Michał Fojutowski

Michał Fojutowski is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IGiPZ PAN) in Toruń since 2019. He holds an MA in Physical Geography with Environmental Protection from Kazimierz Wielki University (2013). His work focuses on lake sediment analysis, microplastics pollution, and anthropogenic climate change impacts.

• Key research themes: contemporary sedimentation processes, microplastic dynamics, climate change effects
• Active in varved sediment monitoring, fluvial geomorphology, and river-lake system interactions
• Collaborated on European transect climate studies and critical zone observatories

Recent publications address:

• Geodynamic processes in Vistula riverbank (2025)
• Microplastic sinks in Polish lakes (2024)
• Climate-driven sedimentation patterns (2021-2022)

Projects include statutory research on river-lake evolution in Polish Lowlands and environmental monitoring in Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park.