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!
Wildfire smoke plume during fieldwork in eastern Siberia (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
Larch forest after a high-intensity wildfire (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 09/2022 at Dachstein, Austria)
Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 03/2025 at Dachstein, Austria)
Wildfire smoke plume during fieldwork in eastern Siberia (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
Larch forest after a high-intensity wildfire (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 09/2022 at Dachstein, Austria)
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.
For a list of previous news entries, visit the news archive.