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, 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, 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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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]
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September 1, 2025: New position at Utrecht University
Today I am joining the Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University in the Netherlands (see photo below) as a postdoctoral researcher. Looking forward to extend the analysis of past wildfire activity around the circumboreal zone, and to evaluate different vegetation responses to past climatic changes. I will be working with Thomas Giesecke to contribute to the Horizon Europe project "Past 2 Future" (P2F), with the goal of creating the first fully paleo-informed earth system models for improved future projections.
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Utrecht University and an impression of the Dutch countryside.
For a list of previous news entries, visit the news archive.