Iuliia Burdun - Peatlands and remote sensing

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I am Iuliia Burdun, a geographer specialising in satellite monitoring of northern peatlands. I am an FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ees.kuleuven.be/en/bwb/research/land-surface-data-assimilation">RSDA Lab</a> at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00163098">KU Leuven</a>, where I serve as principal investigator on the PEATWATER project, developing satellite methods to track peatland water tables. Previously, I worked at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/satellite-images-reveal-the-positive-effects-of-restoration-in-the-northern-hemisphere-peatlands">Aalto University</a>, Finland, on the PEATSPEC project on peatland vegetation and moisture, and earned my PhD at the University of Tartu, Estonia, on remote sensing of groundwater tables in peatlands. I also worked at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://landscape-geoinformatics.ut.ee/team/iuliia-burdun/">Landscape Geoinformatics Lab</a> at the University of Tartu.

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Personal details and the date of the CV<ul><li>Surname: Burdun</li><li>First names: Iuliia</li><li>Researcher IDs: ORCID <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1436-2550">0000-0002-1436-2550</a>.</li><li>Date of CV: 31 July2026</li></ul>

Curriculum Vitae

I was a finalist of the Millennium Young Scientist Contest in 2024. My talk there begin from 02:10.

Millennium Young Scientist Contest and Awarding Ceremony 2024

We recorded this piece during our fieldwork at Aalto University, 2022