Awards and Distinctions

  • World Wildlife Fund Sweden (WWF - Sweden) - Nominated as Environment Hero, October 2021.

  • Torsten Hägerstrands Foundation - Annual Prize for the Promotion of Geographical Research, May 2017.

UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lund University: Chairperson of the Physical Geography Doctoral Student Council, Chair (Spring 2014 – Spring 2015).

  • Lund University: Science Doctoral Student Union Working Group, Member (Fall 2014, Spring 2015).

  • Lund University: Doctoral Student Union Executive Board, Member (Spring 2015).

  • University of Muenster: Erasmus Mundus Association Course Representative (Fall 2009).

  • Montclair State University: International Student Organization, President (Fall 2004 – Spring 2006).

  • Montclair State University: Student Government, Director of Multicultural Affairs (Spring 2003, Fall 2003).

  • Montclair State University: Student Government, International Student Representative (Fall 2002).

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

  • Pedagogical course on Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Theory and Practice, Lund University, Fall 2021.

  • Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies Summer School: Climate Change Effects on Arctic Ecosystems and Societies in Greenland and Iceland, July 2016.

  • Barents Summer School: Climate Change Effects on Arctic Landscapes, Abisko Research Station, Abisko, Sweden, June 2015.

  • Doctoral Summer School: Climate Change - Uncertainties, Thresholds and Coping Strategies, Graz, Austria, September 2014.

  • Scientific Discovery Using Computers (COMPUTE) Graduate Research School, Lund University, Sweden, 2014 – 2016.

  • Climate, Biodiversity and Ecosystems (ClimBEco) Graduate Research School, Lund University, Sweden, 2013 – 2015.

  • European Space Agency 4th Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece, July 2014.

  • Graduate Course on Earth Observation for Climate Change Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2012.