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President - Zdzisław Jary
E-mail: [email protected]
A professor of Geography at University of Wrocław. His scientific interest are focused mainly on broadly understanding of loess including loess definition, lithological properties, and problems of correlation and chronostratigraphy of the Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosols sequences in Europe. One of the key focus is on the periglacial phenomena in last glacial loess covers. The objective of presently research project is to verify previous climate interpretations based on the analysis of periglacial phenomena in last glacial loess and to investigate whether and which sudden Greenland cold events are reflected in loess covers of Poland and Volhynia-Podolja Upland.
Vice - Presidents
Kathryn FitzsimmonsE-mail: [email protected]
I am Professor of Terrestrial Sedimentology at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. I moved there in 2021 after running a large group project on Central Asian loess at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (from 2016). I initially came into contact with loess in 2010, working in southeast Romania. Since then I have investigated loess in Europe, Central Asia and China. I am a trained geologist specialising in geochronology and sedimentology; have worked on four continents and visited all but Antarctica; am Australian but speak fluent German and some rusty Russian; hike a lot, bike a lot, climb a little.
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Qingzhen HaoE-mail: [email protected]
I have been working on aeolian dust deposits for over 20 years since my PhD study in 1998, using multiple approaches including environmental magnetism, and routine physicochemical measurements. I have published 80+ SCI papers in journals of Nature, Geology, QSR, etc., with 4700 SCI citations and h-index of 32. I am a council member of Chinese Association for Quaternary Research (CHIQUA). I work in the division which was initially established by Professor Tungsheng Liu. Our division has a close link with loess research groups of various universities and institutes in China.
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Brett R. Lenz
E-mail: [email protected]
I’m a Quaternary geologist and geoarchaeologist with more than 25 years of experience. I hold an MS in Geology with specialization in paleoseismic liquefaction and a PhD in geoarchaeology of the Pacific Northwest, USA. My dissertation research focused on region-scale pedogenesis from the LGM through the late Holocene, defining the stratigraphic and pedogenic succession (4 periods of paleosol development) in loess and other sedimentary environments there. Having conducted fieldwork across North America and Europe, as well as five field seasons in Ukraine, I have gained valuable insight into Pleistocene geology of the Northern Hemisphere. As a consulting Quaternary geologist, I have gained significant experience and expertise outside of academia.
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Secretary - Kaja Fenn
E-mail: [email protected]
I am an Early Career Scientist and a lecturer in Environmental Change at the University of Liverpool. I am interested in geochronology and geochemistry of loess and have a particular interest in sediment sources and transport, timing of deposition and dust fluxes. I have worked on loess deposits along the Danube River (Europe), Chinese Loess Plateau, and Matamata Plateau in Tunisia.
Early Career Representatives
Amin Ghafarpour
E-mail: [email protected]
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Phillip Kerr
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My study area is previously glaciated deflation surface located between Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the Midwest United States. The objective of my PhD research is to identify and catalogue this region’s unique, polygenetic landforms which including paha. Extensive GIS mapping, new boring data, and a synthesis of chronologic data indicate these features were formed via a contemporaneous sequence during the last glacial episode of ice advances, eolian activity, and periglacial processes interacting with the paleotopography. Once finished, this work will provide insights into the interaction of geomorphic processes and paleotopography and how that shaped the resultant landscapes. Having an expanded conceptual model of loess deposition will better inform our interpretations from these records.
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Gabriela Torre
E-mail: [email protected]
It would be an honour for me to be part of the Loess and Pedostratigraphic working group. Since I began my doctoral studies, I have focused my efforts on trying to understand the loess-paleosols records of southern South America. Now in my postdoctoral position, I continue with my studies on these sequences that I am so passionate about.
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