Department of  Environmental Paleobiology


Sara MANDERA, Ph.D. student

Amorphous precursors: a key for understanding structure and biogeochemical composition of modern and fossil calcium carbonate skeletons


ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2580-0616



CURRICULUM VITAE



Personal data
Sara Mandera
Born in Tychy, Poland, 1993

Academic degrees
  • od 2018 Ph.D. student, International Doctoral Studies Course in the Biological Sciences; scientific supervisors: prof. dr hab. Jarosław Stolarski, dr Ismael Coronado
  • 2018    M.Sc. in Geology, University of Warsaw
  • 2016 – 2017 M.Sc. in Geology and Mining, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
  • 2016    M.Eng. in Geology, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków

Scientific projects
  • since 2021 participation in the archaeological and geological project Chocolate flint on the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland. Extraction, use and distribution; supervision: Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk, Ph.D., Institute of Archeology at the Faculty of Historical Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (source of funding: National Science Center, no. 2018/30/E/HS3/00567)
  • since 2021 participation in the archaeological and geological research project Marmora Bizantina; supervision: Mariusz Gwiazda, Ph.D., Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (source of funding: National Science Centre, no. 2020/37/B/HS3/00306)
  • since 2016 participation in the archaeological and geological research project Marmora Asiatica. Towards archaeopetrology in Poland; supervision: Dagmara Wielgosz-Rondolino, Ph.D., Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw (source of funding: National Science Centre, no. 2012/07/E/HS3/03971)

Internships and study visits
  • 2023 internship at the Austrian Archaeological Institute AAS in Vienna: microfacies analyses, Laser Ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS), Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) of cherts
  • 2023 internship at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw: analyses of the collection of chocolate flint from the Świętokrzyskie Mountains
  • 2021 study visit at the Universidad de León, Spain: planning and carrying out biomineralization experiments
  • 2017-2018 internship in the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw: petrographic and geochemical analyses

Fieldwork/professional experience

  • since 2022 fieldwork in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland and participation in archaeological excavations at the site of Poręba Dzierżna 24, Poland
  • 2019-2020 preparation of a catalogue of the rock artefacts from the Magdalenian site, Ćmielów 95, Poland
  • 2019 participation in archaeological excavations in Berenike, Egypt
  • 2017 participation in an archaeological-geological expedition in Efez, Turkey
  • 2016, 2018 and 2022 participation in paleontological excavations in Owadów-Brzezinki, Poland
  • 2016 – 2018 participation in paleontological excavations in Miedary, Poland
  • field work in Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic
Research interests
  • Biomineralization of calcium carbonates
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Archaeometry


Publications



Scientific papers


Mandera, S., Sudoł-Procyk, M., Malak, M., Skrzatek, M., & Krajcarz, M. T. (2024). New deposit of chocolate flint in Załęże gully (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Poland) – Raw material characterization and its availability for prehistoric communities. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 53, 104328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104328.

Wielgosz‐Rondolino, D., Antonelli, F., Bojanowski, M. J., Degryse, P., Gładki, M., Göncüoğlu, M. C., Lazzarini, L., Long, L. & Mandera, S. (2024). Ancient white and grey marbles from Aphrodisias: multi‐method characterisation. Archaeometry, 66, 30-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12893.

Mandera, S., Coronado, I., Fernández-Díaz, L., Mazur, M., Cruz, J. A., Januszewicz, B., Fernández-Martínez, E., Cózar, P. & Stolarski, J. (2023). Earthworm granules: A model of non-classical biogenic calcium carbonate phase transformations. Acta Biomaterialia, 162, 149-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2023.03.034.

Bojanowski, M.J., Mandera, S. (2020). Petrographic analysis of stone monuments. [in:] Przeździecki, M. & Migal, W. (Eds.), Na granicy światów. Obozowisko kultury magdaleńskiej w Ćmielowie, woj. świętokrzyskie. University of Warsaw Publishing, Warsaw, Poland; pp. 370-380.

Pawlikowski, M., Bożęcki, P., Buszkiewicz, U., Mandera, S., Rędziak, J. (2015). Mineralogical investigation of weathering of cretaceous limestone: an example of phenomenon: Prachodna Cave near of Roman: North Bulgaria. Auxiliary Sciences in Archaeology, Preservation of Relicts and Environmental Engineering, 20, 1–27.



Conference abstracts


Sudoł-Procyk, M., Werra, D., Malak, M., Trela-Kieferling, E., Krajcarz, M. T., Mandera, S., Binnebesel H., (2022). Presence of chocolate flint at the Neolithic archaeological sites south of the Carpathian Mountains. [in:] 28th EAA Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 31 August - 3 September 2022: abstract book. Prague, European Association of Archaeologists: 786.

Mandera, S., Bagiński, B., Bojanowski, M. J., Göncüoğlu, M. C., Wielgosz-Rondolino, D. (2022). An updated database of white and grey Prokonnesian marbles: petrography, cathodoluminescence and isotopes. [in:] 13th ASMOSIA: 19-24 September, 2022, Vienna, Austria: Conference Proceedings.

Wielgosz-Rondolino, D., Antonelli, F., Bojanowski, M. J., Degryse, P., Erkanol, D., Gładki, M. , Göncüoğlu, M. C., Lazzarini, L., Long, L., Mandera, S. (2022). A multi-method approach to the archaeometric study of Ephesian marbles. [in:] 13th ASMOSIA: 19-24 September, 2022, Vienna, Austria: Conference Proceedings.

Zych, I., Bojanowski, M. J., Mandera, S. (2022). Marble embellishment of the Isis Temple in early Roman Berenike, Egypt. [in:] Poles in the Near East: 8-10 June, 2022, Warsaw, Poland: Conference Proceedings.

Mandera, S., Coronado, I., Fernández-Díaz, L., Mazur, M., Cruz, J. A., Januszewicz, B., Stolarski, J. (2021). Proto-vaterite stabilization and non-classical recrystallization in earthworm granules. [in:] 16th International Symposium on Biomineralization: 22-27 August, 2021, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: Conference Proceedings.

Mandera, S., Coronado, I., Gallego-Rodríguez, S., Fernández-Díaz, L., Stolarski, J. (2022). Combined uptake of Sr and Mg by granules of Lumbricus terrestris (Annelida, Oligochaeta): a fine-scale characterization. [in:] 16th International Symposium on Biomineralization: 22-27 August, 2021 , Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: Conference Proceedings.

Mandera, S., Coronado, I., Mazur, M., Stolarski, J. (2019). Growth dynamics and fine scale characterization of calcareous granules of the annelid Lumbricus terrestris. [in:] 15 th International Symposium on Biomineralization: 9-13 September, 2019 , Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany: Conference Proceedings.

Musiał, A., Naglik, B., Sermet, E., Mandera, S., Skrepnicka, D. (2017). Raman spectroscopic characterization of carbonaceus material from Outer Carpathians hydrothermal veins - implication to the interpretation of ”marmarosh diamonds” crystallization environment. [in:] 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017: Science and Technologies in Geology, Exploration and Mining: 29 June - 5 July, 2017, Albena, Bulgaria: SGEM2017 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 17, Issue 11; pp. 463-470.




Contact



Sara Mandera
Institute of Paleobiology PAS
ul. Twarda 51/55
PL-00-818 Warsaw, POLAND
e-mail sarmander[at]twarda.pan.pl
phone 6978-872; room 634