Welcome!
As a geographer and geoecologist, I am passionate about understanding long-term environmental and climatic changes, with a focus on the natural and human dimensions of changing wildfire regimes.
I am a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, Netherlands, and a guest researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. Find more details about my background here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, so feel free to have a look at some of my previous research and activities, including past publications, awards and funding, outreach, a gallery, as well as news and contact details right below!
I am a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, Netherlands, and a guest researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. Find more details about my background here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, so feel free to have a look at some of my previous research and activities, including past publications, awards and funding, outreach, a gallery, as well as news and contact details right below!
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Wildfire smoke plume during fieldwork in eastern Siberia (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
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Larch forest after a high-intensity wildfire (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
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Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 09/2022 at Dachstein, Austria)
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Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 03/2025 at Dachstein, Austria)
News
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October 31, 2025: Call for Abstracts - BeNeLux Geography
Bringing long-term perspectives on interactions between humans and the environment to the inaugural BeNeLux Geography Conference!
The abstract submission is now open for our session "Learning from the past: Landscape dynamics and relationships to human activity throughout the Holocene" (see image below).
Join us in Leuven, Belgium next April and connect with researchers from the varied and diverse fields of geography! More information here!
The abstract submission is now open for our session "Learning from the past: Landscape dynamics and relationships to human activity throughout the Holocene" (see image below).
Join us in Leuven, Belgium next April and connect with researchers from the varied and diverse fields of geography! More information here!
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October 19, 2025: Gallery added to website
I've added a new gallery to the website, where I collect impressions from previous fieldwork, excursions, and trips since the beginning of my geography studies. I will continue to update the content - feel free to take a look!
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September 5, 2025: New preprint out
Izabella Baisheva and Birgit Heim led this effort to compile and evaluate a huge dataset of modern hydrochemistry, macrophyte diversity, and relationships to the surrounding terrestrial environment across 66 lakes in Yakutia, Siberia. In a region highly sensitive to climate change, this study presents a comprehensive deep-dive (pun intended) into present-day lake conditions:
Baisheva, I. A., Heim, B., García Molinos, J., Stieg, A., Meyer, H., Glückler, R., Stoof-Leichsenring, K. R., Eulenburg, A., Overduin, P. P., Zakharov, E. S., Egorov, A. V., Davydova, P. V., Ushnitskaya, L. A., Levina, S. N., Gorodnichev, R. M., Jackisch, R., Haas, A., Kruse, S., Pestryakova, L. A., Herzschuh, U. (2025): Lake hydrochemistry and aquatic plant diversity across permafrost landscapes of Yakutia, Eastern Siberia. EGUsphere. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-4114 [Preprint]
For a list of previous news entries, visit the news archive.