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SGA Keynote Speaker Dr. Jakub Ciążela in Prague

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Jan Mráček, SGA Student Chapter Prague

The SGA Student Chapter Prague had the honour of welcoming Dr. Jakub Ciążela to a special seminar titled Unlocking the Ocean’s Treasure: Metal Migration, Ore Formation, and Exploration of Polymetallic Deposits in the Oceanic Lithosphere. The lecture took place on December 3rd at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.

Dr. Ciążela completed his master’s and PhD degrees at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, where he focused on the geochemistry of chalcophile elements in the oceanic crust. During his postdoctoral studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, he became actively involved in extraterrestrial geology. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he continues to explore these two interesting fields – planetary geology and ore formation processes in the Earth’s mantle and the lower oceanic crust.

This lecture provided a unique perspective on the fascinating processes of metal migration, which are crucial for understanding geological processes and the formation of mineral deposits. In his lecture, Dr. Ciążela introduced us to the different types of polymetallic deposits in the oceanic lithosphere, explained their formation, and presented the results of his research. He shared his own experiences from drilling ship expeditions and introduced us to a fascinating methodology for studying such polymetallic systems. The seminar was also streamed online, with 20 participants joining from various countries around the world, including Poland, Germany, Italy, Australia, and Argentina. The lecture was recorded as well – if you are interested in accessing the recording, please email the president of the SGA Student Chapter Prague, Jan Mráček (mracekja@natur.cuni.cz).

The seminar was held in cooperation with the SGA Student Chapter Prague and the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University. The event was fully funded by the SGA Keynote Speaker Program.

Acknowledgments

We sincerely thank Dr. Jakub Ciążela for his outstanding lecture and extend our gratitude to the SGA Keynote Speaker Program for its essential support in making this event a success.

Fig.1 – Dr. Ciążela delivering the lecture in the Mineralogy Lecture Hall.

SGA Student Chapter Prague – The 20th Anniversary

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Since 2022 is the year of celebrations for the SGA Student Chapter Prague, we have decided to organize the annual SGA Prague Christmas meeting and the 20th Anniversary celebration on 7th December. The event took place at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. On the same day we organized an excursion to the gold mine near Jílové u Prahy took place for those interested.

SGA

The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) is an international scientific society that promotes the science of mineral deposits. The society consists of over 1300 members among researchers, professionals and students from universities, industry and governments interested in economic geology, mineral resources, industrial minerals and environmental aspects related to mineral deposits. SGA regularly organizes conferences, international courses and workshops. The next SGA Biennial Meeting will be held in Zürich, Switzerland between 28th August and 1st September 2023. An integral part of the organization is the long-term support of geoscience students through the SGA Educational Fund.

History of the SGA Student Chapter Prague

This year marks exactly 20 years since several students from Charles and Freiberg Universities founded the first-ever SGA Student Chapter. In 2002, a joint Prague-Freiberg Chapter was established by Dr. Anna Vymazalová and Dr. Alex Otto, both master students at the time. This newly formed Chapter’s first event was an excursion to the Svornost mine in Jáchymov, Czech Republic in April 2003. Subsequently, a division occurred and the independent SGA Student Chapter Prague was established. Despite the difficulties during the years 2020 and 2021 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the SGA Student Chapter Prague has around 70 members.

This year, we celebrate two significant anniversaries simultaneously—the 20th anniversary of the existence of the SGA Student Chapter and the 10th president in office.

SGA Student Chapter Prague Christmas meeting

We are pleased that 83 SGA supporters from the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Slovakia gathered for the anniversary celebrations. Eleven of them took part in the international field trip. The official program in the Mineralogical lecture room started at 4:30 p.m. with an opening speech by President Jan Kamenský. This was followed by a lecture by Ivan Mateo Espinel Pachon from the University of Geneva on the topic: “Controlling the redox evolution of arc magmas on continental margins: an approach to melt inclusion”. This lecture has followed a presentation by Dr. Anna Vymazalová, one of the founders of the SGA Student Chapter Prague, with her talk on the history of the SGA Student Chapter Prague. Afterwards, representatives of the student associations SEG-SGA Barcelona and SGA Colombia-Bogóta gave a short presentation of their activities and encouraged students to cooperate internationally. After the presentations, we visited the Mineralogical Museum of the Faculty of Science and the Chlupáč Museum. The entire program ended with a meeting in the Malé sbírky lecture room, where we had a unique opportunity to discuss plans for upcoming years.

Fig. 1 – Excursion to the Pepř mine near Jílové u Prahy, author of the photo: Jan Mráček
Fig. 2 – Tour of the Mineralogical Museum at the Faculty of Science, author of the photo: Jan Mráček

We would like to thank our sponsors, without whose help the organization and provision of the program would be very complicated. In particular, we would like to thank the Faculty of Science of Charles University, Řeznictví Jiří Görgl (Butchery Jiří Görgl), Pekařství Kabát (Bakery Kabát) and the Vinařství Cenek (Winery Cenek).