I am an Iranian student pursuing a PhD in environmental science program under supervision of Dr. Susan Ziegler since 2020. My research focuses on the impact of climate on Boreal carbon export. Specifically, I am interested in how climate driven changes may impact the lateral carbon flow from terrestrial to aquatic environment and as a consequence of that, how hydrology has the potential to effect global carbon cycle by changing the infiltration, runoff, and lateral export in these ecosystems.
I got my bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Engineering (Forestry) and my master’s in Forest Ecology and Silviculture from faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources at University of Tehran, Iran. During my bachelor’s degree, I got the chance to be involved in the field for sampling and to better understand the prevailing environmental issues in Iran. This is the reason why I continue my education in the field of forest ecology and silviculture and had my master’s thesis focused on carbon sequestration and soil respiration in pure and mixed Beech stands. Before I started my PhD, I had an internship in Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) to be more familiar with MicroResp and calorimetry methods under supervision of Dr. Anke Hermann and Dr. Sigrun Dahlin.
I can be reached at hkamel@mun.ca
