Lyudmila

About me

I am a biologist by training with a strong expertise in reconstructing past human-environmental interactions, cooperating intensively with archaeologists and geographers. The focus of my research is on uncovering human-environmental interactions in the past with the motivation to apply that knowledge to mitigate future impacts of climate change on biodiversity and human societies. For this I apply a wide range of biological proxies including pollen, spores, non-pollen palynomorphs, plant macroremains, wood and charcoal from different natural archives and archaeological contexts. I work mainly on the late glacial and Holocene dynamic of the forest-grassland ecotones in Eurasia and also in other parts of the world.

Non-pollen palynomorphs webpage and database

https://non-pollen-palynomorphs.uni-goettingen.de/

Education

PhD

2009 – 2013

PhD in Biology, University of Göttingen (Germany)

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Behling

Thesis topic:

Vegetation, climate and environmental dynamics of the Black Sea/Northern Anatolian region during the last 134 ka obtained from palynological analysis

MSc

2007 – 2009

MSc in Biodiversity and Ecology, University of Göttingen

Thesis topic:

Vergleichende palynologische Untersuchungen zur Beweidungsökologie der Mongolei und Nepals

Diplom

1999 – 2004

Diplom in Ecology, Perm State University (Russia)

Thesis topic:

Пространственно-временная динамика структуры герпетобионтного населения лесов заказника Предуралье (Spatio-temporal dynamics of the ground invertebrate communities in the nature reserve Preduralye)

Academic positions

11.2015 – present

habilitation position at the University of Göttingen (Germany)

05.2014 – 10.2015

post-doctoral researcher in Intitut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE) (Aix-en-Provence, France)

11.2013 – 12.2013

post-doctoral researcher in Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (Germany)

01.2013 – 09.2013

post-doctoral researcher in University of Göttingen

10.2009 – 09.2012

PhD position in University of Göttingen

2008 – 2009

student/scientific assistant (wissenschaftliche HiWi) in University of Göttingen

2000 – 2005

student/scientific assistant in the University of Perm (Russia)

Principal Investigator

2021 – 2024

Plant and land use of Early Iron Age societies in the boreal zone of the mid-Kama region and its environmental impact. German Science Foundation (DFG 462653676)

2019 – 2022

Holocene dynamic of the East European forest-steppe: climate, human and fire impact. German Science Foundation (DFG 422265568)

2017 – 2021

Phenomenon of the Kungur forest-steppe: natural or human-made? German Science Foundation (DFG 391893066)

2016

Veränderungen im Bereich der Waldsteppengrenze im Europäischen Russland und der Ukraine unter dem Einfluss von Klimawandel und Mensch (Pilot grant (Anschubfinanzierung) by University of Göttingen)