Colin Courtney-Mustaphi

Principal scientist

Knowledge Core GmbH

Basel, Switzerland

Company

My research has taken me across arctic, temperate and tropical ecosystems to analyse the human role in environmental changes. I am active out in the field, in the laboratory, at the computer, and through publications, videos and outreach.

My organisation

Knowledge Core GmbH

Company (SME, Spin-off, Start-up)

Basel, Switzerland

Knowledge Core GmbH is an environmental change research group active out in the field, in the laboratory, at the computer, and through dissemination and outreach. We partner on project proposals, implementation and fulfilment, training of highly-qualified personnel in Africa, Europe and North America. Our approach combines quantitative and qualitative research methods using multiple lines of evidence from Geosciences, Archaeology, Social Sciences and Humanities, to better understand drivers of environmental change and potential solutions. Knowledge Core GmbH (LLC) develops laboratory equipment, subsampling and portioning systems, and handheld tools to achieve precise subsample volumes of sediments and soils. Preparing samples is a crucial step for generating the data to characterise our ecosystems, establish environmental baselines, and to monitor the impacts of land use and climate changes. http://www.real-project.eu/kcore/ http://www.real-project.eu/paleolabtools/

About me

I have 20 years experience in environmental change research in North America, Europe and Africa. My specialty is fire ecology and changing fire regimes in forested and grassland ecosystems and the impacts on soil, wetlands and freshwater.

My >70 publications include 19 first-authored articles and co-authorships in Nature, Ecology Letters, and Quaternary Research. The full lists are available:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wYho-CAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

http://www.real-project.eu/colin-courtney-mustaphi-publication-list/

Skills

Time series analysis
Spatial analysis
Scientific Publishing
Environmental analytics
Laboratory Analyses
Quaternary geology
Climatology
Sedimentology
Data Analysis
data visualisation

Interests

Climate Change
Fire
Geology
Ecology
numerical methods
qualitative methods
mixed methods
forests
savannahs
Lakes
Water
pollution
Pollen
Plants
archaeology

Marketplace (2)

Project cooperation
New scientific instruments and laboratory hardware for geoscientific analyses
New hardware tools are needed for commonplace geoscientific analyses to increase the speed of data collection, improve ergonomics, interoperability, and adequate QA/QC documentation for reporting.
MSCA-COFUND
MSCA-CITIZENS
MSCA-STAFF EXCHANGES
MSCA-DOCTORAL NETWORKS
Proposal under Development
MSCA-POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
STAFF EXCHANGES: Looking for Partner/s
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Looking for Fellow
COFUND: Looking for Partners (Hosting Partners)
COFUND: Looking for Partners (Secondments and Trainings)
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Looking for an Institution for Secondment
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Looking for Company/Non-Academic Org for a Placement
DOCTORAL NETWORK: Looking for Partner/s (Beneficiaries or Associated Partners)
Author
Colin Courtney-Mustaphi
Principal scientist at Knowledge Core GmbH
Basel, Switzerland
Expertise
Interdisciplinary researcher on human modifications to long-term processes on the Earth's surface
For >20 years, I have studied climate change, vegetation patterns, fire regimes and other landscape disturbances and the role of people in modifying these long term processes using approaches from geology, ecology, archaeology, history and geography.
CHE - Chemistry
MSCA and CITIZENS
ENV - Environment and Geosciences
SOC - Social Sciences and Humanities
STAFF EXCHANGES: Beneficiary / Associated Partner
COFUND: Implementing Partners / Associated Partners
DOCTORAL NETWORKS: Hosting Doctoral Candidates / Secondments / Trainings
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS: Hosting Postdoctoral Candidates / Secondments / Placements
Author
Colin Courtney-Mustaphi
Principal scientist at Knowledge Core GmbH
Basel, Switzerland