Ing. Manuel Acosta, Ph.D.

Position:
Senior Scientist

Branch:
Department of Matters and Energy Fluxes

Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
Bělidla 4a
Brno
603 00

Email:
acosta.m@czechglobe.cz

Phone:
+420 511 192 262

Forest ecology, carbon cycle, greenhouse gases exchange at ecosystem level, woody-tissue and soil respiration.

Ph.D. studies: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Czech Republic (1999-2005). Gained a Ph.D. degree in Forest Ecology.

M.Sc. studies: Saint Petersburg Forest Technical Academy, Faculty of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Russia (1990-1995). Gained a M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Sciences.

From 2022 – to present. Head of the Ecosystem Analysis Section, Global Change Research Institute, CAS, Brno, Czech Republic

From 1/2012 – Present. Senior researcher, Global Change Research Institute, CAS, Brno, Czech Republic.

1/2011 – 12/ 2011 Postdoctoral position, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2007 – 2010 Postdoctoral position – fellowship Marie Curie Actions – Transfer of knowledge, EU, Department of Meteorology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.