Here we introduce Professor Ana Bastos from the Institute for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing at our faculty. You will find information about her career, research and teaching, as well as an advice she would give herself as a student.
Follow your passion and curiosity, do your best, and take care of yourself and those around you.
Prof Dr Ana Bastos
Career
- 2011: Completion of Studies
Environment and Energy Engineering, Master of Science
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Thesis: “Vegetation recovery in Portugal following large wildfire episodes” - 2015: Doctorate
PhD, Geophysical and Geoinformation Science
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Thesis: “Impacts of climate variability and extremes on carbon uptake by land ecosystems” - 2015–2018: Postdoc
Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment (LSCE), Saint-Aubin, France - 2018–2020: Scientific Assistant
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - 2020–2024: Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena - since 2024: Professor for Land Atmosphere Interactions
Universität Leipzig, Institute for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing
Research
My overarching scientific goal is to better understand inter-annual to long-term variability in the global carbon-cycle. My research bridges the disciplines of atmospheric science, ecology and biogeochemistry, from both observation-based and modelling perspectives. Here I study the links between internal climate variability and ocean-atmosphere-land teleconnections and carbon-cycle dynamics, and the impacts of climate extremes on ecosystem functioning and ecosystem disturbance regimes.
I currently co-lead the “REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes”, phase 2 (RECCAP-2) project, by the Global Carbon Project, and am a member of the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse and Earth System Modelling and Observations activities.