Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Conservation in Puławy (NGO)

Manager:

dr hab. Grzegorz Siebielec, prof. IUNG-PIB
tel. 81 4786 910,
mobile: 516 203 523
e-mail: gs@iung.pulawy.pl

tel. 81 47 86 919
fax: 81 4786 920

cartography and spatial valuation of soils at the national and regional level, including the phenomena of erosion and land marginalization;
studying the physical and chemical properties of soils and monitoring the dynamics of their changes at national and regional level;
determination of the impact of agricultural and non-agricultural activities on the condition of the natural environment – monitoring and improvement of the criteria for the assessment of soil and water pollution by xenobiotics of various origin;
research of mechanisms and indicators of soil degradation and development of methods of land reclamation and degraded areas.
supporting the implementation and assessment of the impact of free policy instruments with regard to soils and the environment;
assessing the possibility of using waste substances for fertilisation and soil remediation;
transforming the available resources of spatial information on soils into formats used in the European Union;
running databases and modelling of phenomena taking place in agricultural and urban spaces using GIS techniques;
developing models for comprehensive urban planning, taking into account European Union standards.

Elaborations concerning the assessment of land use changes, soil quality, level of its pollution, land productivity and soil degradation processes.
Ecotoxicity assessment and ecological risk analysis of soil contamination.
Development of databases and integration and processing of soil quality and rural areas spatial data.
Development and delivery of digital soil and agricultural maps and their derivatives and digitalization and updating of soil maps to various scales.
Evaluation of the usefulness of waste substances in agriculture.
Modelling of water balance and migration processes of nutrients and contaminants in the catchment areas.
Development of comprehensive rural area management projects.
Determination of soil properties and level of soil contamination with trace elements and organic compounds.

Advanced software for spatial analysis, modelling changes in land use, water balance, erosion processes, migration of nutrients and contaminants.
Integrated databases on soils and the environment.
Determination of soil physicochemical properties – granulometric composition laser analyzer, Mastersizer 2000, mobile spectrophotometer VIS-NIR, CN VarioMacro analyzer, soil electrical conductivity detector, soil penetrologger, profile probes for soil moisture determination, flow analyzer CFA AutoAnalyzer for nitrates, nitrites and phosphates measurement.
Determination of the content of elements and organic compounds in soil, water and plant samples – ICP-MS spectrometer, AAS spectrophotometer with graphite furnace, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Hg analyzer, microwave stove, ASE extractor, gas chromatograph with ECD detector, gas chromatograph with MS detector, GC MS/MS (QqQ) gas chromatography kit.
Microtox water or soil toxicity testing system, Oxi-Top kit, Fitotox-kit system.

Staff: Landline phone:

Baćkowska Marlena 81 4786 914

Barański Jerzy 81 4786 914

Chabros Edyta 81 4786 919

Ciepiel Joanna 81 4786914

Debaene Guillaume 81 4786 776

Gembal Anna 81 4786 914

Gembal Piotr 81 4786 913

Jadczyszyn Jan 81 4786 779

Kamińska Monika 81 4786 783

Karkuszewska Elżbieta 81 4786 783

Klimkowicz-Pawlas Agnieszka 81 4786 917

Koza Joanna 81 4786 783

Koza Piotr 81 4786 777

Lipski Dominik 81 4786 916

Łopatka Artur 81 4786 781

Łysiak Magdalena 81 4786 783

Niedźwiecki Jacek 81 4786 780

Nowocień Eugeniusz 81 4786 771

Pasternak Urszula 81 4786 913

Pecio Monika 81 4786 916

Poręba Ludwika 81 4786 774

Siebielec Grzegorz 81 4786 910

Skomra Grzegorz 81 4786 913

Smreczak Bożena 81 4786 918

Suszek-Łopatka Beata 81 4786 778

Ukalska-Jaruga Aleksandra 81 4786 915

Wawer Rafał 81 4786 773

Wójtowicz Urszula 81 4786 783

Wydra Sławomir 81 4786 913