Rakel Blaalid
Member of Panel for CITES. PhD.
CITES
Rakel holds a PhD in molecular ecology. Her key expertise within VKM’s scientific areas includes monitoring, management, and research on fungi, as well as the impact and detection of harmful invasive species across ecosystems.
Mobile phone: 45 45 75 85
Job title
Førsteamanuensis, Nord universitet
Education
2012 | Ph.D. - Department of bioscience, University of Oslo, Norway |
2008 | Master - Department of biology, University of Bergen, Norway |
Work Experience
2023-dd | Associate Professor, Nord University, Norway |
2021-2023 | Researcher – Natural History Museum of Bergen (UiB), Norway |
2016-2021 | Researcher – Norwegian Institute for nature research (NINA), Norway |
2016 | Project leader, Green R&D Agricultural Project - Norway |
2015-2016 | Advisor, Department of Agriculture Bergen, Norway |
2013-2015 | Researcher, Mohn Cancer Research Laboratory, Norway |
Other relevant work
2024 | Program responsible (SPA) for the bachelor program in Nature management, Nord University |
2020 | Member of the national red-listing committee for Fungi administered by the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, two rounds. |
2011-2024 | Member of 8 different PhD hiring committees across three Norwegian universities |
2019 | Member of evaluation Panel for Innovation Norway |
2019- | Lecturer at Forbio (PhD course), DNA barcoding – from sequences to species. NTNU |
2018 | Member of the evaluation panel of the Swedish environmental agency (EPA) call Environmental DNA (total budget 37 mSEK) |
2013 | Reviewer for high impact journals within my field: Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Fungal Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Scientific Reports |
Selected publications
Blaalid, R., & Khomich, M. (2021). Current knowledge of Chytridiomycota diversity in Northern Europe and future research needs. Fungal Biology Reviews, 36, 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2021.03.001
Blaalid, R., Magnussen, K., Westberg, N. B., & Navrud, S. (2021). A benefit-cost analysis framework for prioritization of control programs for well-established invasive alien species. NeoBiota, 68, 31–52. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.68.62122
Blaalid, R., & Davey, M. L. (2022). Habitat protection approaches facilitate conservation of overlooked fungal diversity – A case study from the Norwegian coastal heathland system. Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 3, 886685. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffb.2022.886685
Katsanevakis, S., Zaiko, A., Olenin, S., Costello, M. J., Gallardo, B., Tricarico, E., Adriaens, T., Jeschke, J. M., Sini, M., Burke, N., Ellinas, K., Rutten, S., Poursanidis, D., Marchini, A., Brys, R., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Noé, N., Hermoso, V., Blaalid, R., ... Panov, V. E. (2024). GuardIAS – Guarding European waters from invasive alien species. Management of Biological Invasions, 15(4), 701–730. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2024.15.4.14
Sandercock, B. K., Davey, M. L., Endrestøl, A., Blaalid, R., Fossøy, F., Hegre, H., Majaneva, M. A. M., Often, A., Åström, J., & Jacobsen, R. M. (2023). Designing a surveillance program for early detection of alien plants and insects in Norway. Biological Invasions, 25, 917–936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02957-6