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Britta Sannel
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Dr. A. Britta K. Sannel
Stockholm University
Department of Physical Geography
106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46(0)8 164795
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.su.se/profiles/bsann-1.182845
Date of birth: 18 April 1968
Civil status: Married with two children (born 1998, 2000)
Language skills: Fluent in Swedish (native language) and English, basics in French
PhD degree
2010 PhD in Physical Geography, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary
Geology, Stockholm University. Doctoral thesis: “Temporal and spatial dynamics in
subarctic peat plateaus and thermokarst lakes”. Supervisor: Prof. Peter Kuhry
Other university degrees
2008 PhLic in Physical Geography, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary
Geology, Stockholm University. Licentiate thesis: “Holocene dynamics in subarctic
peat plateaus of west-central Canada: Vegetation succession, peat accumulation and
permafrost history”. Supervisor: Prof. Peter Kuhry
1992 BSc from the Biology-Earth Sciences Programme, Stockholm University
Current position
2011– Senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
Previous positions and periods of appointment
2005–2010
PhD student (part time ~75%), Department of Physical Geography and
Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University
1994–2004
Lecturer, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology,
Stockholm University
1991–1994
Teaching assistant, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
Parental leave
1998 and 2000
Teaching
Master’s level courses (Polar and Alpine Environments, Natural Archives for Reconstruction
of Climate and Environmental Change, Glaciers and Permafrost, Permafrost: Interactions
with Ecosystems and Hydrology, Environmental Impact Assessment): 2 courses/year
(2011–), 1 course/year (1999–2004)
Bachelor’s level courses in geography, biology-earth sciences, geosciences and environmental sciences: 2-3 courses/year (2011–), 3-4 courses/year (1994–2004)
Field courses taught within the bachelor’s and master’s level courses above include:
3 excursions to Portugal (1993–1995), 12 excursions to New Zealand (1996–2015),
1 excursion to Estonia (1998), 1 excursion to Ireland (2004), 4 excursions to northern
Sweden (2011-2016) and 3 excursions to northern Fennoscandia (2012–2016)
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PhD, MSc and BSc supervision
Ylva Sjöberg (2011–2015), PhD thesis: “Linking water and permafrost dynamics”, Stockholm
University, co-supervisor
Ewa Lind (2010–2014), PhD thesis: “Tephra horizons in the North Atlantic region during the
Early Holocene”, Stockholm University, co-supervisor
Christoffer Keskitalo (2016–), MSc thesis: ”Spatial dynamics and morphometric analysis of
thermokarst lakes and water bodies: Case study from the sporadic permafrost region,
Tavvavuoma, Sweden”, Stockholm University, main supervisor
Andrea Schneider (2012–2013), MSc thesis: ”Polygon ponds and their ostracod
assemblages as bioindicators in the Indigirka Lowland (north-east Siberia)”, Stockholm
University, main supervisor
Vilmantas Prėskienis (2012–2013), MSc thesis: ”Holocene development and permafrost
history of two mires in Tavvavuoma, northern Sweden”, Stockholm University, main
supervisor
Alexander Kessler (2012–2013), MSc thesis: ”Holocene development and permafrost
formation at a peat plateau and palsa mire in Tavvavuoma, northern Sweden”, Stockholm
university, main supervisor
Karl Rosén (2012), MSc thesis: ”Dagvatten och miljökvalitetsnormer för vatten” (in Swedish),
Stockholm University, main supervisor
Marina Becher (2010–2011), MSc thesis: ”Long-term dynamics of peat plateau-thermokarst
complexes in northeast European Russia”, Stockholm University, co-supervisor
Main supervisor of ~20 BSc theses at Stockholm University (1994–2015)
Project involvement and other professional activities
Partner (100 kSEK) in the project “Permafrost landscapes in transformation – from localscale processes to the global model NorESM” funded by the Research Council of Norway
(2016–2019)
Principal Investigator of the project “Thawing permafrost in subarctic peat plateaus – impacts
of climate change” (3 410 kSEK) funded by the Swedish Research Council for Environment,
Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (2015–2018)
Partner (in kind work) in the project “Constraining uncertainties in the permafrost-climate
feedback” funded by the European Commission JPI Climate Program (2015–2018)
Network member of the project “Carbon in Peat on Earth Through Time” funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF), the Swiss National Science Foundation and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2015–)
Employed for 6 months by the project “Depicting Ecosystem-Climate Feedbacks from
Permafrost, Snow and Ice” funded by Norden (2013–2016)
Network member of the project “Sensitivity of Circum-Arctic Peatland Carbon to Holocene
Warm Climates and Climate Seasonality” funded by NSF (2011–2015)
Member of the “Perma-Nordnet” research network funded by Norden (2011–2014)
Thermokarst Working Group Co-lead and network member of the “Research Coordination
Network on Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon (Permafrost Carbon Network)” funded by
NSF (2011–)
Reviewer for scientific journals, including the Holocene (2013–), Journal of Geophysical
Research (2012–) and Boreas (2010–)
National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposal evaluation (2009)
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Presentations at conferences and workshops (as first author)
11th International Conference on Permafrost, Potsdam (2016) – poster
DEFROST (Depicting Ecosystem-Climate Feedbacks from Permafrost, Snow and Ice) Final
Meeting, Longyearbyen (2016) – oral presentation
Peat Carbon Accumulation on Earth: C-PEAT Launch and Integration Workshop, New York
(2015) – poster
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2014) – poster
4th European Conference on Permafrost, Evora (2014) – poster
Bolin Centre for Climate Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm (2013) – oral presentation
and poster
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2011) – invited speaker
Bolin Centre for Climate Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm (2011) – poster
18th INQUA-Congress, Bern (2011) – session organizer and oral presentation
Bolin Centre for Climate Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm (2010) – oral presentation
Monitoring of Palsa Mires, Sigtuna (2010) – invited speaker
3rd European Conference on Permafrost, Longyearbyen (2010) – oral presentation and
poster
Spatio-Temporal Patterns in the Carbon Balance of Northern High Latitude Regions,
Stockholm (2010) – poster
Peatlands in the Global Carbon Cycle, Prague (2009) – poster
Bolin Centre for Climate Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm (2009) – poster
Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions (2nd workshop), Stockholm (2009) – poster
Global Change Impacts on Nordic Sub-Arctic Palsa Mires and Greenhouse Gas Feedbacks
in the Climate System, Abisko (2008) – oral presentation
9th International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks (2008) – 2 posters
Below-Ground Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions, Stockholm (2005) – poster
Popular science communication
Representing the Bolin Centre for Climate Research at their conference booth during the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting in San Francisco (2014)
Participation in Geography text books for high school and nine-year compulsory school
pupils; e.g. Wiklund, J. & Wakeham, K. 2014: Geografi 7-9 (in Swedish), Capensis and
Wiklund, J. 2012: Geografi I (in Swedish), Capensis
Presentation of my research for her Royal Highness of Sweden Crown Princess Victoria at
Stockholm University (2013), for the general public at The Observatory Museum in
Stockholm (2013), the Regional Research Grand Prix Final in Södertälje and at the National
Research Grand Prix Final in Stockholm (2012), for high school students visiting Stockholm
University (2011–) and at the Research Days at Stockholm University (2010), and for the
Swedish Minister of Education during visits to Stockholm University (2010 and 2009)
Interviews in media (Swedish radio, TV, newspapers), e.g. Vetenskapsradion, Rapport
(SVT), Dagens Nyheter, Naturmorgon i P1, Sveriges Natur, Forskning och Framsteg,
MiljöAktuellt and TV4 Nyhetsmorgon (2008–)
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Awards
Research Grand Prix, 1st place in the Stockholm/Södertälje Regional Final, and 4th place in
the National Final (2012)
The Bolin Centre for Climate Research Poster Award for most Pedagogical and Appealing
Presentation (2011)
PYRN–IPA (International Permafrost Association) Award for Outstanding International Poster
Presentation (2010)