Greg Skrzypek has broad experience in stable isotope ecology and hydrochemistry. He has published many papers on applications of stable isotope techniques in ecological, hydrochemical, and paleoclimate studies. He uses stable H, C, N, O, S, and Sr isotopes to trace trophic positions, nutrient and water fluxes in natural environments, and the dispersal of pollution in environments impacted by mining and agriculture. He contributed to establishing several hydrochemical baselines for the Pilbara major iron ore mining region.

Greg held a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship at UWA (2012-2015) and Foundation for Polish Science Scholarship at UWr (1999-2000). Greg spent two years developing stable isotope techniques at The University of Texas. Currently, he serves as the deputy director of the West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre at UWA (wabc.uwa.edu.au). Greg has been a chief investigator on a number of research projects in Europe and Australia and an expert representing Australia to the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations.

Head, School of Biological Sciences

Deputy director of the West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre at UWA

Research/Teaching

2012 – 15 ARC Future Fellow in stable isotope geochemistry, The University of Western Australia, School of Plant Biology, West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre

2008 – 11 John de Laeter Research Fellow, Research Assistant Professor in stable isotope geochemistry, The University of Western Australia, School of Plant Biology, West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre

2005 – 07 Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Laboratory for Stable Isotope Geochemistry

2002 – 08 Head of Laboratory of Computer Techniques in Geology, The University of Wrocław

1999 – 08 Senior Lecturer at The University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences Laboratory of Isotope Geology and Geoecology

2023     Training/Fellowship Program for the joint IAEA/FAO division Application of stable isotopes in water quality studies, Skrzypek G., SRCASE0150095

2023     Training/Fellowship Program for the joint IAEA/FAO division Application of stable isotopes in water quality studies, Skrzypek G. TRI7001

2022-2026         Research grant (Chief Investigator) PEAT | Protecting peatland ecosystems and addressing threats in Southwestern Australia. Mitchell N., Hopper S., Skrzypek G., Catullo R., Lullfitz A., McCallum J. Dortch J.,Knapp L. , Webb W., Horwitz P. Blake D., Islam S., Edmonds D. Miller B., Liddelow J. McGrath G. , Densmore V., Harvey M., Tatarnic N., Durrant B. Ian Potter Foundation

2022-2026         Research grant (Chief Investigator) Skrzypek G., Gleeson J., McCallum J., Leopold M., Guan H., Gibson J., Shanafield M., Unsaturated zone functioning in a semi-arid flash flood driven climate. ARC, Linkage, LP210300691

Stable HCNOS isotope technique expert

Currently teaching:

ENVT3363 Ecological Processes

ENVT5509 Global Ecological Challenges

ENVT5512 Ecosystem Biogeochemistry