Marine Geologiat

Results oriented, highly motivated hands-on researcher with interest and experience in both field and lab work. Skilled in complete geological data interpretation utilizing software applications.

FUGRO SEAFLOOR SURVEYS, Inc., Seattle, WA – September 2007 – September 2008
- contract geologist for Fugro
- analysis and interpretation of seismoacoustics profiles, sonar registration, slope / depth analysis, core and dredge samples
- preliminary research for the telecommunication cable routes
- researched seabed for fiber optical cable location
- seafloor sediment interpretation and marine subbottom investigation
- cable and pipeline hazard identification
Offshore Projects
- Dec 2007 - Feb 2008 - M/V Fugro Gauss, Sultanate of Oman, L.O.R.I (Lighthouse Ocean Research Initiative) and S.T.E.W (Seismic Tsunami Early Warning System) for Lighthouse R & D Enterprises, Inc
- Feb - Mar 2008, M/V Fugro Gauss Sea Project, Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, TYCO Communication

MARITIME INSTITUTE, Gdansk, Poland - Department of Marine Hydrotechnics – June 1999 – December 2003

- worked in sedimentological laboratory operating Macrogranometer (www.grano.de)
- analysis and interpretation of seismoacoustic profiles and sonar registrations
- analysis and interpretation of core and grab samples
- made preliminary research for the construction of wind farm on the Baltic Sea
- worked on projects concerning the protection of the coast (e.g. refulation of the beach on Polish coastal zone, breakwater conservation)
- worked on an integrated management of the coastal zone
- took part in conferences concerning the coast (geological structure of the shore and the bottom, protection of the coast, etc.)


GDANSK UNIVERSITY, Poland - The Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanology
- Teaching Assistant – taught classes in General Geology, Geophysics, Sedimentology, conducted fieldwork for second and third year students, graded students’ presentations and assignments as well as conducted the final exams in given subjects
- Substitute Teacher in Marine Geology and Marine Sediment Analysis classes.
- Mentored undergraduate students, took part in the supervising professor’s grants, organized group meetings, coordinated lab activities, and assisted in undergraduate and graduate student admissions

University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
PhD in Earth Sciences. December 2003
Dissertation: The determination of the geological structure and tendency of changes of the nearshore bottom at Gdynia - Orlowo based on seismoacoustic registration. Determined the state of dynamic bottom and made registration of the possible changes of the bottom and the coast in near future. To gather data for the thesis, different methods were used, such as surface morphology echosounder, side scan sonar, grab and core samples and seismoacoustic profiling.

University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Master of Science in Oceanography. Specialization: Physical Oceanography, June 1998
Masters Thesis: Classification of the nearshore bottom based on the sonar registration. Determined sedimentation structures obtained from the sonar registration, pointing to, among others, the bedload transport. Recognized the sea-floor classification on the basis of sonar imagery.

STCW Basic Safety Training, Fremont Maritime Services, Seattle, WA (U.S. Coast Guard approved) – September 2007

Leczynski L., Rudowski S., Wicher W., 1999. Classification of the nearshore bottom at Redłowo by geophysical methods. [in] Quaternary Studies in Poland, spec. issue, Poznań, s. 157-161.

Wicher W., Necel A., 2000. Seismostratygraphy of the nearshore sediments at Kepa Redlowska, Gulf of Gdansk. Oceanological Studies vol. XXIX s. 93-100 abstract available also in ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

Wicher W., 2001. Classification of the nearshore bottom at Kepa Redlowska based on the sonar imagery. [in] Geology and Geomorfology Coas tand Bottom of the Southern Baltic Sea, Near-shore IV. Florek W., (ed.) 83-90.

Rudowski S., Jankowski M., Necel A., Wicher W., 2001. Application for geosystems studies of the nearshore floor in Gdansk Bay. Conf. Functioning of Coastal Ecosystems, Various Geographical Regions

Wicher W., Necel A., 2001. Abrasion intensification of the nearshore bottom occurring in relation to global climate changes Polish Baltic coast example. Conf. Baltic Sea Science Congress (25-29. 11 Stockholm)

Zawadzka E., Wicher W., 2003. Sarbsko split in the light of geomorphology, seismic and sediments research. [in] Geology and Geomorphology Coast and Bottom of the Southern Baltic Sea Near-shore V. Florek W., (ed.) 155-172.

Rudowski S, Leczynski L, Bogacka A, Wicher W, 2007. Studies of the coast and seabottom in the area of Kepa Redlowska as shown in the works of Department of Marine Geology. “Geodynamics of the South Baltic shores”