Biography

Director - Canadian Centre for Geodetic Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada, Adjunct Professor - Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, UNB, Canada, President - AMC Monitoring Systems Ltd. Canada. Anna Szostak-Chrzanowski, holds a M.Sc. Degree in Precision Mechanics from the Warsaw Technical University, M.Eng. Degree in Mechanical Engineering at UNB, Ph.D. in Rock mechanics from the Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy in Poland, and Doctor Habilitatus degree from the University of Varmia and Mazuria, Poland. In 2011, Anna was awarded by the president of the Republic of Poland the life title of Professor of Technical Sciences, the highest scientific distinction in Europe. She holds honorary title of a Mining General awarded by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Poland. She is a faculty member of the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at UNB for over 30 years. She held a position of full professor at the Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining, and Geology at the Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland. She was a Chair of the Geodesy and Cartography Department at the Wroclaw University of Technology. She is involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at UNB and PWr. At present she is involved in a EC-Geo-Sustain. European MSc in Geomatics for Sustainable Mineral Resource Management organized by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Raw Materials. For over 30 years Anna is involved and running an industrial and scientific project for Nutrien Company, Canada She has close cooperation with research and industrial partners: Department of Energy and Mines, Department of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, Karst Research Atlantic Canada, KGHM Copper Inc, CUPRUM KGHM Research and Development Centre, Freiberg Mining University, Germany, Wroclaw Technical University of Science and Technology, Olsztyn University of Agriculture and Technology, Warsaw Technical University, Krakow Technical