Oleksandra Shumilova
Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin
Profil
My research is about interplay between organic matter in its various forms (from dissolved to coarse forms such as large wood) and water flow. This implies following subtopics:
- Effect of instream accumulations of large wood on dynamic of water flow and deposition of sediments;
- Floating organic material in freshwaters and impact of river fragmentation on its functions and natural cycle;
- Effect of first flush events on leaching of organic matter and nutrients in intermittent rivers (cooperation with the “1000 Intermittent rivers project” (http://1000_intermittent_rivers_project.irstea.fr/);
- Modeling nutrient load in catchments with intermittent rivers
January 2019 - present
Postdoc, Department of Ecohydrology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, IGB, Berlin, Germany
Project: "Hydrodynamics of fluvial wakes past large in-stream natural objects and their implications for riverbed morphology"
October 2014 – April 2018
PhD candidate, Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme – SMART (Science for Management of Rivers and their Tidal systems, http://riverscience.it/).
Thesis: "Neglected aspects in the alteration of river flow and riverine organic matter dynamics: a global perspective"
Primary Institution: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
Secondary Insitution: Trento University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Trento, Italy
October 2012 – September 2013
Master of Research in Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation (EQF 7) with Distinction, Glyndwr University (United Kingdom)
September 2012 – October 2013
Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Protection with Distinction, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (Ukraine)
September 2008 – May 2012
Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Environmental Protection and Balanced Use of Natural Resources with Distinction, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (Ukraine)
