Maarja Öpik, Professor of Molecular Ecology and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu, will take up the position of Editor-in-Chief of New Phytologist, a scientific journal of plant biology, for five years from January 2025.
BiOn 29 November at 12.15 Bilal Gul will defend his doctoral thesis „Palaeotemperature reconstruction based on oxygen stable isotopic trends from the Ordovician-Silurian brachiopods of Baltoscandia“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Geology).
On November 15 at 10:15 Bruno Paganeli will defend his doctoral thesis "Dark diversity methods for prioritization of areas and species in nature conservation"
On 14 November, the Just Transition Forum “From smart shrinkage to sustainable large-scale industry. Visions for the future of Ida-Viru” will be held at the Narva College.
On Friday, 18 October, starting at 18:00, the final gala of the Estonian Academy of Sciences' English-language competition “Science in 3 minutes” will take place.
On October 25 at 10:15 Daniela León Velandia will defend her doctoral thesis "Mycorrhizal trait distribution and composition in plant communities under natural gradients"
On October 21 at 10:15 Iryna Yatsiuk will defend her doctoral thesis "Evolution, species delimitation and diversity in myxomycetes: Arcyria and allied genera"