Current Postgraduate Students
Mr Matt Strzelecki
Contact Mr Matt Strzelecki (email at m.c.strzelecki@durham.ac.uk)
Academic Biography
2003 - 2007: M.Sc. Physical Geography, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznan, Poland.
2007- present: doctoral research programme at Faculty of Geosciences, AMU in Poznan.
2008: University Centre in Svalbard UNIS: Specialized courses in PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS and COLD REGIONS FIELD INVESTIGATIONS.
2008 - present: PhD: High Arctic coastal geomorphology; University of Durham.
Current Projects
- Paraglacial coastal sediment dynamics, Svalbard.
Grants Awarded
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Research Grant N N306 284335: 'The functioning of polar coast geoecosystem, (Spitsbergen).' lead investigator: £25,000.
- NERC Radiocarbon Facility Grant: 1520.0910 (£3,120) - together with Professor Antony Long.
Professional Memberships
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists:
2008 - 2009: Vice-president, Executive Committee
2009 - present: APECS Council Member
2010 - present: APECS Working Group on Sediment Budget in Cold Environments coordinator - Permafrost Young Researchers Network PYRN
- European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- Quaternary Research Association (QRA)
- Association of Polish Geomorphologists
Publications
Strzelecki M., 2009. Suspended and solute transport in small glaciated catchment Bertram river, Central Spitsbergen, in 2005-2006. Norwegian Journal of Geography 63:2, 98-106.
Strzelecki M., 2008 b. Geoecosystem of polar coast under global change conditions - the clash between neglection and future challenge in polar geosciences. In Extended Abstracts from " The First International symposium on the Arctic research. Drastic Change under the Global Warming" edited by H.L. Tanaka. Tokyo 2008.
Strzelecki M., 2008a. Zmiany koncentracji zawiesiny i materiału rozpuszczonego wzdłuż rzeki Bertram, Spitsbergen Środkowy. W publikacji "Środowisko przyrodnicze obszarów polarnych" pod redakcja A. Kowalskiej, A. Latochy, H. Marszałka i J. Pereymy. Wrocław 2008. Wydawnictwo GAIT (in Polish).
Strzelecki M., 2007b. Natura incipit, Ars dirigit, Usus perficit - IV Międzynarodowy Rok Polarny szansą dla młodego pokolenia adeptów nauk o Ziemi. Prace Wydziału Nauk o Ziemi Uniwersytetu Śląskiego nr 4 (in Polish).
Strzelecki M., 2007a. The dynamics of suspended and dissolved transport in a High-Arctic glaciated catchment in ablation seasons 2005 and 2006, Bertram River, Central Spitsbergen. Landform Analysis, vol. 5.
Research Interests
Cold region landscape evolution:
- paraglaciation
- paraperiglaciation
- cryoconditioning
The functioning of Arctic coastal zone:
- sediment fluxes
- coastal zone adjustment to deglaciation
- post-Little Ice Age coastal landscape transformation on Svalbard
- cold region rocky coast development
- High Arctic RSL changes across Holocene
The history of geomorphology
Polar science management