Julia Koricheva
Julia Koricheva | |
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| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University (BSc) University of Turku (PhD) |
| Awards | Marsh Ecology Award (2021) |
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| Institutions | University of Turku, University of Zurich, Swedish Agricultural University, Royal Holloway, University of London |
Julia Koricheva is an ecologist in the UK. She is professor of ecology at Royal Holloway, University of London[1] and she researches ecosystem services in forests, the interactions between insects and plants and is an expert in meta-analysis.
Education and career
[edit]Koricheva is originally from Russia and did a BSc in Zoology and Entomology at Saint Petersburg State University and then a PhD at the University of Turku in Finland, looking at the effects of air pollution on the interactions between birch trees and insect herbivores. She moved to Switzerland to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich before returning to Finland. Koricheva then moved to the Swedish Agricultural University before becoming a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2004, where in 2011 she was appointed professor of ecology.[2]
Research
[edit]Koricheva has carried out research in forests throughout her career and she established a long term experiment in the Satakunta forest in south west Finland in 1999. The experiment looks at the effects of trees species diversity, tree species composition and intraspecific genetic diversity on ecosystem services.[3] Her work has shown that forests with a high diversity of tree species are able to better provide ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, than forests with few different tree species.[4]
She is an expert in meta-analysis, in 2013 she co-edited the Handbook of meta-analysis in ecology and evolution published by Princeton University Press[5] and she has used meta-analysis techniques to show the harmful effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bees.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Julia Koricheva - Research - Royal Holloway, University of London". pure.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "7th November 2016 – Julia Koricheva, Royal Holloway University of London". Biotweeps. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Satakunta Forest diversity experiments". Satakunta Forest diversity experiments. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Diverse forests act as 'Jacks-of-all-trades' when providing ecosystem services". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Koricheva, Julia; Gurevitch, Jessica; Mengersen, Kerrie (21 April 2013). Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13728-5.
- ^ Koricheva, Julia (30 April 2018). "Neonicotinoid ban: how meta-analysis helped show pesticides do harm bees". The Conversation. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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- Living people
- Saint Petersburg State University alumni
- University of Turku alumni
- Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London
- Russian ecologists
- Women ecologists
- 21st-century Russian women scientists
- 21st-century Russian biologists
- 21st-century women scientists
- Russian expatriates in Finland
- Russian expatriates in the United Kingdom