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Dr. Iuliia Burdun is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Built Environment and Geoinformatics, focusing on remote sensing applications in peatland ecology and environmental monitoring. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action and life on land. She holds a PhD in Physical Geography from the University of Tartu (2020) and MSc/BSc in Geography from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. She has held external roles including Research Fellow and Remote Sensing Specialist at University of Tartu, and Adjunct Instructor in 2017.
- Primary Affiliation: Department of Built Environment
- Secondary Affiliation: Geoinformatics
Her research interests span remote sensing techniques, peatland hydrology, vegetation dynamics, and Earth observation. She has pioneered methods combining optical/thermal satellite data to monitor groundwater tables in Northern Hemisphere peatlands. Notable contributions include developing algorithms for water table estimation using Sentinel and Landsat data, and spectral libraries for peatland vegetation characterization.
Recent publications highlight advancements in hyperspectral analysis of Sphagnum moss species, tropical peatland monitoring, and integration of remote sensing with social media data for ecosystem assessment. Her work has been recognized with the Mobilitas Pluss postdoctoral grant (2021) and a National University Student Award.
Burdun actively contributes to academic communities through organizing conferences (e.g., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022), peer-review for Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, and membership in the Peatland ECR Action Team. She has supervised datasets including CO2/CH4 gas flux measurements and spectral libraries of boreal peatland vegetation.
