Prof. dr Jean NICOD
Country of residence: France
Birth date: 25.03.1923
Award date: 07.02.1994
UŚ Senate resolution date: 19.01.1993
Application date: 15.01.1993
Applying unit: The Councils of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, and Faculty of Earth Sciences
Geographer, geomorphologist, member of Commission de Geographie du Centre Nationale de la Recherches Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), honorary president of Commission de Phenomene Karstique du Comite National de Geographie and Association Française de Karstologie, and President of Professeurs d’Histoire et Géographie de l’Académie d’Aix. A professor at the Aix-Marseille University, the University of Nice, the University of Bordeaux. Regular member of the International Geographical Union, creator of scientific programmes (E.R.A. 282), editor of “Karstologia” and “Méditerranée”. The organiser of “table-ronde” conferences, the founder of the French school of karst geomorphology and speleology. He conducted research in many countries, incl. Morocco, the Mediterranean, Madagascar and Central Africa. He made great contributions to shaping the scientific cooperation between Poland and France.