Telephone: +47 930 08 503
E-mail: graciela.rusch@nina.no
Department:
NINA terrestrisk naturmangfold
Knowledge areas
Ecology, trans-disciplinary research, ecosystem services.
Key qualifications
Wide research interests on plant sciences, specifically on functional ecology, ecosystem function and ecological processes related to land-use, herbivory and the maintenance and management of biological diversity. Extensive international experience including research and consultancy projects in Europe, North America, South and Central America, and East Africa. Experience of project coordination including a number of international projects (Research Council of Norway and EU). A number of these projects are cross-disciplinary with components of ecology/biology and social/economic sciences. The work related to the projects have comprised own research, supervision of MSc and PhD students, consultancy and project coordination activities.
Education
1992, PhD in Plant Ecology, Uppsala University, Sweden. 1982, Agronomy (plant physiology and ecology), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Experience
2010- present Senior Research Scientist, NINA
1998- 2010
Research scientist, NINA
1995-1997
Post-doc researcher at the Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, USA.
1987-1992
PhD candidate, Uppsala University
1982 – 1986
Research associate, Argentina Research Council
Languages
Spanish (mother tounge), English (fluent), Swedish (fluent), French (fair)
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