Research Interests
- Recent changes in the Antarctic cryosphere
- Reconstruction of Quaternary environments and glaciations
Regular Courses
- Dynamic Geomorphology
- Geomorphology
- High Mountain Environments
- Mathematical Geography
- Periglacial and Glacial Geomorphology
- Physical Geography of Asia
- Polar Regions
- Research Methods in Geomorphology
Selected Publications
- Engel Z., Láska K., Smolíková J. & Kavan J. 2024. Recent mass-balance trends of glaciers on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula. J Glaciol.
- Dlabáčková T., Engel Z., Uxa T., Braucher R. & ASTER Team. 2023. 10Be exposure ages and paleoenvironmental significance of rock glaciers in the Western Tatra Mts., Western Carpathians. Quaternary Sci Rev 312, 108147.
- Hrbáček F., Engel Z., Kňažková M. & Smolíková J. 2021. Effect of summer snow cover on the active layer thermal regime and thickness on CALM-S JGM site, James Ross Island, eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Catena 207, 105608.
- Kavan J., Nývlt D., Láska K., Engel Z. & Kňažková M. 2020. High-latitude dust deposition in snow on the glaciers of James Ross Island, Antarctica. Earth Surf Process Landf 45, 1569–1578.
- Engel Z., Mentlík P., Braucher R., Minár J., Laetitia L. & ASTER Team. 2015. Geomorphological evidence and 10Be exposure ages for the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation of the Velká and Malá Studená dolina valleys in the High Tatra Mountains, central Europe. Quaternary Sci Rev 124, 106–123.
- Engel Z., Braucher R., Traczyk A., Léanni L. & ASTER team. 2014. 10Be exposure age chronology of the last glaciation in the Krkonoše Mountains, Central Europe. Geomorphology 206, 107–121.
- Engel Z., Skrzypek G., Chuman T., Šefrna L. & Mihaljevič M. 2014. Climate in the Western Cordillera of the Central Andes over the last 4300 years. Quaternary Sci Rev 99, 60–77.
- Nývlt D., Braucher R., Engel Z., Mlčoch B. & ASTER team. 2014. Timing of the Northern Prince Gustav Ice Stream retreat and the deglaciation of northern James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula during the last glacial–interglacial transition. Quat Res 82, 441–449.
- Engel Z., Nývlt D. & Láska K. 2012. Ice thickness, areal and volumetric changes of Davies Dome and Whisky Glacier (James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula) in 1979–2006. J Glaciol 58, 904–914.
- Černá B. & Engel Z. 2011. Surface and sub-surface Schmidt hammer rebound value variation for a granite outcrop. Earth Surf Process Landf 36, 170–179.
- Skrzypek G., Engel Z., Chuman T. & Šefrna L. 2011. Distichia peat – A new stable isotope paleoclimate proxy for the Andes. Earth Planet Sci Lett 307, 298–308.
- Engel Z., Nývlt D., Křížek M., Treml V., Jankovská V. & Lisá L. 2010. Sedimentary evidence of landscape and climate history since the end of MIS 3 in the Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic. Quaternary Sci Rev 29, 913–927.
