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.

Welcome!

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

Talks

Millennium Young Scientist Contest and Awarding Ceremony 2024

Peatlands are saving us from climate crises — Research on their superpowers

Peatland restoration in Estonia, 2021