Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Workshop on Red Lists, threats & conservation

Red Lists of Threatened Species: drivers in the Nordics countries

 

Digital half-day (9 – 12.45) workshop 22 April, 2021

 

You are welcome to participate in a half-day workshop where we will hear about the situation for threatened species, main threats and possible trends of these in the Nordic countries. 


Speakers are representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden that are working with the national Red Lists. We will discuss similarities and differences between countries and what we can learn from these. In themed discussions, we will focus on changes in drivers of threats over time, the limitations, possibilities and perceptions of  the Red Lists and finally how Red Lists are and can be used in conservation work. The workshop is aimed at anyone who works with or is interested to work with Red Lists.


Speakers are: Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Aarhus University, Denmark, Ulla-Maja Liukko, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland, Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Iceland, Snorre Henriksen & Siri Hånes Langen, Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, Norway, Ulf Bjelke, Swedish Species Information Centre, Sweden. 

 

You sign up for the workshop by sending an email to NordicChapter@conbio.org. Write your name, workplace or organization and country you are based in. Last day to sign up is 16 April, 2021.

 

More detailed schedule of the day including Zoom-links will be sent out participants before the workshop.



Welcome,
Åsa Berggren

SCB Nordic Chapter







Åsa Berggren


Professor
Department of Ecology
PO Box 7044
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SE-75007 Uppsala
Sweden
Tel +46 18 672344


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Monday, March 29, 2021

PhD position in evolutionary genetics

I am currently looking to recruit a PhD student to work on a project about the evolution of dosage compensation. Details can be found here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:391412/

 

Application deadline is April 18th.

 

Jessica.

 

 

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Dr. Jessica K. Abbott

Senior University Lecturer

Department of Biology

Section for Evolutionary Ecology

Lund University

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund, Sweden

Phone: 046 222 9304

Website: https://tinyurl.com/jessicakabbott

 

"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

- Charles Darwin, Descent of Man

 

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Samlingsforvaltare for våtsamlingene

Universitet i Oslo - Naturhistorisk museum söker: Samlingsforvaltare for våtsamlingene:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/201927/samlingsforvalter-for-vaatsamlingene

 

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Dr. Jessica K. Abbott

Senior University Lecturer

Department of Biology

Section for Evolutionary Ecology

Lund University

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund, Sweden

Phone: 046 222 9304

Website: https://tinyurl.com/jessicakabbott

 

"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

- Charles Darwin, Descent of Man

 

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Fwd: Ny marin tjänst på länsstyrelsen

Marin naturvårdsförvaltare

Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland

Deadline: 2021-03-29



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Eva Marie Rödström
Research Coordinator
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB)
www.gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology

Department of Marine Sciences
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory 
University of Gothenburg
SE 452 96 STRÖMSTAD
Sweden

eva.marie.rodstrom@gu.se
+46 (0)76 622 9630 

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Department of Marine Sciences - https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper

Centre for Sea and Society - www.gu.se/hav-samhalle

www.gu.se/en/ocean
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"For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it"
–  Amanda Gorman – 

To get to our next level of greatness depends on the quality of our culture, which depends on the quality of our relationships, which depends on the quality of our conversations… 
Everything happens through conversation!
– Judith E. Glaser –



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Eva Marie Rödström
Research Coordinator
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB)
www.gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology

Department of Marine Sciences
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory 
University of Gothenburg
SE 452 96 STRÖMSTAD
Sweden

eva.marie.rodstrom@gu.se
+46 (0)76 622 9630 

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Department of Marine Sciences - https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper

Centre for Sea and Society - www.gu.se/hav-samhalle

www.gu.se/en/ocean
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"For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it"
–  Amanda Gorman – 

To get to our next level of greatness depends on the quality of our culture, which depends on the quality of our relationships, which depends on the quality of our conversations… 
Everything happens through conversation!
– Judith E. Glaser –

***SPAM*** Aquabiota rekryterar 8 medarbetare!

 

 

Vill du jobba med havet? AquaBiota söker 8 nya medarbetare för arbete med fågel, fisk och mittemellan!

 

AquaBiota bedriver forskning och konsultverksamhet inom marin och limnisk miljö, samt inom miljögenetik (eDNA). AquaBiota är i en utvecklingsfas och söker nu åtta nya medarbetare.

 

Dina arbetsuppgifter

Som anställd på AquaBiota kommer du jobba med havet och andra akvatiska miljöer. Det kan handla om marina däggdjur, bentos, fisk, sjöfågel eller mer övergripande frågor inom ekologi, miljö och naturresursförvaltning. Vi arbetar också med tillståndsprocesser, marin kartering, havsplanering och grön infrastruktur. I tjänsterna ingår olika arbetsuppgifter, till exempel att skriva rapporter och vetenskapliga artiklar, göra analyser och utföra fältundersökningar. För närvarande har AquaBiota stora uppdrag relaterade till havsbaserad vindkraft och dess effekter på marin miljö. Arbetsuppgifterna inom dessa uppdrag kan gälla inventeringar till havs eller att ta fram miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar och underlag inför etableringen av vindparker.

 

Din kompetens

Vi söker dig som har en högskoleexamen inom marinbiologi eller limnologi, eller examen inom något annat för verksamheten relevant område. Vi ser gärna att du har haft en tidigare anställning där du jobbat med akvatiska frågor, till exempel som konsult, forskare eller handläggare inom statsförvaltning eller intresseorganisation.

 

Vi är särskilt intresserade av dig som har kompetens inom något av följande områden:

  • Fiskekologi
  • Bentisk ekologi
  • Biologi med inriktning på fågel, i synnerhet sjöfågel
  • Marinbiologi, med erfarenhet av arbete med marina däggdjur
  • Ekologi, med erfarenhet av akvatisk GIS-tillämpning
  • Marinbiologi/limnologi med erfarenhet av MKB/miljöjuridik
  • Fysisk oceanografi

 

För dessa tjänster är det nödvändigt med goda kunskaper i svenska, både i tal och skrift. Det är meriterande om du har doktorerat. Du är en person som kan jobba systematiskt och komma till avslut och har en utvecklad känsla för hur du ska prioritera. Vi lägger stor vikt vid att du är lyhörd och fungerar bra i grupp och trivs med att samarbeta, men också har förmågan att arbeta självständigt med ett eget driv.

 

Om anställningarna

Vi söker nu upp till 8 personer, både tillsvidareanställningar och projektanställningar är aktuella. Tillträde snarast enligt överenskommelse. Anställningarna är på heltid. För tillsvidareanställningar tillämpar vi sex månaders provanställning. Våra lokaler finns i Stockholm men vi är öppna för arbete på distans.

 

Ansökan

Välkommen med din ansökan senast 12 april. Vi anställer löpande så skicka gärna in din ansökan snarast möjligt. Ansökan görs via https://aquabiota.teamtailor.com/

 

Kontakt

Vill du veta mer om anställningarna är du välkommen att kontakta Antonia Nyström Sandman, 070‑6330366, antonia.sandman@aquabiota.se

 

Om AquaBiota

AquaBiota är ett forsknings- och konsultföretag som fokuserar på frågor kring vatten. Vi jobbar bland annat med marinekologiska undersökningar, havsbaserad vindkraft, kartering av bottenmiljöer, eDNA, havsplanering och grön infrastruktur. Vi jobbar på uppdrag av svensk och internationell förvaltning, näringsliv och forskningsfinansiärer. Vår verksamhet är forskningsbaserad med såväl undersökande som tillämpade projekt vilka ofta innefattar fältarbeten, statistiska analyser, kartanalyser och rådgivning. Våra uppdrag kännetecknas av hög kvalitet och servicenivå där vi tidigt ser våra kunders behov och föreslår lösningar utifrån aktuell forskning och teknikutveckling. Vårt team består av högkompetenta medarbetare som verkar i en inkluderande och stimulerande arbetsmiljö.

 

 

 

 

Martin Isæus

Ph.D. / Marine Ecology

Managing Director

+46 (0)8-522 302 41 (direct)

+46 (0)70-441 25 29 (mobile)

+46 (0)8-522 302 40 (switchboard)

martin.isaeus@aquabiota.se

AquaBiota

Sveavägen 159

SE-113 46 Stockholm

Sweden

www.aquabiota.se

 

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

11 PhD positions in BioMove, Germany

The Research Training Group BioMove integrates Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in dynamic agricultural landscapes. The project joins scientist at the University of Potsdam, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, all located in the Berlin area, Germany.

 

We are now looking for 11 PhD students on various topics. Have a look at our brand-new website for further information on the project:

https://www.bio-move.org/

 

Application deadline in May 14. Apply here: https://www.bio-move.org/Ausschreibungstext_Biomove.pdf

 

Please distribute widely among potential candidates.

 

 

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Dr. Kristin Scharnweber

Docent

Scientific Coordinator of Research Training Group BioMove

https://www.bio-move.org/

 

University of Potsdam

Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation

Am Mühlenberg 3

14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany

 

Email: scharnweber@uni-potsdam.de

Phone: +49 (0)331 977 6254

https://www.kscharnweber.com/

 

 

 

 

Job opening - PhD in Community and Landscape Ecology

Dear All,

 

Karlstad University (KaU) is looking for a PhD candidate to test and develop evidence-based methods for control and monitoring of the invasive Garden Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) and the conservation of species-rich road verges. If you know any dedicated students who want to pursue applied research related to invasion ecology and conservation biology, please encourage them to apply to this PhD position!

 

This research project is one of nine collaborating research projects that are part of a large commitment of the Swedish EPA, the Swedish Transport Administration and Formas on management and control of invasive organisms in Sweden.

 

The main tasks of the successful candidate will be to plan, carry out and analyze field experiments directed at controlling the cover and spread of the invasive Garden Lupine. This will include (i) identifying the optimal timing of management, (ii) evaluating the use of different mowing techniques (timing and the regime) as a controlling agent for the species, and (iii) exploring unconventional control measures on the Garden Lupine and their effects on the native vegetation. Additionally, using data derived from geographic information systems (GIS) and un-crewed aerial vehicles (UAV), the candidate will (iv) develop a method for cost efficient monitoring of lupine populations and for evaluating the success of control measures at the landscape scale. We expect the successful candidate to have documented knowledge in GIS, experimental design, statistical modelling and ecological fieldwork as well as knowledge in community or landscape ecology.

 

Read more about the position and apply at https://kau.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:379605/

 

Contact: Prof. Lutz Eckstein (KaU), lutz.eckstein@kau.se

Deadline for application: 12 April 2021

 

Kind regards,

Lutz

 

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Lutz Eckstein

Professor of Plant Ecology

Karlstad University

Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Biology

SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden

phone 0046 (0)54-700 2278

 

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

University of Jyväskylä serching for Two Postdoctoral Researchers and/or Doctoral Researchers in Community Ecology and/or Fungal Ecology

Dear All,

 

The University of Jyväskylä has opened a call for

 

Two Postdoctoral Researchers and/or Doctoral Researchers in Community Ecology and/or Fungal Ecology

 

For the full ad, look here: https://bit.ly/3cOqlMK

 

The positions starts on 1st May 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter, for a fixed term of three years for the post doc and for four years for the Doctoral Researcher.

 

For further details, please contact Professor Otso Ovaskainen, otso.t.ovaskainen@jyu.fi

 

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Plant ecology field assistant

 

Hi,
I'm advertsing a 3-month field assistant position, aimed at field- and lab-experienced plant ecologists with skills in plant identification. The position runs Jun 1 - Aug 31, 2021 and is connected to our new BiodivERsa project "NordSalt" on boreal coastal meadow biodiversity and carbon sequestration:https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/nordsalt


Please spread the advertisements to potential candidates or to colleagues who might know potential candidates:


Cheers,
Johan


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Johan Eklöf, PhD & Docent

Associate Professor / Universitetslektor
Director of Studies in Marine Biology / Studierektor i marinbiologi

Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP)
Stockholm University
SE- 106 91 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Visiting address: room N350, NPQ building, Frescati campus
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 13 58
Fax: +46 (0)8 15 84 17
Skype: johanseklof
twitter: @jsEklof

"When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe" - John Muir

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Webbinarium om bin, biologisk mångfald och samverkan

Bin, ingen bisak!
– ett webbinarium om bin, biologisk mångfald och samverkan

Bin spelar en central roll i vår natur. De är viktiga som pollinerare och därför betydelsefulla för den
biologiska mångfalden och för vår matproduktion. Men många arter av bin är idag hotade och
riskerar att försvinna. Vad händer då? Hur kan vi vända utvecklingen? 

Välkomna till ett webbinarium med bin i centrum!

Vilken roll spelar bina i det moderna jordbrukslandskapet? Vilka hot finns mot bina? Vilka
naturvårdsinsatser görs och vad kan vi som privatpersoner göra för att hjälpa bina? Dessa frågor och
många fler kommer diskuteras när Svenska nationalkommittén för biologi, Kungliga
vetenskapsakademien och Vetenskap & Allmänhet bjuder in till webbinarium.


Tid: 21 april, 13.00–15.00, Plats: zoom

Moderator: Martin Emtenäs, författare och journalist, ledamot i Svenska nationalkommittén för biologi

Maj Rundlöf, forskare vid Lunds universitet –
"Det moderna jordbruket och pollinerande insekter, vilken roll spelar bina?"

Johan Rydlöf, Miljöspecialist Trafikverket Investering –
"Pollinatörer och infrastruktur: var finns hävd i vårt framtida landskap?"

Eva Forsgren, docent och samverkanslektor i biodling vid Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, SLU –
"Friska bin för en hållbar livsmedelsproduktion"

Jenny Ekman, sakkunnig jordbruk, Naturskyddsföreningen – "Operation: rädda bina"

Marie Hannerstig, lärare/skolmaterialsutvecklare/projektledare, Naturskyddsföreningens skolenhet,
– "Om att använda bin som en engagerande ingång i skolans undervisning"





Friday, March 12, 2021

Job postings on NSO website

The NSO website now includes a page for job postings: https://www.nordicsocietyoikos.org/jobs

 

So if you’re currently looking for a new job, keep an eye on the website!

 

If you have a job announcement that you would like to be posted on the website, please contact Jessica.abbott@biol.lu.se for more information.

 

 

 

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Dr. Jessica K. Abbott

Senior University Lecturer

Department of Biology

Section for Evolutionary Ecology

Lund University

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund, Sweden

Phone: 046 222 9304

Website: https://tinyurl.com/jessicakabbott

 

"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

- Charles Darwin, Descent of Man

 

Monday, March 8, 2021

Wanted: Social media organizer for the Swedish Society Oikos

The Swedish Society Oikos is looking to improve our presence on social media. We would therefore like to appoint a social media organizer to take care of our existing Facebook and Twitter accounts, as well as potentially develop new channels. No particular expertise is necessary – enthusiasm, ideas, and a willingness to promote the society are all that’s needed!

 

Please reply to this message if you are interested in becoming social media organizer for the society!

 

 

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Dr. Jessica K. Abbott

Senior University Lecturer

Department of Biology

Section for Evolutionary Ecology

Lund University

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund, Sweden

Phone: 046 222 9304

Website: https://tinyurl.com/jessicakabbott

 

"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

- Charles Darwin, Descent of Man

 

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Postdoc position in biodiversity change at SLU

Dear all,

We have a 2-year postdoc position based at the Department of Ecology at SLU here in Uppsala, some details below. Please feel free to forward to any suitable applicants or networks. The same info, plus a link to the application system can be found here: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=4704&rmlang=UK

Many thanks,
Alistair



Duties
We are looking for a postdoc to work a new research project aiming to understand the interacting effects of changes in climate and land use on the diversity and distributions of multiple taxa. Analysing historical and recent observation data of birds, butterflies and plants together with matching climate and land-use data, we aim to understand how biodiversity change relates to the interactions of global change drivers over longer (>50 years) and shorter (10-20 years) time periods. Using data from both Sweden and Great Britain, the postdoc will work towards understanding how contrasting trajectories of land use may have mediated climate-driven distributional changes in different ways, for example in terms of habitat availability and microclimatic buffering. The position will be based at the Department of Ecology, SLU, while project partners also include the Swedish Species Information Centre, as well as in the University of Northumbria, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and others in the UK.

Qualifications
Applicants must have a PhD in ecology or other related or relevant discipline. Because postdoctoral appointments are career-developing positions for junior researchers, we are primarily looking for candidates with a doctoral degree that is preferrably within 3 years of the application date. Other required qualifications include proven research productivity, with work published in the peer-reviewed literature. Although the candidate must be able to work independently, the collaborative nature of the project demands excellent communication skills. It is a merit to have confidence and experience with working with GIS, and using advanced statistical methods to analyse opportunistic species data, climate data and/or other large and complex data sets in R or another coding environment.

 




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Alistair Auffret
Associate Senior Lecturer in Landscape Ecology

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences


Department of Ecology
Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala
Visiting address: Ulls väg 16
alistair.auffret@slu.se

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

PhD course

Stable isotopes as a tool for ecologists and archaeologists (5 ects), April 2021

Course for PhD students

This is a course for those who want to receive an overview and a more profound knowledge of how stable isotopes can be used in modern ecological research and in archaeological applications. The focus is primarily on research questions and practical applications, but the underlying theoretical aspects are also covered. Examples of the content are: geological distribution and fractionation, ecological applications, archaeological and paleozoological applications. We will also present several of the software used to analyse and model stable isotopes. An individual practical project is also included.

Time: weeks 12-15 (lectures + project). All lectures on zoom.

Last date for application 2021-03-01. For application and more information, contact:

Anders Angerbjörn angerbj@zoologi.su.se +468- 16 4035

 

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Sommarjobb för biologer 2021

Trafikverket utlyser flera sommarjobb i biologi för studenter sent i utbildningen: https://www.trafikverket.se/sommarjobb

Sprid gärna länken.

Mvh J-O

______________________________________________

Jan Olof Helldin

Forskare / Researcher

 

SLU Centrum för biologisk mångfald |Swedish Biodiversity Centre

Department of Urban and Rural Development

Postal address: Box 7012, 750 07 UPPSALA, Sweden

Tel: +46(0)70-607 53 22, +46(0)18-67 27 24

 

 

 

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Fwd: Tips om tvärvetenskaplig konferens i Israel om evolutionära processer

Subject: Tips om tvärvetenskaplig konferens i Israel om evolutionära processer
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 19:02:07 +0000
From: Ola G H Hössjer <ola@math.su.se>
To: jonas.knape@slu.se <jonas.knape@slu.se>
CC: Ola G H Hössjer <ola@math.su.se>


Hej Jonas!


Jag vill gärna tipsa om konferensen 'Potential and Limitations of Evolutionary Processes' som kommer att äga rum den 4-8 oktober i Neve Ilan utanför Jerusalem (https://www.c-hotels-israel.com/c-hotel-neve-ilan). Det är en tvärvetenskaplig konferens där forskare med olika inställning till potentialen och bristerna hos evolutionära processer kommer att träffas, se https://www.plep-meetings.com. Jag är själv matematiker och kommer att hålla ett föredrag om evolutionära väntetider. 


Eftersom vi inte vet hur pandemin utvecklas är maj 2022 satt som en reservmånad för konferensen. 


Sprid gärna denna information till kollegor du tror kan vara intresserade. 

 

Med vänliga hälsningar

Ola Hössjer

Professor i matematisk statistik

Stockholms universitet 


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Monday, March 1, 2021

PhD position in policy analysis and stakeholder involvement

Dear All,

We are looking for a PhD student to work within two Horizon 2020 projects: PONDERFUL and NEXOGENESIS. The focus of the work is on policy analysis and stakeholder involvement. 


See attached announcement and here:

https://uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=385181
Deadline for applications is 7 April.


The work of the PhD candidate will be focused on analysing policy context at multiple governance levels (from EU to local sites in different countries) to identify enabling factors and barriers for implementing pondscape Nature-based solutions (PONDERFUL) and water-related policies into a Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems nexus (NEXOGENESIS). The work will be done in close collaboration with research partners in different countries and with relevant stakeholders. In addition, the PhD candidate is expected to help coordinating activities in the case studies and engagement with stakeholders, and take part in project meetings and contribute to communication and dissemination activities.


I would be thankful is you can distribute this to potential candidates.

 

Best regards,

Malgorzata Blicharska 


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Associate Professor Malgorzata Blicharska
Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences
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