Education:
Sep 2014 – present, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, PhD student

Sep 2008 – Jun 2013, University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Oceanography in Gdynia, Poland, Master in the field of oceanography majoring in marine geology (Thesis: Description of diatom taphocenoses in surface and subsurface sediments of Puck Lagoon)

Professional interest:
Reconstruction of palaeoenvironments in the Arctic regions using cysts of Dinoflagellates
Cysts of Dinoflagellates as indicators of sea ice and ice conditions in the past environments in Arctic fjords

Posters and oral presentations:
2015:
• Łącka, M., Zajączkowski, M., Forwick, M., Szczuciński, W., Pawłowska, J., and Kucharska, M., A number of several warmer spells noted on eastern Svalbard during Younger Dryas – a bidecadal resolution of paleoceanographic record of Atlantic Water variability, The ‘ PAST Gateways’ third international conference and workshop, Potsdam, Germany, May 18-22, 2015 (poster)
• Łącka, M., Zajączkowski, M., Forwick, M., Szczuciński, W., Pawłowska, J., and Kucharska, M., A number of several warmer spells noted on eastern Svalbard during Younger Dryas – a bidecadal resolution of paleoceanographic record of Atlantic Water variability, IAS 31st Meeting of Sedimentology, Kraków, Poland, June 22-25, 2015 (poster)
2014:
• Kucharska M., The diatom assemblages in surface sediments of south-western Puck Lagoon, XIII Symposium of Young Oceanographers, Gdynia, Poland, Nov 28, 2014 (oral presentation)

Courses/Certificates:
2011:
• Shale Gas Conference and Workshop (Gdańsk, Poland)

Outreach:
2013: The Baltic Festival of Science, University of Gdańsk, Department of Marine Geology stand, Gdynia, Poland, (performer/organizer)
2013: Gdańsk Energy Trades, Geological Student Research Group in cooperation with PGNiG(performer)
2012: The Baltic Festival of Science, University of Gdańsk, Department of Marine Geology stand, Gdynia, Poland (performer)
2012: Gdańsk Energy Trades, Geological Student Research Group in cooperation with PGNiG (performer)
2011: The Baltic Festival of Science, University of Gdańsk, Department of Marine Geology stand, Gdynia, Poland (performer)

Field-work experience:
2009 – 2012: Puck Bay, Gulf of Gdańsk; sampling, R/V Oceanograf II

Membership of professional organisations:
2015 – present: Sopot Scientific Society