Welcome!
As a geographer and geoecologist, I am passionate about understanding long-term environmental and climatic changes, with a focus on the natural and human dimensions of changing wildfire regimes.
Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. Find more details about my background here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, so feel free to have a look at some of my previous research and activities, including past publications, awards and funding, outreach, as well as news and contact details right below!
Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. Find more details about my background here.
This website represents a personal portfolio, so feel free to have a look at some of my previous research and activities, including past publications, awards and funding, outreach, as well as news and contact details right below!
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Wildfire smoke plume during fieldwork in eastern Siberia (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
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Larch forest after a high-intensity wildfire (Photo: R. Glückler, 08/2021 in Yakutia)
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Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 09/2022 at Dachstein, Austria)
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Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 03/2025 at Dachstein, Austria)
News
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March 28–31, 2025: Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps
With the goal of obtaining sediment cores from a frozen proglacial lake near the Hallstätter Glacier, I joined a small expedition to the Dachstein Mountains, Austria. After training avalanche rescue emergencies, we set out on snowshoes to make our way to the lake (see photo below). Unfortunately, unsuitable weather and snow conditions susceptible to avalanches forced us to turn around before being able to core the lake. Still, it was a valuable experience - thanks to Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) and Ingolf Kühn (UFZ) for the opportunity!
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Fieldwork in the Austrian Alps (Photo: R. Glückler, 03/2025 at Dachstein, Austria)
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March 20, 2025: New preprint out
By contributing eight new records of sedimentary charcoal in eastern Siberia, combined with previously available data, and applying individual-based fire-vegetation modeling, we uncover Holocene wildfire activity and its drivers across Central Yakutia. Notably, our findings provide evidence for the involvement of humans in shaping fire regimes as early as 5000 years ago, a lot earlier than previously assumed. The reasons may also have implications for fire management in a warming world. Read the full preprint here:
Glückler, R., Dietze, E., Andreev, A. A., Kruse, S., Zakharov, E. S., Baisheva, I. A., Stieg, A., Tsuyuzaki, S., Pestryakova, L. A., Herzschuh, U. (2025): Human dimension of Holocene wildfire dynamics in boreal eastern Siberia. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643308 [Preprint]
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March 12, 2025: Thesis abstract published
A peer-reviewed thesis abstract is now published in E&G Quaternary Science Journal. It summarizes main findings from my dissertation and links directly to the related published research articles. Many thanks to the German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA) for covering the publication fees! Find the thesis abstract here:
Glückler, R. (2025): Long-term changes of wildfire regimes in eastern Siberia: An evaluation based on lake sediment indicators and individual-based modeling. E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 74(1), 101–103. DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-74-101-2025
For a list of previous news entries, visit the news archive.
Contact information
+49 (331) 58174-5634
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Telegrafenberg A45
14473 Potsdam
Germany