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Research Interests: |
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Carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles of land ecosystems |
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Specific topics: |
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Realtive roles of climate and anthropogenic changes
(land conversion and management) in alteration of biogeochemical cycles |
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Feedbacks between land ecosystems, land management,
and climate |
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Effect of urbanization on biogeochemical cycles |
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Particulars: |
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Positions: |
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2008 – present: |
Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Leibniz-Centre for
Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany |
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2004 – 2008: |
Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for
Biogeochemistry, Germany |
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2007 |
Visiting Fellow, University of Michigan, School of Natural
Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (February – August 2007) |
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2005 |
Visiting Fellow, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA (September 2005) |
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1999 – 2004: |
Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany |
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1998 – 1999: |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Plant Ecology, University of
Bayreuth, Germany |
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1995 – 1998: |
Research Assistant, Numerical Terradynamics Simulation Group
(NTSG), School of Forestry and Conservation, Universtity of Montana, USA |
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1993 – 1994: |
Visiting Scholar, Department of Integrated Systems Analysis,
Potsdam, Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany |
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1991 – 1994: |
Research Associate, Laboratory of Ecological Modeling, Institute
of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
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1990 – 1991: |
Research Associate, Laboratory "Ecolex" Ltd., Moscow, Russia |
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Education: |
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Ph.D. |
School of Forestry, University of Montana, USA, 1988 |
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Diploma: |
Department of mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State
University, Russia 1990 |
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Honors: |
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2007: |
Personal Research Fellowship awarded by German Science
Foundation (DFG) in 2007 |
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1996 – 1997: |
Student Participation Travel Award granted by NATO Advanced
Study Institute and by granted by National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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1997: |
Woman of Distinction Award granted by Soroptimist
International of Americas |
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1993: |
Personal Research Scholarship granted by the George Soros
Foundation |
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| Last Update:
January 2009 |
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