Future Cities: How and where should they be built?

Galina Churkina holds a diploma in Mathematics from the Moscow State Lomonosov University in Russia and PhD from the School of Forestry, University of Montana, USA. Galina researched and taught at the flagship institutions and universities including Yale School of the Environment, School of Natural Resources and Environment (University of Ann Arbor), Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Galina Churkina was a recipient of fellowships from Open Society Foundations, the German Science Foundation, and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies. She received the Women of Distinction award from the Soroptimist International of the Americas. Elsevier issued her the reviewer recognition for outstanding contribution in reviewing. Galina Churkina enjoys and has an extensive experience in inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations. She has served as a scientific advisor to interdisciplinary research projects as well as private companies. She is an associate editor of the Urban Ecology section at the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution and has been a member of review boards in Europe and in the USA.