I have been scientifically active in the filed of marine geology, investigating sedimentation processes in coastal and shelf environments in a range of different regions: the Vietnamese Shelf of South China Sea (BSc and MSc degrees in Geology), the Thailand Coast of the Indian Ocean, the Sendai Plain at the Japanese Coast, the SW Spitsbergen region of the Arctic Ocean (PhD degree in Earth Sciences) and the fjords of the Northern Norway.
In order to fulfil my long awaited desire to redirect my professional career into more technical role in supporting scientific research and teaching I took up a laboratory role at the Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, further step was to join BGS team at the Core Scanning Facility to use my geological knowledge to help addressing societal challenges as well.
Beata Sternal’s biography
- 2023 to present: Technician at Core Scanning Facility, BGS
- 2022 to 2023: Laboratory Assistant the Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, UK
- 2015 to 2017: Postdoc at Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø
- 2013 to 2024: Assistant Professor (adjunct) at Geohazards Research Unit, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2008 to 2013: PhD, in Earth Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2006 to 2008: MSc, in Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
- 2003 to 2006: BSc, in Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Key papers
- Webster, J.M., Ravelo, A.C., Grant, H.L.J., and the Expedition 389 Scientists (including Sternal, B.). 2024. Expedition 389 Preliminary Report: Hawaiian Drowned Reefs. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.389.2024.
- Dunkl, I., Eynatten, H., Andò, S., Lünsdorf, K., Morton, A., Alexander, B., Aradi, L., Augustsson, C., Bahlburg, H., Barbarano, M., Benedictus, A., Berndt, J., Bitz, I., Boekhout, F., Breitfeld, T., Cascalho, J., Costa, P.J.M., Ekwenye, O., Fehér, K., Flores-Aqueveque, V., Führing, P., Giannini, P., Goetz, W., Guedes, C., Gyurica, G., Hennig-Breitfeld, J., Hülscher, J., Jafarzadeh, M., Jagodziński, R., Józsa, S., Kelemen, P., Keulen, N., Kovacic, M., Liebermann, C., Limonta, M., Lužar-Oberiter, B., Markovic, F., Melcher, F., Miklós, D.G., Moghalu, O., Mounteney, I., Nascimento, D., Novaković, T., Obbágy, G., Oehlke, M., Omma, J., Onuk,, P., Passchier, S., Pfaff,, K., Lincoñir, L.P., Power, M., Razum, I., Resentini, A., Sági, T., Salata, D., Salgueiro, R., Schönig, J., Sitnikova, M., Sternal, B., Szakmány, G., Szokaluk, M., Thamó-Bozsó, E., Tóth, Á., Tremblay, J., Verhaegen, J., Villaseñor, T., Wagreich, M., Wolf, A., Yoshida, K. 2020. Comparability of heavy mineral data – The first interlaboratory round robin test. Earth-Science Reviews211 1-27.
- Mun, Y., Palinkaš, S.S., Forwick, M., Junttila, J., Pedersen, K.B., Sternal, B., Neufeld, K., Tibljaš, D., Kullerud, K. 2020. Stability of Cu-Sulfides in Submarine Tailing Disposals: A Case Study from Repparfjorden, Northern Norway. Minerals 10 1-34.
- Jagodziński, R., Sternal, B., Stattegger, K., Szczuciński, W. 2020. Sediment distribution and provenance on the continental shelf off the Mekong River, SE Vietnam: Insights from heavy mineral analysis. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences196 1-16.
- Husum, K., Howe, J.A., Baltzer, A., Forwick, M., Jensen, M., Jernas, P., Korsun, S., Miettinen, A., Mohan, R., Morigi, C., Myhre, P.I., Prins, M.A., Skirbekk, K., Sternal, B., Boos, M., Dijkstra, N., Troelstra, S. 2019. The marine sedimentary environments of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard: an archive of polar environmental change. Polar Research v. 38 1-16.
- Telesiński, M.M., Przytarska, J.E., Sternal, B., Forwick, M., Szczuciński, W., Łącka, M., Zajączkowski, M. 2018. Palaeoceanographic evolution of the SW Svalbard shelf over the last 14 000 years. Boreas, v. 47 410-422.
- Sternal, B.,Junttila, J., Skirbekk, K., Forwick, M., Carroll, J., Pedersen, K.B. 2017. The impact of submarine copper mine tailing disposal from the 1970s on Repparfjorden, northern Norway. Marine Pollution Bulletin,120: 136-153.
- Pedersen, K.B., Jensen, P.E.,Sternal, B., Ottosen, L.M., Henning, M.V., Kudahl, M.M., Junttila, J., Skirbekk, K., Frantzen, M. 2017. Long term dispersion and availability of metals from submarine mine tailings disposal in a fjord in Arctic Norway. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25:32901–32912.
- Pisarska-Jamroży, M., Van Loon, A.J. (Tom), Woronko, B., Sternal, B. Heavy-mineral analysis as a tool to trace the source areas of sediments in an ice-marginal valley, with an example from the Pleistocene in NW Poland. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences v. 94 185-200.
- Sternal B., Szczuciński W., Forwick M., Zajączkowski M., Lorenc S., Przytarska J. 2014. Postglacial variability in near-bottom current speed on the continental shelf off SW Spitsbergen. Journal of Quaternary Science 29(8): 767-777.
- Jagodziński R., Sternal B., Szczuciński W., Chagué-Goff C., Sugawara D. 2012. Heavy minerals in the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits—insights into sediment sources and hydrodynamics. Sedimentary Geology, 282: 57-64.
- Jagodziński R., Sternal B., Szczuciński W., Lorenc S. 2009. Heavy minerals in the 2004 tsunami deposits on Kho Khao island, Thailand. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies,18:103-110.