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As a geographer and geoecologist, I am interested in 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 about my research profile here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, compiling my publications, awards and funding, outreach, a gallery, 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 about my research profile here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, compiling my publications, awards and funding, outreach, a gallery, 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)
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December 25, 2025: New research article published
Led by Ziru Hao and Kai Li from Zhejiang Normal University, this study in Quaternary Science Reviews presents a new high-resolution charcoal record documenting wildfire activity over the past c. 35,000 years at Erhai Lake, Yunnan, China. It shows how multi-centennial-scale fire regime variations were linked to spring insolation and the Asian Summer Monsoon, making fire regimes of this region more sensitive to changes in moisture availability than temperature:
Hao Z., Li P., Li C., Yang Y., Cui K., Zhang X., Liao M., Liu L., Wang Y., Glückler R., Li K., Liu X., Ni J. (2026): Charcoal record reveals the cause and impact of wildfires in southwestern China over the past 35,200 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 374, 109780. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109780
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December 5, 2025: Visit at University of Göttingen
For the past two days I visited Elisabeth Dietze's Landscape Fire Lab at the Department of Physical Geography, University of Göttingen, Germany. Together with her motivated students we set up and tested a preparation and evaluation routine for sedimentary charcoal particles. Looking forward to the results!
For a list of previous news entries, visit the news archive.