Doctoral dissertation entitled "Evolution of continental crust in the Archean Napier Complex, East Antarctica", conducted under the supervision of Prof. Monika A. Kusiak, was awarded the best dissertation by the Polish Mineralogical Society (PTMin) in the competition for the best dissertations in mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry.

The PTMin award for the best dissertation is given each year. The result of the competition was announced during the PTMin general meeting on 9 December this year.