Organizing Committee Member
Elena Lioubimtseva
Professor
Chair
Grand Valley State University
USA
Biography
Elena Lioubimtseva is a Professor of Environmental Geography and the Chair of Geography and Sustainable Planning Department at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Her research focuses on human vulnerability and adaptations to climate change. She holds Ph.D. from Moscow State University and previously conducted research at the University of Oxford, University of Louvain and the CNRS Laboratory of Quaternary Geology. She was a guest professor at the University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve in 2007 and University of Versailles in 2016, while maintaining her position at GVSU. Dr. Lioubimtseva contributed to the EU VEGETATION-SPOT4 Program, FAO Consultations on Climate change and International Trade and, the Great Lakes Innovative Stewardship through Education Network (GLISTEN), the UNEP-UNECE 2016 Assessment for the Pan-European Region, and other national and international projects. Lioubimtseva is an author of over 50 publications and presentations on climate and environmental change
Research Area
climate and environmental change