Professor Tomasz "Zielu" Zieliński - an outstanding Polish sedimentologist: biography, scientific achievements, hobbies and publications

1952 in Starachowice.He also attended primary and secondary school there.Then, in the years 1971-1976, he studied at the University of Warsaw, specializing in Quaternary geology.He completed his studies with a M.Sc.thesis entitled "Quaternary of the Suchedniw region (northern margin of the Holy Cross Mountains)", which he wrote under the supervision of prof.L. Lindner.In years 1976-2005, he worked at the University of Silesia.During this time, in 1987, he first defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "The sedimentary environment of proglacial deposits on the example of selected outcrops of the Suwaki Lake District, the Sieradz Basin and the Silesian Upland".It was prepared under the supervision of prof.A.K. Teisseyre.Then, in 1997, based on two monographs ("End moraines of NE Poland -sediments and depositional processes", "Outwash plains of NE Poland -sediments and depositional processes") and other scientific achievements, Tomasz Zieliski received a habilitation degree.