M.Sc., B.Sc., B.Sc.

As of August 2024:
Senior Research Fellow at the Working Group ENGAGE – Geomorphological Systems and Risk Research

As of October 2024:
Postdoctoral research fellow at the Chair of Geomorphology, JMU Würzburg

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Email: janek.walk(at)univie.ac.at

Phone: +43-1-4277-48755

Office: Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Room: A0508
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna

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Research interests:

Topics:

• Dryland geomorphology (fluvial, aeolian, coastal) and soils
• Quaternary geochronology and landscape evolution
• Human impact: River geomorphology, sediment budgets, mining

Methods:

• Space- and UAS-borne remote sensing
• GIS: Spatial analyses and geomorphometry
• Chronosequences and morphochronologies
• Numerical dating: Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCN)
• Soil science: Sedimentology and geochemistry

Regional:

• Atacama Desert, North Chile
• Skeleton Coast, Namibia
• Central Mongolia
• Northern Eifel / Euregio Maas-Rhein
• Lower Austria / Vienna Woods