Olgerts NIKODEMUS

Professor Olgerts NIKODEMUS Head of Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences University of Latvia Raina bulv. 19 Riga, LV 1548 Latvia Phone: +371 6733 2627, +371 29484996 Fax: +371 67225039 E-mail: nikodemu@lanet.lv; olgerts.nikodemu@lu.lv

Born: September 29, 1954, Kuldiga, Latvia

Interests:

• Environmental Assessment and Management
• Landscape Ecology and Planing
• Environmental Monitoring and its Methods
• Geochemical Indication of Pollution.

Languages: Latvian, German, English, Russian

• B.A. (Geography),University of Latvia (Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences), 1981
• M.Sc.(Environmental Sciences), University of Latvia (Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences), 1994
• Dr. geogr., University of Latvia, 1996

• Professor, Head of Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences,  2002 -
• Associate Professor, Head of Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, 1996 - 2002
• Lecturer, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, 1987 - 1996
• Engineer, Department of Botany and Ecology, 1979 - 1987

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2005

• Member, Latvian Soil Society
• Member, Latvian Geographer’s Society
• Member, Latvian Landscape Ecology Association
• Member, Latvian Landscape Architecture Society
• Member, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for Geography

• Geography of Soils, 1991-
• Geography of the USSR, 1987-1991
• Field Methods in Physical Geography, 1987 - 1997
• Circulation of Contaminants in the Environment, 1991 -
• Ecologic Issues of Latvia, 1991 - 1996
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Environmental Protection, 1994 - 1997
• Soil Science, 1987-
• Natural Geography of Latvia, 1997 -
• Physical Planing, 1998 -

• O. Nikodemus, G. Brumelis. Spatial dynamics of atmospheric pollution in Latvia and the Baltic Republics, as measured in mosses, topsoil and precipitation. - GeoJournal, 1994. vol. 33, N 1, pp. 71-80.
• O. Nikodemus. Description of soils in the Skrunda area. - In: The Effect of Radio-frequency Electromagnetic Radiation on Organisms, 1994, Skrunda, pp. 46-49.
• G. Brumelis, O. Nikodemus. Biological monitoring in Latvia using moss and soil: Problems in the portioning of anthropogenic and natural effects. -In: Bioindicators of Environmental Health, 1995, Amsterdam: SPB Academic Publishing, pp. 123-132.
• V. Balodis, G. Brumelis, K. Kalviškis, O. Nikodemus, D. Tjarve, V. Znotina.. Does the Skrunda Radio Location Station diminish the radial growth of pine trees? - The Science of the Total Environment, 1996, vol.180/1, pp. 57-64.
• O. Nikodemus, G. Brumelis. Monitoring of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Latvia. - Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences / Ecotoxicology and Enviromental Safety, 1998. vol. 52, pp. 17 – 23.
• G.M. Brumelis , H. Dennis Brown, O. Nikodemus, D. Tjarve. The monitoring and risk assesment of Zn deposition around a metal smelter in Latvia. - Environmental Monitoring and Assesment, 1999, vol. 58, pp. 201 – 212.
• Brumelis G., Lapina L., Nikodemus O., Tabors G.  Use of artificial model of monitoring data to aid interpretation of principal component analysis. - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2000, vol. 15, pp.755 – 763.
• Gutko Z., Brumelis G., Liepins I., Nikodemus O., Tabors G.  Floristic diversity, richness and evenness during secondary succession on abandoned agricultural land in Latvia . -  Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001, vol. 55, N 1, pp. 35 – 42.
• Brumelis G., Lapina L., Nikodemus O., Tabors G.   Use of the O horizon of forest soils in monitoring metal deposition in Latvia . -  Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2002, vol. 135 ,  pp. 291-309.
• Sepp K., Jagomagi J., Kaasik K., Nikodemus O., Kreilis M., Strazdina B., Busa V. et all., 2002., Development of National Ecological Networks in the Baltic Countries in the framework of the Pan – European Ecological Networks. Edited by Sepp K., Kaasik K. Warsaw, IUSN., 2002, pp. 165.  
• Nikodemus O., 2003. Nature resource management in municipalities. Manual 1. Riga. P. 62.
• Nikodemus O., Brumelis G., Tabors G., Lapina L., Pope S., 2004. Monitoring of air pollution in Latvia between 1990 and 2000 using moss. – Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 49. pp. 521 -531.
• Tabors G., Brumelis G., Lapina l., Pospelova G., Nikodemus O., 2004. Changes in element concentrations in moss segments after cross – transplanting between a polluted and non polluted site. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, vol. 49. pp. 191 -197.  
• Nikodemus O., Bell S., Grine I., Liepinš I. 2005. The impact of economic, social, and political factors on the landscape structure of the Vidzeme uplands in Latvia.- Landscape and Urban Planning, 2005, Vol. 70, Issues 1-2. pp. 57 – 67.
• Nikodemus O., Terauds A. Landscape ecological analysis of the landscape structure in Northvidzeme Biosphere Reserve. - Implementation  of Landscape Ecology in New and Changing Conditions. Abstract Procedings. Stara Lesna,  2006, pp. 90-91.
• S.Bell, Z.Peneze, O.Nikodemus, A.Montarzino, I.Grine. The value of the Latvian rural landscape. - European Landscapes and Lifestyles. The Mediterranean and Beyond, 2007, Lisbon, p. 347-362.

• O.Nikodemus (Head of Latvian Part of Project - Soil Subprogramme). ICP Integrated Monitoring. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (1994- 2005).
• G. Brumelis (Head of Latvian Part of Project). Heavy Metals Mapping in Europe Using Moss and Humus. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (1995, 2000).
• O.Nikodemus (Head of Project). Geograhical and Ecological Aspects of the Conversion of Agricultural Lands to forested Areas. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000 ).
• O.Nikodemus (Head of Project). Land-use Structure Changes of Latvian Uplands—Landscape Ecology and Visual Aspects. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
• O.Nikodemus (Partners) European Platform for Demonstration of Efficient Soil and Groundwater Remediation (EuroDemo) (6 – framework programme, 2005 – 2007)
• O.Nikodemus (Head of Project). Factors Impacting Latvian Landscape Structure and its Landscape Ecology Evaluation. Latvian Council of Science (2005 -2007).

Last update 25.02.2008