Leszek Starkel#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1230 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
Leszek Starkel passed away November 6, 2021.
Positions Held
- 2007 Professor ordinarius, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology
- 2001 Professor ordinarius, Jagiellonian University
- 1998 Professor extraordinarius, Jagiellonian University
- 1997 Senior lecturer, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 1992 Assistant professor, Jagiellonian University
- 1990 Assistant professor, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 1982 Senior lecturer, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 1980 Senior assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 1979 Assistant, Department of Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- 1978 Assistant-intern, Department of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University
- 1979 Full professor
- 1971 Professor extraordinarius
- 1964 Habilitation (post-doctoral degree) in Earth Sciences in the field of geography (post-doctoral habilitation dissertation entitled Relief development of the Polish Western Carpathians)
- 1959 PhD in Natural Sciences (doctoral dissertation entitled Relief development of the Polish Flysch Carpathians during the Holocene)
- Since 1953 Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS (IGiPZ PAN)
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolution of the river valleys during the last 15 000 years
- Palaeohydrology of the late Quaternary encompassing Poland, temperate zone and the globe
- Geomorphological mapping
- Holocene palaeogeography of the Polish Carpathians, Poland and the whole Europe
- Relief evolution of the Polish Carpathians
Honours and Awards
- 2005 Honorary member of the International Association of Geomorphologists
- 2005 Centennial Medal of the Scottish Royal Geographical Society, Glasgow
- 2005 Medal 100-lecia Scotish Royal Geographical Society, Glasgow
- 2004 Gold Founders Medal - Royal Geographical Society, London
- 2003 Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 1999 Honorary member INQUA
- 1999 Honorary member of the Slovak Geographical Society
- 1995 Member of the Academia Europea
- 1995 Loczy Medal of the Hungarian Geographical Society
- 1993 Honorary member of the Hungarian Geographical Society
- 1991 Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 1985 D. Linton Award, British Geomorphology Research Group
- 1960 E.Romer award granted by the 7th Department of Polish Academy of Sciences
