Greg Skrzypek

Associate Professor Greg Skrzypek serves as Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Deputy Director of the West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre at The University of Western Australia. He earned his BSc, MSc, and PhD from the University of Wrocław, Poland, with his doctoral thesis focused on the isotope record of environmental changes in Upper Holocene peat cores. His career began as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Laboratory of Isotope Geology and Geoecology at the University of Wrocław's Institute of Geological Sciences from 1999 to 2008. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas at San Antonio's Laboratory for Stable Isotope Geochemistry (2005-2007), he joined UWA in 2008 as John de Laeter Research Fellow and Research Assistant Professor in the School of Plant Biology. He held an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship from 2012 to 2015, advancing to his current roles as Associate Professor. Skrzypek also received a Foundation for Polish Science Scholarship in 1999-2000.

Skrzypek specializes in stable isotope ecology and hydrochemistry, employing stable isotopes of H, C, N, O, S, and Sr to investigate trophic positions, nutrient and water fluxes, pollution dispersal in mining and agriculture-affected environments, and hydrochemical baselines for regions like the Pilbara iron ore district. His research encompasses ecological processes, water quality, soil moisture dynamics, peatland ecosystems, and unsaturated zone functioning in semi-arid climates. With 122 research outputs including 99 articles, he has garnered over 4,560 citations. Notable publications include 'Stable isotope and hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in the semi-arid Hamersley Basin of subtropical northwest Australia' (2012, Journal of Hydrology), 'Geochemical and hydrological processes controlling groundwater salinity of a large inland wetland of northwest Australia' (2011, Chemical Geology), 'Unique stable isotope signatures of large cyclonic events as a tracer of soil moisture dynamics in the semiarid subtropics' (2019, Journal of Hydrology), and 'Absolute isotope ratios defining isotope scales used in isotope ratio mass spectrometers and optical isotope instruments' (2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry). As chief investigator on projects in Europe and Australia, he represents Australia at the International Atomic Energy Agency and contributes to IAEA/FAO training programs. He teaches courses such as Ecological Processes (ENVT3363), Global Ecological Challenges (ENVT5509), and Ecosystem Biogeochemistry (ENVT5512).

Professional Email: grzegorz.skrzypek@uwa.edu.au