My research

I  was the main investigator of five research grants financed by the Polish Government. I have been invited by various international research institutes to cooperate in projects and steering committees on issues related to land subsidence monitoring, modeling and prediction. I am also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Committee of Geodesy, chair of the 4th Commission of the International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM), chair of the Polish Committee of the ISM, the American Geophysical Union and the Deutsche Markscheider Verein e.V.

I am the author or co-author of more than 150 research papers. Full list of my publications can be found at ResearchGate, ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar and the Main Library of AGH UST.

Gamma Remote Sensing Software

Initiative for Excellence – Research University – AGH UST Grant
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Team members: Agnieszka A. Malinowska, Wojciech T. Witkowski, Artur Guzy
Amount of funding: 100 000 PLN
Source of funding: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Duration: 2020
Find out more at the project’s official website


Mechanisms, Monitoring and Modeling Earth Fissure generation and Fault activation due to subsurface Fluid exploitation (M3EF3)

Project no. IGCP 641
Principal Investigator: Pietro Teatini, Devin L. Galloway, Shujun Ye, Dora Carreon
Team members: Ryszard Hejmanowski, Agnieszka A. Malinowska, Wojciech T. Witkowski, Artur Guzy
Source of funding: UNESCO
Duration: 2017-2020
Find out more at the project’s official website


Monitoring and early warning of sinkhole development using smart sensors and InSAR

Project no. 39917
Principal Investigator: Agnieszka A. Malinowska, Maria Ferentinou
Team members: Wojciech T. Witkowski, Ryszard Hejmanowski, Artur Guzy, Hendrik Grobler
Source of funding: European Space Agency
Duration: 2017-2018
Find out more at the project’s official website


Comparison of mining subsidence research in Poland and China

Project no. G2017001
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Team members: Agnieszka A. Malinowska, Wojciech T. Witkowski, Artur Guzy, Dai Hua-yang, Wei Tang
Source of funding: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Duration: 2015-2018
Find out more at the project’s official website


A proposed model of the upward movement voids to the surface, causing discontinuous deformations

OPUS-8 Grant no. 2014/15/B/ST10/04892
Principal Investigator: Agnieszka A. Malinowska
Position: Team Member
Amount of funding: 393 679 PLN
Source of funding: National Science Centre, Poland
Duration: 2015-2018
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New algorithm for modelling land surface subsidence due to the rock mass drainage

PRELUDIUM-7 Grant no. 2014/13/N/ST10/02845
Principal Investigator: Wojciech T. Witkowski
Supervisor: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Amount of funding: 99 463 PLN
Source of funding: National Science Centre, Poland
Duration: 2015-2017
Find out more at the project’s official website


Steering committee subsidence

Project under the auspices of Wadden Academie
Team member: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Source of funding: Wadden Academie, the Netherlands
Duration: 2013-2015
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Model of damage risk assessment of buildings and infrastructure due to surface deformation and decision support algorithm in terms of preserving public safety

SONATA-1 Grant no. 2011/01/D/ST10/06958
Principal Investigator: Agnieszka A. Malinowska
Position: Team Member
Amount of funding: 253 780 PLN
Source of funding: National Science Centre, Poland
Duration: 2011-2014
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Analysis of impact of mining tremors on surface subsidence

Grant no. N N524 373337
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Amount of funding: 300 000 PLN
Source of funding: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Duration: 2009-2011
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Optimization of building damage risk assessment method on fuzzy logic

Grant no. N524 026 32/2620
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Amount of funding: 250 000 PLN
Source of funding: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Duration: 2007-2009


Optimization of the determination of horizontal surface deformations due to the protection of infrastructure objects in mining areas

Grant no. 5T12E04124
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Source of funding: State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland
Duration: 2003-2005


Flood recovery project – World Bank

Grant no. 4264-POL-B.1.1.2.
Principal Investigator: The Flood Protection Coordination and Information Center, Cracow, Wroclaw, Poland
Position: Team Member
Source of funding: Water Management Board, Poland
Duration: 2002-2003


Prediction of the rock mass and land surface deformation for solid, liquid and gaseous mineral resources based on the generalised Knothe theory

Grant no. 18.18.150.297 (AGH UST)
Principal Investigator: Ryszard Hejmanowski
Source of funding: State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland
Duration: 1998-2001