CV

Graciela Monica Rusch
Position:    Senior Research Scientist

  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)

Publications:

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

NINA is an independent foundation for nature research and research on the interaction between human society, natural resources and biodiversity.
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