PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Wiktor Piech
SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
I am a researcher and academic teacher specializing in physical geography and Earth surface processes. I teach courses in Geography, Geomonitoring, Spatial Management, and Geoinformation. My research focuses on slope deposits, erosion and accumulation processes, environmental reconstructions, paleogeography, geoarchaeology, sedimentology, and geochemistry. Currently, I am investigating erosion dynamics during the Little Ice Age, with particular emphasis on landscape response to climatic fluctuations
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
I hold a degree in Geography with a specialization in Geomonitoring from the Faculty of Geographical Sciences at the University of Lodz. In 2024, I obtained a PhD in the discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Since the same year, I have been employed at the Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, in a research and teaching position, and I am a member of the Department of Physical Geography.
INTERESTS
My research interests include geomorphology (with particular focus on erosion and accumulation processes), sedimentology, geoarchaeology, and geochemistry. Currently, my work is centered on environmental reconstruction during the Little Ice Age.
ACHIEVEMENTS
I am the author and co-author of publications in both national and international scientific journals and academic monographs. I have participated in over a dozen national and international scientific conferences. Additionally, I have taken part in numerous scientific workshops in the fields of sedimentology, geoarchaeology, and satellite imagery analysis.
I have been involved in eight research projects focused on environmental reconstruction and human impact on the natural environment.
I have completed scientific internships at the Thermoluminescence Dating and Spectrometry Laboratory of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Lodz, as well as at the Sedimentological Laboratory of the Institute of Geography at the Pedagogical University of Krakow.
CONTACT DETAILS AND OFFICE HOURS
Narutowicza 88 room: 133 90-139 Łódź