Research interests:

• Seismic imaging and velocity model building
• Crustal-scale structures
• Seismic methods in mineral exploration

Degrees:

• 2024, Habilitation in Earth Sciences, Institute of Geophysics PAS
• 2017, PhD in Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics PAS
• 2012, MSc in Computer Science applied in Geophysics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków
• 2011, Eng in Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków

Positions:

• 2024 – present: Associate Professor; Department of Geophysical Imaging; Institute of Geophysics, PAS
• 2019 – 2023: Post-doc; Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Universite Grenoble Alpes
• 2018 – 2024: Assistant Professor; Department of Geophysical Imaging; Institute of Geophysics, PAS
• 2013 – 2018: Research Assistant; Department of Geophysical Imaging; Institute of Geophysics, PAS

Key Personal Assignments and Experiences

• Award of Maurycy Pius Rudzki, Polish Academy of Science (2023)
• Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for Outstanding Young Scientists (2022)
• Editorial Highlight for publishing an article in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth "Graph-Space Optimal Transport Concept for Time-Domain Full-Waveform Inversion of Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Data: Nankai Trough Velocity Structure Reconstructed From a 1D Model" ( 2021)
• Young Scientists Scholarship of prof. Kacper Rybicki for outstanding and creative scientific achievements in geophysics (2015)

Editorial activities

• Assistant editor of “Acta Geophysica” (Springer-Nature)
• Reviewer in Scientific Reports, GEOPHYSICS, G-Cubed, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Geophysical Journal International, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Minerals…

Research stays

• 2019 – 2023: Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Universite Grenoble Alpes; Post-doc

Ongoing research projects

• National Science Centre, OPUS 2021/43/B/ST10/00965, „Understanding of the influence of petit-spot volcanism on the structure of the lithosphere on the basis of multi-parameter, high-resolution seismic imaging of seismic data from the Japanese Trench”, 2022-2026
• National Centre for Research and Development, ERA-MIN ERAMIN3/1/113/SEEMSDEEP/2022, „Seismic and electromagnetic methods for deep mineral exploration”, 2022-2025
• JAMSTEC and IG PAS research project, “High-resolution seismic imaging in the Nankai Trough where rough topography is subducting”, 2024-2025

Past research projects

• National Science Centre, OPUS 2019/33/B/ST10/01014, „Three-dimensional imaging of subduction zones with full waveform inversion of two-dimensional seismic data”, 2020-2023
• IG PAS 1A/IGF PAN/2016: „Structure and physical properties of the crust in the Nankai Trough subduction zone”, 2016-2017
• Young scientist grant 03f/IGF PAN/2015/MŁ: “Development of a full wavefield inversion methodology for deep seismic profile data”, 2015-2016

Selected Publications (link to  Google Scholar)

• Górszczyk, A., Brossier, R., & Métivier, L. (2024). On the effect of 3D wave propagation on 2D regional-scale velocity model building. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028172. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028172
• Zand, T., & Górszczyk, A. (2024). Integrated algorithm for high-resolution crustal-scale imaging using complementary OBS and streamer data. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA003264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003264
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Górszczyk, A., Malehmir, A., Buske, S., Sito, L., & Marsden, P. (2022). 3D high-resolution seismic imaging of the iron oxide deposits in Ludvika (Sweden) using full-waveform inversion and reverse time migration. Solid Earth, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1065-2022
• Górszczyk, A., Brossier, R., & Métivier, L. (2021). Graph-space optimal transport concept for time-domain full-waveform inversion of ocean-bottom seismometer data: Nankai Trough velocity structure reconstructed from a 1D model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021504. doi:10.1029/2020JB021504,
• Górszczyk, A. and Operto, S (2021), GO_3D_OBS: the multi-parameter benchmark geomodel for seismic imaging method assessment and next-generation 3D survey design (version 1.0), Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 1773–1799, doi:10.5194/gmd-14-1773-2021,
• Sambolian, S., Gorszczyk, A., Operto, S., Ribodetti, A., & Tavakoli F., B. (2021). Mitigating the ill-posedness of first-arrival traveltime tomography using slopes: Application to the eastern Nankai Trough (Japan) OBS data set. Geophysical Journal International, 227(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab262
• Górszczyk, A., Operto, S., Schenini, L., and Yamada, Y. (2019), Crustal-scale depth imaging via joint full-waveform inversion of ocean-bottom seismometer data and pre-stack depth migration of multichannel seismic data: a case study from the eastern Nankai Trough, Solid Earth, 10, 765–784, doi:10.5194/se-10-765-2019,
• Górszczyk, A., Malinowski, M., & Operto, S. (2019). Application of full‐waveform inversion to crustal‐scale velocity model building in complex subduction zone setting: Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 93(S1), 275–275. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14086
• Górszczyk, A., Operto, S., and Malinowski, M. (2017), Toward a robust workflow for deep crustal imaging by FWI of OBS data: The eastern Nankai Trough revisited, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 4601–4630, doi:10.1002/2016JB013891,
• Górszczyk, A., Malinowski, M., & Bellefleur, G. (2015). Enhancing 3D post-stack seismic data acquired in hardrock environment using 2D curvelet transform. Geophysical Prospecting, 63(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.12234
• Górszczyk, A., Adamczyk, A., & Malinowski, M. (2014). Application of curvelet denoising to 2D and 3D seismic data - Practical considerations. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.03.009,