poland)., Water, Air and Soil Pollution 145(1): 359-375.

Skrzypek G., Sachanbinski M., Fallick A.E, and Jedrysek M.O., 2001, CO2 - laser ablation oxygen isotope analysis chrysoprase from "Wiry mine". Mineralogical Society of Poland, Special Papers 18: 199-202.

Skrzypek G. and Jedrysek M. O., 2001, Conservation of organic matter in peat: d13C and dD in peat profiles from “Suche Bagno” (NE Poland). Mineralogical Society of Poland, Special Papers 18: 195-198.

Jedrysek M.O., Skrzypek G., Halas S., Kral T., Pazdur A., Wada E., Takai Y., Vijarnsorn P., Doroszko B., Kaluzny A., Weber-Weller A., and Wojcik A., 1999, Seawater/freshwater records in stable isotope composition of sediments: marine muds from Baltic’s Gotland deep and mangrove peat profile from Thailand, Quaternary Studies in Poland., Special Issue-1999: 127-133.

Krapiec M., Jedrysek M. O., Skrzypek G., Kaluzny A., 1998, Carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios in cellulose from oak tree rings as a record of palaeoclimatic conditions in Southern Poland during the last millenium. Folia Quaternatia, 69: 135-150.

Jedrysek M. O., Skrzypek G., Wada E., Doroszko B., Kral T. E., Pazdur A., Vijarnsorn P., Takai Y., 1995, d13C and d34S analysis in peat profiles and global change. (in Polish, English Abstract and Figures, Analiza d13C i d34S w profilach torfowych a zmiany globalne.), Przeglad Geologiczny Geological Review 12: 1004-1010.

Future research

Phosphates in the environment - techniques for the analysis of oxygen isotopes of phosphates in water, plant and soil.

Funding received

2004-05 Research grant (principal investigator) Variation of the carbon isotope composition (13C/12C) of selected peat bog plants as an effect of different climatic condition of place of vegetation: temperature and humidity. State Committee for Sciences Research (no 2P04G 004 26, KBN, Poland, 113 200 PLN)

2000-02 Research grant (principal investigator) Origin of chrysoprase deposits in the light of oxygen isotope (18O/16O) geochemistry. State Committee for Sciences Research (no 6PO4D07418, KBN, Poland, 138 800 PLN)

1997-98 Research grant (principal investigator) Paleoenvironmental analyses of selected peat-bog in Poland based on the spatial variation in the 34S/32S and 13C/12C ratios in the peat profiles. State Committee for Sciences Research, (no. 6PO4D03011, KBN Poland, 42 050 PLN)

Memberships

American Geophysical Union

Previous positions

2005-07 Researcher/scholar (postdoc) at Laboratory for Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio / USA

1999-08 Adjunct (Associated Professor) at The University of Wroclaw / Poland (Laboratory of Isotope Geology and Geoecology, Institute of Geological Sciences

Teaching

Introduction to Isotope Geology, Fundamentals of Environment Science, Technique of environment protection, Methods Applied in Isotope Geology, Application of Geostatistic in Geology, etc. - classes at the University of Wroclaw (1996-2005)
Geochemistry lab classes at the University of Texas at San Antonio (2006-07)

Current external positions

Current research fellow posstion at WABC / School of Plant Biology /UWA founded by John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry

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