Mr. Richard Arlt was a Master’s of Science in Geology student under the supervision of Prof. Pavel Tarasov. Richard successfully defended his BAP-related thesis at Freie Universität Berlin on August 9, 2024. The topic of his thesis was “Lateglacial and Holocene fire history in the Upper Lena (Baikal Region, Siberia) based on the results of microcharcoal analysis of the sediment core recovered from Lake Ochaul in 2018”.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Palaeoclimate reconstruction, Fire history, Palaeoecology

The attached photo shows a happy Richard in his garden after the defense.

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