Jan Zalasiewicz

Jan Zalasiewicz (down right) in 2023

Jan Zalasiewicz (born 1954 in Manchester ^[1] ) is a British-Polish geologist and palaeontologist, ^[2] emeritus professor at the University of Leicester, ^{[3] [4]} and Ig Nobel laureate. ^[5]

Life

His parents escaped from Siberia with the Anders' Army. ^[6] He was the head of the Anthropocene Working Group from 2009 to 2020. ^[7]

Publications

• The Earth After Us (2008), ISBN   9780199214976.
• The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey Into Earth's Deep History (2012)
• The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere (2022), with Mark Williams ISBN   9780198845874

References

1. Jan Zalasiewicz Archived 2023-11-23 at the Wayback Machine .
2. The Conversation Profile.
3. University of Leicester staff page.
4. Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester - A New Age - The Academic Minute, academicminute.org, 5 August 2016, archived from the original on 2024-01-07, retrieved 2020-07-09
5. Past Ig Winners, improbable.com, August 2006, archived from the original on 2023-09-17, retrieved 2023-09-17
6. Więc chodź, zafoliuj mi świat. Antropocen, epoka człowieka, epoka plastiku.
7. "Anthropocene Curriculum". www.anthropocene-curriculum.org. Retrieved 2023-09-17.

External links

• Zalasiewicz's page at the University of Leicester Archived 2022-04-28 at the Wayback Machine .
• Jan Zalasiewicz on the Age of Man Archived 2023-11-15 at the Wayback Machine – interview from January 17, 2017 on BBC Radio 4.
• Jan Zalasiewicz publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Correspondence to „The Palaeontological Association” Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine .