Background
Starkel, Leszek was born on September 8, 1931 in Starachowice, Kielce, Poland. Son of Wladyslaw and Adela (Drozd) Starkel.
geomorphologist paleogeographer researcher
Starkel, Leszek was born on September 8, 1931 in Starachowice, Kielce, Poland. Son of Wladyslaw and Adela (Drozd) Starkel.
Master of Science, Jagellonian University, Cracow, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1959. Doctor Habilitation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1964.
Assistant, Institute Geography, Polish Academy Science, Cracow, 1953-1955; lecturer, Institute Geography, Polish Academy Science, Cracow, 1956-1965; associate professor, Institute Geography, Polish Academy Science, Cracow, 1965-1971; professor, Institute Geography, Polish Academy Science, Cracow, since 1971; head department geomorphology and hydrology, Institute Geography, Polish Academy Science, Cracow, since 1968. Chairman International Subcommn. on Holocene Inqua, 1973-1982, Polish Committee forQuaternary Research, Warsaw, 1977-1993, Polish International Geosphere-Bioshphere Programme National Committee, Warsaw, since 1990, Commision on Global Paleohydrology Inqua, 1991-1995.
Member Polish Academy of Sciences (science secretary Cracow branch 1996-1999, deputy chairman since 1999), Academy of Sciences Arts Cracow, Royal Physiographical Society Lund, Academy Europaea, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Barbara Ekspedyta Obrebska, March 22, 1959.