Lyudmila S.
Shumilovskikh
About me
I am a Quaternary palaeoecologist. My main scientific interest lies in exploring biological remains especially plant remains in all kind of the sediments all over the world for reconstruction of environmental settings, vegetation changes and climate dynamic in the past. Coming to palaeoecology from neoecology, I like to establish connections between extant and fossil taxa and discover their values as palaeoecological indicators. I focus on the Holocene dynamic of the forest-steppe ecotone working in Ukraine, southern Russia, Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, Caucasus, Iran and Turkey. Especially I am interested in studies of human-environment interactions.
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)