Former fellow defended his PhD dissertation in Uzbekistan

Toshpulat Rajabov, a former LRT fellow from 2009, recently defended his PhD project titled "Spatio-temporal changes of vegetation cover of semi desert along the grazing gradient (in case of Karnabchul)" in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. During his stay in Iceland attending the LRT six-month training programme in 2009, Dr. Rajabov worked on an individual project under the supervision of Dr. Johann Thorsson, a specialist at the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland. The data that he processed during his LRT training are an important part of his PhD project. The training in Iceland gave Dr. Rajabov insight into and knowledge on how to apply new research methods and approaches, such as conceptual ecological models and the technology of GIS and Remote Sensing.

The UNU-LRT team congratulates Dr. Toshpulat Rajabov and wishes him all the best.